Daemon Tools Pro - features of using the program.

Hello, dear readers! Currently, creating a virtual drive in the operating system is becoming increasingly important. For example, you bought yourself a toy on a DVD, but it, in turn, starts only if there is a CD in the drive.

This kind of protection extends to many disks, which prevents them from being copied en masse. And in general, as you know, launching games with physical disk Much slower than a virtual drive in terms of speed. For this reason, many gamers use a virtual drive to run games.

Another example, let’s say you constantly accumulate optical DVDs, on which useful training programs are recorded, data important to you, and the number of these disks is constantly increasing. It should be noted that there is still a high probability of a situation arising when all the information on optical disks may one day become inaccessible. The reasons may be an error when reading the discs themselves, due to scratches on their surface, and sometimes optical discs are simply lost.

In order not to waste your precious time searching for your data recorded on the disk, and try to ensure the safety of information that is important to you, as well as increase the speed of reading information recorded on the disk, I recommend that you create images of these disks. In the last article I already touched on the topic of image. If you don’t know what an image is or why it is created, then I recommend that you read my blog article:

The created image will be an exact copy of the program, any data that was originally recorded on the optical disk.

Thus, thanks to the created image, you will increase the reliability of the safety of your information. This image will already be located on your hard drive, and you can easily launch it from a virtual drive. And this, in turn, will speed up access to recorded information compared to a physical drive.

In this article we will look at how to create an image from optical disk. In order to create a copy of an optical disc in the form of a single file, both paid and free programs. I already talked about one of these programs in the article:

There is also another program, in my opinion, it is quite simple. With this program you can create an exact copy optical media. The program is called Daemon Tools. In this article we will find out how to useDaemon Tools, and also consider clearly, how to install viadaemontoolsgame.

Where to download and how to install Daemon Tools

So, go to the official website http://www.disc-soft.com/rus/home and download to your Daemon computer Tools Lite.

I’ll tell you right away that the installation is very simple. So let's get started...

We download this program for free purposes, so click “Download”.

The speed of downloading the program largely depends on the speed of your Internet connection. In my case, loading the program took only a few minutes.

After the download is complete, it's time to start installing it to review, how to useDaemon Tools.

Installing the program will not take you much time; all you need to do is agree to the program license agreement.

Then select “Free license”.

In the next window, check the box to install the appropriate program driver.

After this, you can check the box “Do not allow my statistics to be used.”

Then you will need to specify the path to save the program. I leave everything as default and click Next.

It will take some time for the installation of the program itself to complete.

When installation is complete, you will be prompted to install special gadget programs. Which will be located on the computer desktop. I did not install this gadget and clicked “Do not install”.

Now we just have to restart the computer to complete the program.

After the computer boots, a window will appear that will check the program for the appropriate license and version.

After checking and updating, the main window of the program itself will open.

So, we have installed the program for creating a single file from optical media and now it’s time to figure it out and understand how to use Daemon Tools. For a better understanding and strengthening of skills in working with Daemon Tools, consider: how to install via daemon tools game. Let's say we have a CD with a game that only starts when there is a disc in the drive. Our task is to ensure that the game starts when there is no disk in the drive, or more precisely, from a virtual drive.

Let's take a closer look at where to start:

If you check the boxes for “Autorun” and “Automatic mounting”, the CD will be mounted when the computer is turned on.

1. Open the program by clicking on the Daemon Tools shortcut on your desktop.

2. Click “Create disk image”.

3. Then, in the window that opens, check the drive being specified, and also specify the path to save the image.

4. After this, the program will begin creating an image from the disk. Depending on the size of the game you will need certain time to create an image.

5. As soon as the program completes creating the image, you will need to close the window by clicking on the “Close” button.

6. As a result, as you can see, the created image is displayed in the main program window in the “Image Catalog” window. Now we need to click on the “Mount” button on the toolbar or you can use right click mice.

We work with the Daemon Tools program - details.

If you have been using a computer for more than six months, on your user journey you have probably come across files with incomprehensible extensions like .mds, .iso, .nrg... What are these files? These are disk images created by one or another special program as a result of the image creation process. Creating an image is making an exact copy of a CD\DVD\Blue-Ray disc on HDD. In order for these files to be opened on a computer, you will have to use one of many special emulating programs. Let's look at how to use one of these programs, namely Daemon Tools.

When the image disappears, you can launch Daemon Tools itself. We wait for the program to check the license and see the main window.

The image catalog is empty because no images have been added. On the icon bar we see:

Button to add an image to the catalog.

Button for deleting an image from the directory (not from the disk!).

Starting the drive.

Stopping and unmounting the drive.

Stopping and unmounting all drives.

Button to add a virtual DT drive. I'll tell you more about this. The fact is that a large number of licensed discs have copy protection. And when disk emulation occurs, the protection of the licensed disk automatically detects the virtual drive and blocks reading data from it. This protection can be bypassed by a DT drive, which can be installed by pressing this button.

Installing a new SCSI drive. With this button you can add a regular virtual drive.

Removing a dedicated drive.

Additional features (can be accessed either by clicking a button or by expanding the window). These are the buttons Create a disk image, Burn (burn) a disk from an image, Settings and Help.

All functions of the main window were discussed above. Let’s configure the program by clicking on the “Settings” button. We see the following window:

In the "General" tab everything is clear, set it up and go to the next tab. There is nothing complicated here - if you need to assign hot keys, click the cursor on the desired field and press the required keys.

Integration tab– we don’t change anything, and the files – images can be opened by this program.

Connection Tab– if necessary, enter the required data there.

"Confirmations"– if you check the boxes necessary actions, the program will ask you to confirm your action (for example, when deleting a drive, the program will ask “Are you sure you want to delete this drive?”)

"Additionally" - fine settings programs, you can read more on the Internet.

"Media - information"- at your request.

So, the program is configured. Now let's move on to the most important thing - mounting the image. Select the desired drive and click the button to add the image to the catalog.

In this case, the file is called NFS_Carbon. Select it and click “Open”.

The file appeared in the images directory. To mount the image, double-click on the image in the directory. That's it, the disk is mounted.

In order to stop emulating the image in the drive, click “Stop”.

Mounting is an operation that makes a virtual disk image available for use. If DAEMON Tools Ultra is installed on your PC, then you can mount images by double-clicking on them in Explorer. However, for more convenient work We recommend that you mount images through the DAEMON Tools Ultra interface.

DAEMON Tools Ultra works with all popular types virtual disks. Full list supported formats can be found in the File Association article. The program also works with ZIP, RAR and 7z archives, starting with DAEMON Tools Ultra 2.4, 5.1 and 5.2, respectively. WITH version of DAEMON Tools Ultra 5.4 you can also mount WIM archives and DAA images.

To mount an image from DAEMON Tools Ultra, click the button Quick mounting in the main program window and select the desired image in the dialog that opens:

Click the button Open. DAEMON Tools Ultra will automatically create virtual device, so that in a few moments the image will be ready.

You can also add and mount through the window Images. Click on a tile Keep, right-click on the image directory and select Add images.... The function also works drag and drop drop: just drag and drop into the catalog window DAEMON images Tools Ultra image file from Explorer and it will be added to the list.

After adding images to the directory, you can mount them using the context menu Images: Find the desired image, open its context menu and select Mount. Or just double-click on the image.

Finally, you can mount the image using the context menu of the image file in Explorer.

If the image password protected, it cannot be mounted without a password.

You can customize mounting options in DAEMON Tools Ultra using Advanced Image Mounting. The Advanced Mode Mount Wizard allows you to select a virtual or physical drive; also for virtual - drive type (DT, SCSI or IDE), DVD region, drive letter or folder; and for a physical drive, the device, bus type, and media priority. To open the wizard Advanced Mount, you need to select a tile Mount, and then - Image; or open the image context menu in Image catalog, and select the appropriate option; or enter Advanced image mounting in the search bar in the main menu.

To unmount the image, you need to click the cross next to the image icon in the area Quick mount, or select the option Delete V context menu image.

Daemon Tools is one of the most popular programs for working with disk images in ISO, BIN, CUE, MDF, CAB, and other formats. Most frequent use programs - mounting the image into a virtual drive, which does possible installation and work various programs without using the original one installation disk. Next we will talk about the capabilities of the program and I will write quick guide, how to work with Daemon Tools to create, edit and burn disk images.

Purpose of Daemon Tools

This program creates a virtual drive in the system where you can mount (attach) images of folders and disks. Image - exact copy source disk or list of files and folders. Almost all games downloaded online and on torrents, OS, packages application programs, boot packages for flash drives are presented in the form of images created in one program or another and almost all of them are in ISO format. These images can be opened using special utilities- Daemon Tools, UltraISO, Nero and the like.

Where to download DaemonTools

Previously the program had a demon paid versions, which were presented on the developer's website. Now there are only paid versions, and older free versions can be easily found on the Internet. It's best to download the daemon tool from the developer's website. In this case, you will protect yourself from the fact that a virus or adware may be embedded into the program. If you download Demon-Tools from third party resource, it must be a reputable portal. In addition, you will need serial code to the installed version if you need a fully functional program.

How to install Daemon Tools

Download installation package program you launch it. The program installation window will appear. Free version programs will additionally install a bunch of unnecessary things for you software, if you just click “Next”. So I recommend choosing installation options and unchecking those items that you do not consider necessary.

I am against pirated software, but for informational purposes I downloaded a fully functional version with a “medicine” from a torrent. Here is the folder and file structure of the Daemon Tools Pro Advanced installation kit.

Let's launch Daemon installation Tools Pro. The main window will appear with a choice available languages for installation. Select the appropriate one and click “Next”. We accept license agreement and we get to the license type selection page. Since we have a “cure” for the program, we choose a trial license.

Next, select the program components that need to be installed. I left all the checkboxes by default. Wait until the program is installed. In the toolbar settings window, uncheck all the boxes. Next will complete the installation and launch the program.

How to use ISO image in Daemon Tools

If we have ISO image, which we want to use, we need to open Daemon Tools, Click the “Add Image” button, select required file image, and click the “Mount” button. Eat alternative way mount an ISO image into a virtual drive - you need to right-click on the image file and in the context menu that appears, select “Mount” -> the desired virtual drive Daemon Tools.

The program allows you to create image files in ISO format from folders and files, as well as from disks in the drive. If we have a disk, an image of which we want to create, so that we can then transfer it to someone over the network or use it on our computer without the original disk.

How to create an ISO image in Daemon Tools Pro? Very simple. To do this, open the main program window and click the “Create disk image” button.

In addition, Daemon Tools Pro gives ample opportunities settings for image creation parameters. For example, we can create an image file not only in ISO format, but also in MDX, MDS/MDF formats; It is possible to select the disk format whose image we need, and the ability to divide the image into several parts depending on the final size of the image.

- This special program, which helps to mount a disk image and create virtual drives on your computer. Such programs are becoming more and more in demand, because today more and more more information transmitted over the Internet in the form of virtual disks. And of course, these disks must be installed correctly on your computer. Daemon Tools helps you cope with this task.

You can download such a program for free on our website.

The program menu is quite simple and easy to use. The image directories are displayed at the top of the window, and the virtual drives at the bottom. These two fields are separated by a toolbar.

In order to get started and mount the disk image, you must first add it to the directories. To do this, click on the disk image with a plus sign.

A window will open in which you need to select the virtual disk file in required extension. For your convenience, select “All images” in the “File type” field. Select the file and click Open. This image will be added to the program and displayed in the “Image directory” field. To remove an image from the catalog, click the disk image with a red cross.

Now the image needs to be mounted. Select the virtual disk (1) and click the green triangle (2). The image is mounted and will appear in the top field “Latest images” (3), and below, the drive that is occupied by this disk will be displayed (4).

After that virtual disk you can start using it.

To unmount the image, click the gray square. And if you need to remove several drives, then the image of the arrow to the right of the square

Daemon Tools allows you to create additional DT and SCSI drives on which disks are mounted. A total of four drives can be created. That is, using this program, you can use four simultaneously virtual images disks!

In order to create additional drive just click on the corresponding image of the drive with a cross (1). After a few seconds it will appear in the lower field. To remove it, press the drive button with a red cross (2).

The next two buttons will help you create disk images and burn it using the Astroburn program. But for this you need to additionally download it.

In Daemon Tools you can set additional settings. For example, select a language, set hot keys, select formats that will be supported by the program, etc.