Comparison of disc image software
This article is a comparison of notable software applications that can access or manipulate disk image files. It compares their disk image handling features.
Comparison criteria
This article compares two features: Supported file formats and capabilities of the software as to how they treat the image format.
Capabilities
- Creates?
- Specifies whether the application can create a new disc image file, either by capturing the image of an actual disc, by composing a disc image file from locally stored files or an empty disc image.
- Modifies?
- Specifies whether the application is able to manipulate the contents of an existing disc image file, including adding, changing or deleting files within or modifying disc image metadata.
- Mounts?
- Specifies whether the application can emulate an optical disc drive. Such an application treats a disc image file like a virtual disc and virtually inserts it into that emulated virtual drive.
- Writes/Burns?
- Specifies whether the application can write the contents of a disk image file onto a physical media (such as an optical disc, a floppy disk, a hard disk drive or a USB flash drive) and create a physical replica.
- Extracts?
- Specifies whether the application can copy some or all of the files within a disc image file to somewhere else.
Supported file formats
- Input format
- Specifies the types of disc image formats that the application can open.
- Output format
- Specifies the types of disc image formats that the application can save to.
The comparison
| Name | Creates? | Modifies? | Mounts? | Writes/ |
Extracts? | Input format | Output format | OS | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Zip | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | CramFS, DMG, FAT, HFS, MBR, NTFS, ISO, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM[1] | WIM | Windows, Linux, Classic Mac OS | Free software (GPL) |
| AcetoneISO | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | CD, DVD, ISO, BIN, MDF+MDS, IMG, NRG, CUE, TOC, DMG | CD, DVD, ISO, BIN | Linux | Free software (GPL) |
| Acronis True Image | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | TIB, VHD | TIB, VHD | Windows | Shareware |
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ISO, B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CDI, CUE, MDF+MDS, NRG, ISZ | MDF+MDS, ISO | Windows | Trialware |
| Alcohol 52% FE | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | N/A | Windows | Adware |
| AnyDVD HD | Yes | No | No | No | No | N/A | ISO | Windows | Shareware |
| Archive Manager | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | N/A | Unix-like | Free software (GPL) |
| Ashampoo Burning Studio | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, BIN+CUE | ISO, BIN+CUE | Windows | Shareware[lower-alpha 1] |
| BlindWrite | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | B5T, B6T, BWA, BWI, BWS, BWT, BIN+CUE, ISO, MDF+MDS | B5T, B6T, BWA, BWI, BWS, BWT, BIN+CUE, ISO, MDF+MDS | Windows | Shareware |
| Brasero | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, CUE | CD, DVD | Linux | Free software (GPL) |
| Burnatonce | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, CUE, TOC | N/A | Windows | Freeware |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, MDF+MDS, NRG, BIN+CUE | ISO, MDF+MDS | Windows | Freeware |
| CDemu | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | CSO, ECM, GBI, GZ, XZ, ISZ, DMG, ISO, UDF, NRG, CDI, CCD, SUB, IMG, BIN+CUE, TOC, B5T+B5I, B6T+B6I, MDF+MDS, MDX, CIF, C2D, DAA | ISO, TOC | Linux | Free software (GPL v2) |
| genisoimage | Yes | No | No | No | No | N/A | ? | Linux, Unix | Free software (GPL) |
| isoinfo | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | N/A | Unix, Linux, Amiga Windows, macOS | Free software (GPL) |
| mkisofs | Yes | No | No | No | No | N/A | ? | Unix, Linux, Amiga Windows, macOS | Free software (GPL) |
| CDRoller | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | ISO | Windows | Shareware |
| CDRWIN | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ISO, BIN+CUE, Audio File Types+CUE, ISO+CUE, Audio File Types+ISO+CUE, ISO+Audio File Types+CUE | BIN+CUE | Windows | Shareware |
| CloneCD | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | N/A | ISO, UFD, IMG | Windows | Shareware |
| CloneDVD | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | ISO | Windows | Shareware |
| Daemon Tools | Yes | All editions except Lite | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 2] | All editions except Lite | BIN+CUE, B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CDI, ISO, ISZ, MDF+MDS, MDX, NRG, VHD, VMDK and TrueCrypt[lower-alpha 3] | ISO, MDF+MDS, MDX – VHD and TrueCrypt in Ultra edition | Windows | Freemium[lower-alpha 4] |
| DeepBurner | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO | Windows | Freemium |
| Disco | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | CDR, ISO, DMG | CDR, ISO, DMG | macOS | Freeware |
| DiscJuggler | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | CDI, ISO | CDI | Windows | Shareware |
| Disk Utility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DMG, ISO | DMG, ISO | macOS | Part of macOS |
| DiskImageMounter | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | DMG, ISO | DMG, ISO | macOS | Part of macOS |
| DVD Shrink | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 5] | ISO, NRG, IMG, MDF+MDS | ISO | Windows | Freeware |
| Exact Audio Copy | Yes[lower-alpha 6] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Audio File Types+CUE | Audio File Types+CUE | Windows | Freeware |
| Express Burn Disc Burning Software | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | CD, DVD, Blu-ray, ISO, BIN, IMG, Hybrid, UDF | CD, DVD, ISO, BIN | Windows, macOS | Shareware |
| Furius ISO Mount | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF+MDS, NRG | ? | Linux | Free software (GPL) |
| Image for Windows | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | TBI, VHD, VMDK | TBI, VHD, VMDK | Windows | Shareware |
| ImgBurn | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | APE+CUE, BIN+CUE, CDI, CDR, DI, FLAC+CUE, GCM, GI, IBQ, IMG, ISO, LST, MDF+MDS, NRG, PDI, UDI, WV | ISO, IMG, BIN+CUE | Windows | Freeware |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO | Windows | Free software (GPL) |
| ISO Recorder | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO | Windows | Free software (BSD license) |
| IsoBuster | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | DAO, TAO, ISO, BIN, IMG, CCD, CIF, FCD, NRG, GCD, P01, 2D, CUE, CDI, CD, GI, PXI, MDS, MDF, VC4, 000, B5T, B5I, B6T, B6I, DMG, HFV, DC42, IBP, IBQ, IBDAT, IBADR, NCD, FLP, E01, Ex01, S01, RMG, VMDK, UDF, DD, VHD, VHDX, VDI, WBFS, XISO, XBX, ST, GDI, DCM, VMU, DDF, GME, MCD, MCI, MCR, MEM, PS, PSM, SAVERAM, SRM, VCD, VGS, VM1, VMP, APA, DAT, PS2, VM2, VMC, RAW, DSK, IMAGE, IMA, 1Kn, 2Kn, 4Kn, 8Kn, 16Kn, 32Kn, 64Kn, 512e, 512, 128, 256, 2056, 2324, 2332, 2336, 2352, 2368, 2448[7][8][9] | ISO, TAO, BIN, CUE, IBADR+IBDAT, DSK, 1KN, 2KN, 4KN, 8KN, 16KN, 32KN, 64KN, IBR, IBP and IBQ[9] | Windows | Shareware |
| K3b | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | N/A | Unix-like | Free software (GPL) |
| libguestfs | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | raw, qcow2, VMDK, VHD | raw, qcow2, VMDK, VHD | Linux | Free software (LGPL) |
| Loop device[10] | No | No | Yes | No | No | Raw image | N/A | Linux, FreeBSD | Free software |
| MagicISO | Yes | Yes | With MagicDisc | Yes | Yes | Both MagicISO and MagicDisc: ISO, BIN+CUE, IMA, IMG, CIF, NRG, IMG+CCD, MDF+MDS, VCD, VaporCD, P01, MD1, XA, VC4/000, VDI, C2D, BWI+BWT, CDI, TAO/DAO, PDI.[11][12] MagicISO only: DMG, FLP, DSK, BFI, BIF, WBT[11] | ISO, BIN+CUE, UIF, NRG, DMG[13] | Windows | Shareware[lower-alpha 7][14] |
| mount | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | N/A | Linux | Free software (GPL) |
| Nero Multimedia Suite | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, NRG | ISO, NRG | Windows | Shareware |
| Nero Burning ROM | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, NRG | ISO, NRG | Windows | Shareware |
| Nero Linux | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, NRG | ISO, NRG | Linux | Shareware (Discontinued) |
| Norton Ghost | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | GHO, GHS, VMDK, V2I, IV2I, PQI | GHO, GHS, VMDK | Windows | Shareware |
| Partimage | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Compressed file system images: Ext2, Ext3, Reiserfs, FAT16, FAT32, HPFS, JFS, Xfs, UFS, HFS and NTFS | Ext2, Ext3, Reiserfs, FAT16, FAT32, HPFS, JFS, Xfs, UFS, HFS and NTFS | Linux | Free software (GPL) |
| PeaZip | No | No | No | No | Yes | DMG, ISO, VHD, WIM[15] | N/A | Windows, Linux | Free software (LGPL v3) |
| Roxio Creator[16] | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, C2D, BIN+CUE, GI | ISO, GI | Windows | Proprietary commercial |
| Roxio Toast[17] | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, BIN+CUE, IMG, DMG, CDR, NRG | N/A | macOS | Proprietary commercial |
| UltraISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BIN+CUE, BWI+BWT, B5T+B5I, B6T+B6I, C2D, CDI, CIF, DAA, DMG, FCD, G2D, GCD, GI, IMA, IMG+CCD, IML, ISO, ISZ, LCD, MDF+MDS, NCD, NRG, P01+MD1+XA, PDI, PXI, TAO, DAO, UIF, VaporCD, VC4/000, VCD, VDI, XMD+XMF [18] | BIN+CUE, CCD+IMG+SUB, ISO, ISZ, MDF+MDS, NRG | Windows | Trialware |
| Virtual CloneDrive | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO, BIN, IMG, UDF, DVD, CCD | N/A | Windows | Freeware |
| Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | N/A | Windows | Freeware |
| VirtualDrive Pro | No | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | N/A | Windows | Shareware |
| WADK | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | WIM, WSM | WIM, WSM | Windows NT | Freeware; DISM component is included with Windows |
| WinCDEmu | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO, BIN, NRG, MDF+MDS, CCD, IMG | N/A | Windows | Free software (LGPL) |
| File Explorer | VHD only | No | Yes | ISO only | No | ISO,[19][20] VHD[21] | VHD | Windows NT | Part of Windows |
| WinRAR | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | N/A | Windows | Shareware |
| WinZip | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | N/A | Windows | Shareware |
| xorriso | Yes | Yes | Linux FreeBSD | Linux, BSD, Solaris | Yes | ISO | ISO | Unix, Linux, Cygwin, macOS | Free software (GPL) |
| Name | Creates? | Modifies? | Mounts? | Writes/ |
Extracts? | Input format | Output format | OS | License |
See also
Notes
- Past version are made available as freeware from time to time
- Lite editions requires Astroburn[2]
- Daemon Tools supports the following non-image formats: ZIP, APE+CUE, FLAC+CUE, WAV+CUE
- All editions are trialware, except Lite edition, which is only shareware in Korea but freeware elsewhere.[3][4][5][6]
- Opens DVD images (File menu or Ctrl-I)
- Audio tracks only. Leaves an ISO placeholder for the data track in the CUE for mixed-mode discs.
- MagicDisc is Freeware
References
- http://www.7-zip.org/
- "Main window and toolbar". Daemon Tools documentation. Daemon Tools. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- "FAQ: Is DAEMON Tools software free or not?". daemon-tools.cc. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
DAEMON Tools Lite is free for home and non-business use. In case you want to use DAEMON Tools in any organization, you need to buy a license.
- "Installation". DAEMON Tools Lite Help. DAEMON Tools. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
[Inside third screenshot] Support is provided only for Paid License users.
- "Daemon tool lite license problem".
Due to some changes in marketing strategy Korea is no longer among the countries for which a Free version of DAEMON Tools Lite available.
- "DAEMON Tools Lite (Korean)".
- "IsoBuster Image File Support".
- "IsoBuster 4.1 Release notes".
Support for DC42 image files, which are old style Mac floppy image files
- "IsoBuster 4.3 Release notes".
Introduction and use of *.1Kn, *.2Kn, *.4Kn, *.8Kn, ... file extensions for disk images of drives with higher than 512 bytes per sector
- Lawton, Kevin; Denney, Bryce; Guarneri, N. David; Ruppert, Volker; Bothamy, Christophe. Calabrese, Michael; Shwartsman, Stanislav (eds.). "8.8. Mounting a disk image using the loop device". Bochs User Manual. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- "MagicISO Features".
- "MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Overview".
- "MagicISO FAQ : How to convert ISO to DMG file for Classic Mac OS with MagicISO?".
- "MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Overview".
MagicDisc is freeware.
- "Supported formats". Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- "Minimum System Requirements". Roxio NXT Pro portal. Roxio. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
Disc image formats: read ISO, C2D, BIN/CUE and GI; write ISO and GI
- "System Requirements". Roxio Toast 11 Titanium portal. Roxio. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/history.htm
- "Burn a CD or DVD from an ISO file". windows.microsoft.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- "Accessing data in ISO and VHD files". Building Windows 8. Microsoft. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- "Create and Use a Virtual Hard Disk on Windows 7". technet.microsoft.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- "ISO Master Homepage".
- "ISO Master Debian sid".
- "PowerISO Features". Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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