CNET Editors' review
For loading virtual disk drives, Daemon Tools is the best-known app around. The name comes from Disk And Execution MONitor, meaning that the program runs the minor task of drive emulation, so that virtual CD and DVD files can run.
The list of file types supported by the pro version of this program is impressive. B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CDI, CUE, ISO, MDS, NRG, PDI, and ISZ are all supported, as are up to 32 virtual drives. The benefits of running commonly-used discs from a hard drive instead of the disc itself are many, and go beyond reduced wear-and-tear on the disc. The app also converts discs into disc images, saving you the step of having to find a converter.
Daemon Tools also features events logs, device and image property displays, encryption, and panel locking, so that you can fix in stone the user interfaces' configuration. The UI is nothing to sneeze at, either, with a nav that naturally emulates the file explorer in Windows XP. For top-shelf disc image ripping and drive emulation, Daemon Tools is the premier choice for power users, but is easy enough to learn for beginners.
Publisher's Description
From Disc Soft:
DAEMON Tools Pro is a virtual DVD-ROM emulator based on a SCSI miniport driver. It emulates max. 36 DVD-ROM drives and works with CD/DVD images created by many burning programs. It is great on notebooks without a physical CD-/DVD-ROM drive or to save akku power and speed up CD/DVD access. In opposite to other CD-/DVD-ROM emulators DAEMON Tools Pro doesn't use a proprietary container format. The advantage is that you can burn the images you're using with DAEMON Tools Pro right away or just test an image before burning it to see if it was created correctly. DAEMON Tools Pro works with most image formats. Moreover it has a special feature to make physical (burned) backups of your CD / DVD images when it is possible. It supports Alcohol120%-Images (MDS-Files) and RMPS-Media. It's also great if you want save Power on your Notebook.
What's new in this version:
- SPTD 1.83 (Windows 8 support)
- Image converting as a group operation
- Enhanced extractor for burning protected discs in image editor
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All versions:
3.7 starsout of 35 votes
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"No optical drive, no problem"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 5.0.0316
Pros
Worked easily
Cons
Took a little while to understand the concepts of "mounting" and "unmounting" but this was a newbie problem and not a problem of this particular software.
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"thanks very much"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0315
Pros
thanks very much
Cons
thanks very much
Summary
thanks very much
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"Great Software."
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0315
Pros
Nice User Interfce, File Associations, Virtual Driver Installed, Campability with Windows 7.
Cons
Need More Features, Difficult to Do Some Operations.
Summary
Looking for further updates.
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"Always use it, works great!"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0314
Pros
I don't have to burn a program on a disk first to run it and find out if I want to burn it.
Cons
Never had a problem with the program.
Summary
Simply a great product!
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"its only spetacular!"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0314
Pros
easy to use, its good
Cons
its shaware
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"Works very well"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0314
Pros
easy to use
Cons
none at all
Summary
I would recomend this to anyone.
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"good product"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0314
Pros
This is a good set of tools. I do wish I could find a command-line-based way to mount a particular ISO using the right-click context menu in Window 7. Maybe there is one and I haven't just found it.
Cons
I have no complaints , I love that it is compatible, very useful
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"good product"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.41.0314
Pros
good product
Cons
good product
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"is great a"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.40.0312
Pros
perfect application
Cons
very great
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"It would not load drivers and kept searching. Unusable"
Version: DAEMON Tools Pro 4.36.0309
Pros
None. Immediately uninstalled.
Cons
It did not work, interface was confusing, literally nothing appeared on the pull down menu for drivers



