When it comes to drive emulation, *DAEMON Tools* is pretty much the standard.
It's free for personal use, easy to use, light on resources and does exactly
what it says on the tin. *Emulating a virtual drive* may not seem that useful
at first sight, but if you think about it, it has many advantages: you can
load any image file directly on your system, you save the time and effort of
CD burning and plus, virtual drives are much faster than actual CD units.
After installation – and the necessary system reboot – DAEMON Tools shows
up as an unobtrusive icon in the system tray from which you can access the
program's main tools and the configuration menu. All you have to do is browse
to where your image file is stored and 'mount' it as a virtual drive using
DAEMON Tools. The Lite version of DAEMON Tools only lets you *emulate up to
four virtual drives* but doesn't have the extra features of the Pro and
Advanced editions, such as support for DVD HD and Blu-Ray drivers, or the
ability to create image files. However this version of DAEMON Tools is just
*perfect for the average home user*, who will hardly need to emulate more
than a couple drives simultaneously. DAEMON Tools supports a wide variety of
formats and is a really useful app for accessing your CD collection without
having to carry them around, protecting them from scratches in the process.
*With DAEMON Tools you can easily emulate up to four virtual drives on your
system, and mount a wide range of image files on them.*Download *DAEMON Tools
lite 4.45.4* in Softonic
