Comparison of disc image software
Notable software applications that can access or manipulate disk image files are as follows, comparing their disk image handling features.
Name
Creates[ a]
Modifies?[ b]
Mounts?[ c]
Writes/ Burns?[ d]
Extracts?
Input format[ f]
Output format[ g]
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, BIN+CUE, MDF+MDS, NRG, ISZ
MDF+MDS , ISO
Windows
Trialware
Alcohol 52% FE
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
ISO
—
Windows
Adware
AnyDVD HD
Yes
No
No
No
No
—
ISO
Windows
Shareware
Archive Manager
No
No
No
No
Yes
ISO
—
Unix-like
Free software (GPL )
Ashampoo Burning Studio
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
ISO , BIN+CUE
ISO, BIN+CUE
Windows
Shareware [ h]
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
—
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
—
?
Linux ,Unix
Free software (GPL )
isoinfo
No
No
No
No
Yes
?
—
Unix , Linux ,Amiga Windows , macOS
Free software (GPL )
mkisofs
Yes
No
No
No
No
—
?
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
—
ISO, UFD, IMG
Windows
Shareware
CloneDVD
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
ISO
ISO
Windows
Shareware
Daemon Tools
Yes
All editions except Lite
Yes
Yes[ i]
All editions except Lite
BIN+CUE, B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CDI, ISO , ISZ, MDF+MDS, MDX, NRG, VHD , VMDK and TrueCrypt [ j]
ISO, MDF+MDS, MDX – VHD and TrueCrypt in Ultra edition
Windows
Freemium [ k]
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[ l]
ISO , NRG, IMG, MDF+MDS
ISO
Windows
Freeware
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, ADF, HDF, N64, MPG, GCP, CSO, WBI, ZSO, DAX, JSO, IMGC, ISO.GZ, IMG.GZ, ISZ, 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
—
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
—
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 [ m] [ 14]
mount
No
No
Yes
No
No
ISO
—
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]
—
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
—
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
—
Windows
Freeware
Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel
No
No
Yes
No
No
ISO
—
Windows
Freeware
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
—
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
—
Windows
Shareware
WinZip
No
No
No
No
Yes
ISO
—
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/ Burns?
Extracts?
Input format
Output format
OS
License
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Specifies the types of disc image formats that the application can open.
^ Specifies the types of disc image formats that the application can save to.
^ 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)
^ MagicDisc is Freeware
See also
References
^ "7-Zip" . 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" . Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2012 . 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 5: 당사의 최상급 무료 이미징 소프트웨어 - DAEMON-Tools.cc" . daemon-tools.cc .
^ "IsoBuster" . IsoBuster .
^ "IsoBuster 4.1 Release notes" . Support for DC42 image files, which are old style Mac floppy image files
^ a b "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 .
^ a b "MagicISO Features - ISO CD image extractor, editor, converter" . magiciso.com . Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2012 .
^ "MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Overview" . Archived from the original on 13 April 2005.
^ "MagicISO FAQ: How to convert ISO to DMG for Mac OS with MagicISO?" . magiciso.com . Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2012 .
^ "MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Overview" . Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012 . 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 .
^ "ISO CD image extractor, editor and convertor - UltraISO Revision History" . ezbsystems.com .
^ "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 . 30 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ "Create and Use a Virtual Hard Disk on Windows 7" . technet.microsoft.com . Retrieved 21 February 2016 .