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		<title>TotalMounter Virtual DVD Drive Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have covered virtual dvd drive software programs in the past. Software like Clone Drive, Win CD Emu or Iso Disk allow a user to create virtual DVD drives on a computer system that can mount disk image formats. Most programs that were covered in the past were restricted to a few popular disk image [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft_windows.jpg" alt="microsoft windows" title="microsoft windows" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11907" />We have covered virtual dvd drive software programs in the past. Software like <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/15/virtual-dvd-drive-clonedrive/">Clone Drive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/29/mount-iso-images/">Win CD Emu</a> or <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/07/mount-up-to-20-iso-images/">Iso Disk</a> allow a user to create virtual DVD drives on a computer system that can mount disk image formats. Most programs that were covered in the past were restricted to a few popular disk image formats. Not so Total Mounter, the latest addition in the virtual DVD drive category.</p>
<p>Total Mounter comes with support for many disk image formats including iso, bin, b5i, mdf, cdi, nrg, ccd, sub, img and raw. Even better is the fact that the program does not have to be running after mounting a disk image which will obviously reduce its memory footprint and resource usage. Up to eight drives can be emulated by the software program. Images can be mounted in the application&#8217;s interface. One interesting aspect of Total Mounter is the ability to  create virtual CD-RW and DVD-RW drives that can be used to write date to a virtual CD or DVD drive.</p>
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<p>Another interesting feature provided by the software is the virtual disk creation option. This makes it possible to create and mount virtual disks from within the application. <a href="http://www.kernsafe.com/product.aspx?id=7&#038;&#038;name=Overview">TotalMounter</a> will install a new driver to the computer system during installation to offer the functionality.It also offers the following niche features that might be interesting to some users:</p>
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<li>Provides a iSCSI Initiator for mount iStorage Server and other iSCSI Target.</li>
<li>Provides a INetDisk client for mount INetDisk Server. </li>
<li>Provides a network-bridged method. It exports an existing partition, disk, CD/DVD-ROM to clients as a virtual iSCSI drive.</li>
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<p>The program is easy to use and does support most image formats that are popular these days.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/dvd-drive/" title="dvd drive" rel="tag">dvd drive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/emulate/" title="emulate" rel="tag">emulate</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mount-cd/" title="mount cd" rel="tag">mount cd</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mount-dvd/" title="mount dvd" rel="tag">mount dvd</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/totalmounter/" title="totalmounter" rel="tag">totalmounter</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/virtual-drive/" title="virtual drive" rel="tag">virtual drive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/virtual-dvd-drive/" title="virtual dvd drive" rel="tag">virtual dvd drive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/19/gizmo-drive-mounting-with-new-features/" title="Gizmo Drive Mounting With New Features (January 19, 2009)">Gizmo Drive Mounting With New Features</a> (5)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/15/virtual-dvd-drive-clonedrive/" title="Virtual DVD Drive CloneDrive (October 15, 2008)">Virtual DVD Drive CloneDrive</a> (10)</li>
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		<title>Virtual DVD Drive CloneDrive</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/15/virtual-dvd-drive-clonedrive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using virtual dvd drives can be a very effective way of storing multiple DVDs on computer hard drives which provides several advantages to the user. For one it is possible to access multiple DVDs without having to switch DVDs all the time which also provides useful when traveling with the computer. Instead of taking the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Using virtual dvd drives can be a very effective way of storing multiple DVDs on computer hard drives which provides several advantages to the user. For one it is possible to access multiple DVDs without having to switch DVDs all the time which also provides useful when traveling with the computer. Instead of taking the physical DVDs on the trip they can easily be accessed from the hard drive.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html">Virtual CloneDrive</a> is a free application from the makers of AnyDvd and CloneDvd. It supports a maximum of eight virtual dvd drives that can be used to mount various image formats such as iso, bin and img. The main design concept of the software was simplicity. The user can select to assign the formats with the application which might interfere with dvd burning software installed.</p>
<p>The only other way to mount images is to right-click one of the virtual dvd drives and pick one of the supported image formats from the hard drive. </p>
<p><span id="more-7642"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/virtual_dvd_drive.gif" alt="virtual dvd drive" title="virtual dvd drive" width="263" height="295" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7643" /></p>
<p>It acts as a normal dvd drive afterwards with the added bonus that the speed is usually much higher and less error prone.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/clonedrive/" title="clonedrive" rel="tag">clonedrive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/dvd/" title="dvd" rel="tag">dvd</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/software/" title="software" rel="tag">software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/virtual-cd-drive/" title="virtual cd drive" rel="tag">virtual cd drive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/virtual-dvd-drive/" title="virtual dvd drive" rel="tag">virtual dvd drive</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/20/windows-registry-watcher/" title="Windows Registry Watcher (March 20, 2009)">Windows Registry Watcher</a> (5)</li>
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