Virtual CD mount in Windows XP
Having been spoiled by the ability to mount ISO files as virtual CDs in my VMware desktop software, I was looking for a way to have this type of functionality within Windows XP on my company-issued laptop. I found several options, with the most surprising one being a tool from Microsoft. It's a utility for mounting an ISO file as a virtual CDROM and it is a real pain to locate on the Microsoft site so here's the TinyURL link TinyURL.com/tyxx. A very simple utility, allowing you to point to an ISO file on disk, assign a drive letter and mount it as if it were a local CDROM drive. There are other options such as Phantom vCD and Daemon-Tools that work. Daemon-Tools 3.4x is able to overcome some copy protection schemas out there so if you need that functionality, there you go.
If you first need a tool to create ISO images from CDs, ISORecorder is a simple, easy to use tool.
Here's the long link to the Microsoft download for the techies:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4
978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
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