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Comparison of ISO image software

 
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Definition of terms

The ISO image capabilities of the software are defined as follows:

  • Create, the ability to create a new ISO file.
  • Edit, the ability to manipulate the contents of an existing ISO file.
  • Mount, the ability to mount an ISO image and emulate a disc volume.
  • Burn, the ability to burn an ISO file to an optical disc.
  • Extract, the ability to copy the contents of the ISO file to a hard disk.

Comparison table

Software Create Edit Mount Burn Extract input output OS License comments
7-Zip No No No No Yes File hierarchy Cross-platform Open source File archiver
ISO Master Yes Yes No No No Linux, BSD
Windows
Open source
Commercial
mkisofs Yes No No No No File system ISO Linux
Amiga
? Part of the cdrtools package
K3b ? ? ? ? ? ? CD
DVD
Unix-like, KDE GPL
File Roller No No No No Yes 7z
gzip
bzip
bzip2
compress
LZO
ZIP
JAR
LHA
RAR
gzip
bzip
bzip2
compress
LZO
ISO images
7z
gzip
bzip
bzip2
compress
LZO
ZIP
JAR
LHA
RAR
gzip
bzip
bzip2
compress
LZO
Unix-like GPL
isoinfo No No No No No ISO List contents of an iso image; part of the cdrtools package Linux ?
mount No No Yes No No ISO Linux ?
PowerISO (for Linux) No No No No Yes ISO ISO
BIN
DAA
...
Linux Free
Disk Utility Yes No Yes No No ? Mac OS X ?
DiskImageMounter No No Yes Yes No several types of
disk image files
Mac OS X ?
Disco ? ? ? Yes ? ? CD
DVD
Mac OS X Commercial
Roxio Toast No No Yes No No many types of
disk images,
including both sides
of an HFS/ISO9660
hybrid image
Mac OS X Commercial
Alcohol 120% Yes No Yes Yes No ISO
CD
DVD
ISO
CD
DVD
Microsoft Windows Commercial
Ashampoo Burning Studio No No No Yes No ISO
many other types
of image files
CD
DVD
Blu-ray
Microsoft Windows Shareware
CloneCD Yes No No Yes ? ISO,
UFD,
IMG (CloneCD)
ISO,
UFD,
IMG (CloneCD)
Microsoft Windows Shareware
CloneDVD Yes No No Yes Yes ISO,
CD,
DVD,
Individual
DVD files
ISO,
CD,
DVD,
Individual
DVD files
Microsoft Windows Shareware
Daemon Tools Pro Yes No Yes No No ISO Microsoft Windows Commercial
IsoBuster No No No No Yes ISO Microsoft Windows Shareware
MagicISO Yes Yes No Yes Yes ISO ISO Microsoft Windows Shareware
Nero Yes No Yes Yes No ISO
File hierarchy
ISO
CD
DVD
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Commercial Unable to mount ISO images in Vista; no support for any 64-bit environments
PowerISO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Many disk
image formats
Many disk
image formats
Microsoft Windows Shareware
UltraISO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ISO
ISZ
ISO
ISZ
Microsoft Windows Shareware
Undisker Yes Yes No No No ISO,
hard disk
CD/DVD image
ISO,
hard disk
CD/DVD image
Microsoft Windows Shareware
WinImage Yes Yes No No ? Many images
fileystem
Many images
fileystem
Microsoft Windows Commercial
WinRAR No No No No Yes ISO Microsoft Windows Shareware
Alcohol 52% FE Yes No Yes No No ISO Microsoft Windows Free trial Feature-limited edition of Alcohol 120%
Burnatonce No No No Yes No ? ? Microsoft Windows ? Source code available
CDBurnerXP Yes No No Yes No ISO
Files
CD
DVD
Microsoft Windows Freeware
Daemon Tools Lite Yes No Yes No No ISO
Optical disc
Microsoft Windows Freeware Freeware version of Daemon Tools Pro
DVD Shrink Yes No No No No DVD movies ISO
DVD VIDEO_TS folder
Microsoft Windows Freeware
ImgBurn Yes No No Yes No ISO ISO Microsoft Windows Freeware
InfraRecorder Yes No No Yes No ISO ISO
CD
DVD
Microsoft Windows GPL
ISO Plugin for Windows Commander No No Yes No Yes ISO File hierarchy Microsoft Windows Free
IZArc No No No No Yes ISO
other disk
image format
File hierarchy Microsoft Windows Freeware
MagicDisc Yes No Yes No No CD
DVD
ISO Microsoft Windows Shareware
Nero DiscSpeed No No No Yes No ISO CD
DVD
Microsoft Windows Freeware CD/DVD test program
Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel No No Yes No No ISO only Microsoft Windows Free
Virtual CloneDrive No No Yes No No {{ISO
BIN}}
Microsoft Windows Freeware
Furius ISO Mount No No Yes Yes No ? ? Linux open source

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