Yesterday I talked a little bit about how to open ISO files today I will show you how to mount an ISO file using Daemon Tools which is a free program. Please remember to uncheck the “Daemons Tools Search Bar” when installing the program for the first time, you do not want that adware garbage. Get the latest version here.
After installing Daemon Tools, open the program and you should see a little icon with a red lightning bolt on your system tray.
- Right click on that icon and go to “Virtual CD/DVD-ROM”
- This step may not be necessary because it should be set by default. Go to “Set number of devices” and set it to “1″, you have created your virtual drive. The program will give the virtual drive it’s own drive letter mine happens to “Drive E”
- So now we can mount our ISO, right click on the icon again and go to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM > Device 0: > Mount image
- All you have to do now is browse for the iso image and click “Open” now your iso file should be opened
*Update* Check out this quick video tutorial on using Daemon Tools.
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ok so i did that. now how do i actually open the file
Which part are you stuck at? Have you tried right clicking on the Daemon Tools icon?
This page is really good, explained very well, step by step, short and to the point. thank you!
hey. i mounted the image already. but when i went back to the folder to open the iso image, it brought me straight to the burning programme. i followed your steps exactly! please help. =)
Hey fireablazed, make sure you unmount the image after use by right clicking and unmount and then mount the image like before.
thank you thank you… i dident know what to do like 30 min and all my friends were not online so i found this site.. you helped me a lot
I have installed the game but when I click the icon to launch the game then it asks to insert disk of the game.ok but when I insert the disk hten also it asks to insert the game disk.it says it cannot locate the CD ROM
TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
Hi ameya. There are so many possible reasons to why your games not working. Some games will not run if you have Daemon Tools, Alcohol or any burning tool installed on your system. Try uninstalling them, reboot, retry the game.
WOW! I love you and this site! It was so easy to follow your directions! I can finally open my ISO torrents!
hey there, i am using daemon and i can create iso files of blu-ray movies fine. but everytime i mount the iso the bluray softwere loads to play the movie fine but it never plays and alwaise says there is updates needed. click update, none are found and it trys to play again and comes up with the same message. click no and everything stops as if your tellling it to stop. have tried 3 different bluray iso files on 2 different programs, bluray cds play fine. any ideas????
Hey Tristan. You are on the cutting edge my friend. Many people are have troubles with playing back Bluray ISO and I don’t really know a definitive answer but check out this interesting thread http://club.cdfreaks.com/f142/how-do-i-make-blu-ray-iso-load-into-power-dvd-240398/
I’m having similar problems that ameya’s having. I have downloaded and mounted everything, and I’ve moved the crack files and all that stuff, but when I try to open the game, it says “wrong disk inserted.” Can anyone give me SPECIFIC instructions on what to do? thanks.
hello….I cleaned out my computer so I moved my ISO files to a dvd with them still being zipped ,,can i mount the Image through the dvd?…. or I have to move it back to my computer then i can mount it? help!!! I been trying but it wont let me…what should I do?
Ok So Theres no way to play a game that says “Please insert the correct CD-ROM, Select OK and restart application.”
Ok so I was trying to install warcraft 3 and I did the steps one by one and the daemon tools thing is green but when I go to start the game it says please insert disk… am I doing something wrong? I have magicISO trial and I have magic disk should I use those or is it something I am doing?
hi um im kinda new to the whole thing so i have a few questions. i downloaded the file on utorrent and its finished but from there im not 100% on what i should do. i dont really understand what im doing if anyone can help me plz do
Hey…I heard you on Leo’s podcast and decided to check you out. Cool stuff. Lot’s of useful information on how-to’s. I am going to try some of your tips.
Thanks.
Hey guys, so I see alot of the same questions going on, so hopefully this topic isn’t dead…
1: Mounting: when you mount an iso, (or any image file with the contents of a cd or dvd) right click daemon, and select a drive, then mount. This is EXACTLY what your computer does automatically in windows when you insert the cd. Therefore mounting = inserting cd.
Now, after mounting, it should run auto play. If not, go into My Computer and instead of double clicking D: for your drive, click on the drive letter of daemon (the first is usually E:)
Right click and explore on E: then find autoplay, or setup (for a game). or just explore to find files.
2: “please insert disk”: Remember how mounting is just like inserting a disk. Well windows should automatically find which drive has the disk, so all you need to do is make sure it is mounted. either mount it with daemon/alcohol, and let in run after you’ve installed it (you never really need to unmount daemon, its just equivalent to taking out an unused disk), and the program should find what it is looking for. If you really want put in a disk, you need a program like Nero to burn the ISO, not the data, to the disk. This will make a disk that is equivalent to the original, assuming the iso is equivalent.
So there you go.
Email me at jadellll_dm@hotmail.com for for help if I missed something.
What if the ISO filed downloaded is made from a BLu-ray disk and my PC does not have a Blu-ray player nor anysoftware that plays Blu-rays.
So when I mount the image and click on it, I get a message saying that the format is not recognized…should I find some Bluray software outthere, or should I not even bother at all? Any advice is appreciated
…..BTW I’m not buying a bluray PC for another year at least, I already invested in the PS3, and will let other people to support the format for now.
After trying several times all the steps you said but the file didn’t open. What should i do??
i have a game called warcraft and i clicked on the mounted the icon what should happen next?? tell me ppls anyone!!
I have downloaded battle for middle earth 2 was able to mount the cd and install the game but when it comes to actually playing the game it asks me to insert cd-rom. how do i fix it so it recognizes the mounted disc and allows me to play??
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!
I just got a umm… software up and running thanks to you mate!!!
positive karma for helpful deeds! thanks again
thank you
I don’t have J drive or any other drives that daemon needs. What will I do?
Hi ive jus dwnloaded HALO 2 and daemon tools, HALO is a .iso image and i clicked the red dameon tools icon and mounted the image and the set number of devices is set to 1.
So now wat do i do?
Hi ive jus dwnloaded HALO 2 onto mi pc (not a disk) and daemon tools, HALO is a .iso image and i clicked the red dameon tools icon and mounted the image and the set number of devices is set to 1.
So now wat do i do?
I downloaded a game that has 2 iso files, cd1 and cd2. I mounted the first one it works until halfway and asks for cd2 or path whatever. ive done everything, I even set another device and mounted the second file. what do i do?
nevermind got it working
i downloaded a file that is .iso
i mounted it on daemon tools and everything that was said but now it just lets me view the files inside. and when i double click it, it goes to the burning program (power to go).
HOW DO I MAKE IT PLAY AS A CD-ROM? i want to play it as though i have the cd and i thought thats what daemon tools does. i dont want to burn it i jus want to play. someone please tell me how.
Yeah. I know that I have to click on the icon at the bottom right of my computer. But the icon is just NOT THERE. DT is installed correctly. How can I make it appear?
Hi i did evreything and it mounts fine but when i go to my computer and click on drive j it says windows cannot access this disk what do i do?
ok i a game and when i click on the icon it says
“Conflict with disk emulator software detected”
can you help me with this?
yo im just having trouble with what an image is.. is it just the icon? b/c i dont know what exactly to mount the image
I have downloaded age of empires and was able to mount the cd and install the game but when it comes to actually playing the game it asks me to insert cd-rom. how do i fix it so it recognizes the mounted disc and allows me to play??
Hello, I am haveing the problem with “insert disk” I downloaded star wars knighs of the old republic off of a torrent, unacked it, and mounted it, instaled it and everything, but it tells me to insert a disk when I go to play it I followed your instructions on the matter and it still dosn’t work any advice?
Hey, I know how to mount the image and stuff but all the (.iso) i mount just pop up a folder with folders in it .. It doesnt play like i put a disk in.. it just opens a folder with all the (.rsd) in it , does not play like it would if u put an installation disk in.
I downloaded daemon tools, then opened the iso image for a game and installed it but then it said to insert disc. help
It depends on the game you want to mount, most games work differently. Google “the game” with “iso” and “open” all in the same line and see if that comes up with any info. Usually other people will have the same problem and information on how to open the iso.
I had the “insert cd” problem too. I downloaded Age of Empires 2 with a crack and it wouldn’t work.
I mounted the iso and installed it and tried accessing the game from the image drive but it wouldn’t work.
I went into the Age2 folder and found an .exe file and it let me access the game, so you probably access the game somewhere else :S
None of the shortcuts on my desktop work either.
When I try to install my software it keeps asking me for a cd, i tried mounting it and doing the autoplay but it still asks me for a cd. what can I do to bypass this?
Ok so i mounted the game but when i go to install it a box pops up and says please go to the control panel to install and configure system compents…Whats the problem?
hello
i downloaded a rar-file containing a game. i finished the download with bittorrent. a friend of mine tried to guide me. i downloaded daemon tools but googled for help. when i reached this guide (awsome btw, helped me with other problems) i also installed alcohol 120%.
for some reason neither of these programs (daemon tools and a 120%) will work. i tried to mount an image with dt and unmount it, but i don’t know what to do next. i tried to open the rar-file but i get the messange: failure with the comando-line! (or something like that. i operate with an other language you see.)
i tried to open the rar-file with bittorrent, but i get the messange “not enough memory” i have 3gb ram, so i guess i just did something wrong there -.-”
how do i start the game? do i need the physical cd to succeed? do i need a daemon tools with a red icon? the first version of dt (which i got from their website) were blue. the one i currenly have (tried to find the red one at dt.com’s website. so downloaded an other version) is white , with the bolt being orange/yellow.
ps: i saw in one of your films on this site that when u were done mounting the image using dt, u opened a program called autoplay. do i need that program too? do i need a crack-file to open the game?
Hey, I am using Vista. I am able to mount the image but the programs do not autorun. When I go to Computer and double-click, or right-click and choose autoplay, it STILL does not run. I have to restart my computer 2-3 times and just keep trying to run it until it finally does. Suggestions?
is it only for images?
Awsome!Keep up the great work!!!
Hello help me..
I download call of duty which has two ISO files CD1 and CD2…i am not able to complete the installation..the 1st one goes half way then” please insert disc 2″ . How do i continue…Help
wolvi: # Right click on that icon and go to “Virtual CD/DVD-ROM”
# This step may not be necessary because it should be set by default. Go to “Set number of devices” and set it to “1″, you have created your virtual drive.
becouse u need two drives not just one u have to do this:
Go to “Set number of devices” and set it to “2″
so now u can run the second iso file as well.
cookie man + all others:
u need to have the rial disk to run your game, otherwise u have to download a crack file (witch is an .exe by the way) change it with the real one (witch isthe exact same file with the same icon but with the protection) in the game’s files (usually in C:\program files\”game’s name or company’s name”\”game’s name if companie’s name before”\) an then play without even using demon tools. hope i helped.
shaieen: no its not an image, its a file wich contains what the real cd/dvd contains but lets u use it as as a cd although it is saved in your pc by using the demon tools program.