Comparison Of Disc Image Software
This article is a comparison of notable software applications that can access or manipulate disk image files. It compares their disk image handling capabilities.
| Software | CreatesA | ModifiesB | MountsC | RestoresD | ExtractsE | InputF | OutputG | OS | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Zip | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | GPL | |
| AcetoneISO | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | CD, DVD, ISO, BIN, MDF, IMG, NRG, CUE, TOC, DMG | CD, DVD, ISO, BIN | Linux | 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, CUE, MDS, NRG, ISZ | MDS/MDF, ISO | Windows | Shareware |
| Alcohol 52% FE | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | Windows | Shareware | |
| AnyDVD HD | Yes | No | No | No | No | ISO | Windows | Shareware | |
| Ashampoo Burning Studio | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | Windows | Shareware– Past version are made available as freeware from time to time | |
| BlindWrite | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | B5T, B6T, BWA, BWI, BWS, BWT, CUE/BIN, ISO, MDS/MDF | B5T, B6T, BWA, BWI, BWS, BWT, CUE/BIN, ISO, MDS/MDF | Windows | Shareware |
| Brasero | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, CUE | CD, DVD | Linux | GPL |
| Burnatonce | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, CUE, TOC | Windows | Freeware | |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, NRG, BIN/CUE | ISO, MDS/MDF | Windows | Freeware |
| CDemu | No | No | Yes | No | No | CSO, ECM, GBI, GZ, XZ, ISZ, DMG, ISO, UDF, NRG, CDI, CCD, SUB, IMG, CUE/BIN, TOC, B5T, B6T, MDS, MDX, CIF, C2D, DAA | Linux | GPL v2 | |
| genisoimage | Yes | No | No | No | No | ISO | Linux, Unix |
GPL | |
| isoinfo | No | No | No | No | No | ISO | Linux | GPL | |
| mkisofs | Yes | No | No | No | No | ISO | Linux, Amiga Windows |
GPL | |
| CDRoller | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | ISO | Windows | Shareware |
| CDRWIN | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | CUE, BIN | CUE, BIN | Windows | Shareware |
| CloneCD | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, UFD, IMG (CloneCD) | ISO, UFD, IMG (CloneCD) | Windows | Shareware |
| CloneDVD | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | ISO | Windows | Shareware |
| CopyCatX | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | DMG | DMG | Mac OS X | Shareware |
| Daemon Tools Lite | Yes | No | Yes | No | Requires Astroburn | ISO, BIN/CUE, B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CDI, MDF/MDS, MDX, NRG, ISZ | ISO, MDS/MDF, MDX | Windows | Freemium (Shareware in Korea since version 4.45.1) |
| Daemon Tools Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ISO, BIN/CUE, B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CDI, MDF/MDS, MDX, NRG, PDI, ISZ | ISO, MDS/MDF, MDX | Windows | Shareware |
| DeepBurner | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO | Windows | Freemium |
| Disco | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Mac OS X | Freeware |
| DiscJuggler | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | CDI, ISO | CDI | Windows | Shareware |
| Disk Utility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DMG, ISO | DMG, ISO | Mac OS X | Integral part of Mac OS X |
| DiskImageMounter | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | DMG, ISO | DMG, ISO | Mac OS X | Integral part of Mac OS X |
| DVD Shrink | Yes | No | No | No | No | ISO | Windows | Freeware | |
| File Roller | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Unix-like | GPL | |
| Furius ISO Mount | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF, NRG | ? | Linux | GPL |
| Image for Windows | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | TBI, VHD, VMDK | TBI, VHD, VMDK | Windows | Shareware |
| ImgBurn | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO, MDS | Windows | Freeware |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Windows | GPL | ||
| ISO Master | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ISO | ISO | Linux, BSD | GPL v2 |
| ISO Recorder | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 | BSD license |
| IsoBuster | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | DAO, TAO, ISO, BIN, IMG, CCD, CIF, FCD, NRG, GCD, P01, C2D, CUE, CDI, CD, GI, PXI, MDS/MDF, VC4/000, B5T/B5I, DMG, IBP, IBQ, NCD, FLP, E01/S01/L01, RMG | ISO, TAO, BIN, CUE, IBP and IBQ | Windows | Shareware |
| IZArc | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Windows | Freeware | |
| K3b | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | Unix-like | GPL | |
| MagicISO | Yes | Yes | With MagicDisc | Yes | Yes | Supported by 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. Supported by MagicISO only: DMG, FLP, DSK, BFI, BIF, WBT | ISO, BIN/CUE, UIF, NRG, DMG | Windows | Shareware (MagicDisc is Freeware) |
| mount | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | Linux | GPL | |
| Macrium Reflect | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | MRIMG | MRIMG | Windows | Shareware |
| 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 | Discontinued (Shareware) |
| 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 image: 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 | GPL |
| PeaZip | No | No | No | No | Yes | ZIP, TAR, 7Z, DMG, ISO... | 7Z, ARC, BZIP2, GZIP, PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, Split, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP | Windows, Linux | LGPL v3 |
| PowerISO for Linux | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | ISO, BIN, DAA | Linux | Freeware |
| PowerISO for Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BIN/CUE, DAA, UIF, DMG, MDF/MDS, ASHDISC, BWI/B5I, LCD, IMG, CDI, CIF, P01, PDI, NRG, NCD, PXI, GI, FCD, VCD, C2D, BIF | ISO, BIN, DAA | Windows | Shareware |
| Roxio Creator | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, C2D, BIN/CUE, GI | ISO, GI | Windows | Proprietary commercial |
| Roxio Toast | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO, BIN/CUE, IMG, DMG, CDR, NRG | Mac OS X | Proprietary commercial |
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| Saturn Disk Image | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ISO (ISO 9660 and Joliet only) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, Solaris | zlib/libpng | |
| 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 | BIN/CUE, CCD/IMG/SUB, ISO/ISZ, MDF/MD5, NRG | Windows | Shareware |
| Virtual CloneDrive | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO, BIN, CCD | Windows | Freeware | |
| Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | Windows | Freeware | |
| VirtualDrive Pro | No | No | Yes | No | No | Windows | Shareware | ||
| WinCDEmu | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG | Windows | GPL | |
| WinImage | Yes | File replacement only | Yes | No | Yes | ISO, VMDK, VHD, VUD, CIF, DSK, VFD, FLP, IMA, IMZ, WLZ, DMF | ISO, VMDK, VHD, VUD, CIF, DSK, VFD, FLP, IMA, IMZ, WLZ, DMF | Windows | Shareware |
| WinRAR | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Windows | Shareware | |
| WinZip | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Windows | Shareware | |
| Software | CreatesA | ModifiesB | MountsC | RestoresD | ExtractsE | InputF | OutputG | OS | License |
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