Image of the disc. Utilities, creation, useful properties

Computer technologies, densely pouring into everyday life, become indispensable in the most diverse spheres of human life. The wide, often seemingly limitless, possibilities of computing systems lead to the fact that the line between the digital and the real world is blurred. The task of the user is not only to skillfully resist such computer influence, but also to use it in their own interests.

The computer as a product of the laborious work of a huge number of the bright minds of mankind is a complex electronic machine that is managed by no less complicated software. Despite the strict regulation of processes and operations occurring even in a not very complex personal device, the peculiarity of the organization of computer software operation has some "loopholes" that allow to "deceive" even a very thoughtful and distrustful system.

But not about the vulnerable places and methods of hacking, as well as causing other harm to the computer will be discussed. The use of certain features of computer systems makes it possible to obtain quite interesting and very useful results. Virtual drive, disk image - this is what you can get as a result of using a number of utilities that differ in functionality, and in size and complexity. But their work is based on the property of the operating system to perceive the same as a physical drive CD / DVD, and its virtual digital copy.

This feature has found wide application among PC users. The copying, storage and reproduction of information is greatly facilitated. You can also say about the rational use of the resource of physical CD / DVD drives and about the creation of backup copies of valuable disks on various media.

The disk image very often comes to the rescue of a number of devices that can not work with a particular kind of programs without using a virtual drive. These are compact, inexpensive personal computers for which an integrated CD / DVD drive is not provided to save space, increase productivity and reduce costs. Of course, for a certain fee, you can get an external device for reading disks, but in this case compactness and mobility can not be said.

There are a number of programs that require full functionality not only for installing them on a PC, but also for having a disc in the drive. In this case, the image of the disk installed on the virtual drive comes to the rescue.

Let's try to understand some of the most common utilities that can work in virtual drive mode. A very common program UltraISO allows not only to make a disk image, but also to convert it, and also to add, delete and even extract files.

A utility that is distributed free of charge and allows you to manage the drives of CD / DVD (virtual) - MagicDisc Virtual DVD / CD-ROM. Easy to understand, it does not take up much space. Perfect for low-power PCs.

In the arsenal of Gizmo Drive there is not only the ability to emulate the image of the disk, but also a host of other features and customizable functionality. In addition, the utility is distributed free of charge.

Another free utility - Virtual CloneDrive - has a small size and copes well with the launch of disk images using virtual drives.

Alcohol and DAEMON Tools Lite are not bad at all. They work on different platforms, showing a fair amount of performance.

Creating a disk image of Windows 7, XP, Vista and a number of other platforms, you can achieve restoration of the installed system on the PC, even after its serious failures.