Is there a way to mount a writable disc in a virtual device/drive?

Question

Is there a way to mount a writable disc/image on a virtual drive(e.g. daemon tools)? This is for either Windows XP or Windows 7.

The goal being to write a disc directly to an ISO from software that only sees physical and virtual optical devices. Because the discs are temporary so I don't want to waste physical media.

Solution 1

Phantom Burner looks like what you are looking for.

Here is a similar question: Virtual CDR driver

Solution 2

Are you looking for something like ImgBurn?

It can create/copy ISOs from real or virtual drives.

Comments

[Admin]

What about daemon tools doesn't do it for you? Is there something you need that it's lacking?

[Admin]

As far as I'm aware ImgBurn and Daemon Tools can't emulated burners. Daemon Tools can mount existing images and create images from files/folders, but you can't use other programs to burn to the virtual drive as though it were a CD-R.

[Admin]

Pahntom Burner works Great, But I found it does not support Dual Layer DVDs any Software can burn dual layers virtually

[derGral]

This is exactly what I'm looking for, although I wish the functionality was available in other packages and for less money.

[derGral]

I'm looking for the virtual drive side of things, specifically one that emulates a burner, to create images by "burning" to the virtual device.

[Scott McClenning]

@Ryan, Glad it worked out for you. I agree, I wish both read & write ISO files were built into all OSs.

[Force Flow]

Burning software has the ability to do a "test burn" if that's what you're looking for. If you're looking to create an ISOs you can use and mount in virtual drives, ImgBurn is a good option.