Mount iso file

ISO file is an exact copy of compact disc. It allows you backup copies of discs and store them digitally. You can burn the ISO file to a disc, thus to make an exact copy of original disc. You can also mount the ISO file to a virtual drive, and access files within ISO file from the virtual drive. In such way, you needn't burn a real disc.

PowerISO will integrate itself into windows explorer. With the shell context menu, you can mount iso file to a virtual drive by a simple click.

Open "My Computer", and navigate to the folder containing the iso file.
Right-click on the iso file, the shell context menu will popup.
Select "Mount image to drive ..." from the shell context menu. The selected iso file will be mounted to the virtual drive. In this example, the virtual drive letter is E:.

You can then access files within the iso file from the virtual drive. In such case, the virtual drive is E:.