DAEMON Tools - Uses

DAEMON Tools is a proprietary disk image emulator for CD/DVD-ROMs able to mount CD images in virtual drives. The program is able to emulate most copy prevention schemes. This software is available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. DAEMON Tools was originally a further development of another program, Generic Safedisc emulator and Daemon tools incorporates all of its features. DAEMON Tools is currently being developed and distributed by DAEMON's Home and is free for non-commercial purposes. T ...

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Like other disk image emulators, using DAEMON Tools means a user does not have to swap discs to run different programs, which also reduces scratching of the disc. It is useful for those who purchased software, but either lost or damaged the disc, to still be able to use that program. It can also be used to access software distributed as a disk image (drivers, support files, archives, etc) without the need to burn a physical CD/DVD. This is somewhat similar to how .dmg files are used in Mac OS X. Several disk images can be loaded at once, which can be useful for installing or using software which ships on multiple discs and requir ...

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