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Free Software To Open ISO Files

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PDT


Here are free software to open ISO files on your computer. ISO files cannot be read directly, as you need to first burn them to a CD/DVD, and then play the CD/DVD . However, with the help of these free software to open ISO files, there's no need of doing all this. These software can mount ISO files on your computer without the need for writing ISO to a CD / DVD. Basically, these free software basically act like CD/DVD players  by creating virtual CD / DVD drive on your computer, and fool your computer into thinking that you have a CD / DVD player installed. After that, they mount ISO files, and your computer thinks that you are running an actual CD or DVD. After that, you can open ISO file, and browse it normally, as you would open or browse a CD or DVD. These software are also called Disk emulators. Here is a listing of some of the best free disk emulators to open ISO files:

Gizmo Drive

Gizmo Drive is a free image mounting software which allows you to create virtual hard disk and even allows you to open or run ISO file. This free software is capable enough to mount image file to virtual drives. It supports several formats like BIN, CCD, CUE, NRG, IMG, MDF/MDS, etc. With the help of this free software, you can even burn an ISO to a disk easily. This free software has got a user-friendly interface which looks just like Windows Explorer.

Read more about Gizmo Drive or simply try it out here.

Virtual Disk Utility

Virtual Disk Utility is another free software to open ISO files. This free software basically allows you to create a virtual drive, you can even password protect the virtual disk space created. The user-interface is extremely simple and offers straight-forward options for creating, disconnecting and mounting virtual drives. You can easily unmount/mount drives with mouse clicks. This free software works with both Windows and Mac.

Read more about Virtual Disk Utility or try it out here.

Virtual Clone Drive

Virtual Clone Drive, as the name itself suggests that this free software helps you to clone CD/DVD drives. This free software basically allows you to create a clone drive and also allows you to open ISO files. After installing this free software you need to simply click the ISO file, and it will mount that particular file as if you are playing a CD/DVD in CD/DVD player. Apart from ISO format, this free software to mount ISO files even supports other image formats like BIN, CCD, etc. It even supports 8 virtual drives in real-time.

Read more about Virtual Clone Drive or try it out here.

WinCDEmu

WinCDEmu is an open source image mounting software which allows you to mount or open ISO files on your system. This free software also supports other image formats like CUE, NRG, CCD, IMG, MDS/MDF, etc. You can easily mount an ISO file by simply clicking on the ISO file in Windows explorer. This free software is too small in size and works with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows OS.

Read more about WinCDEmu or simply try it out here.

Daemon Tools Lite

Daemon Tools Lite is one of the most popular disc emulator to open ISO files. This free software supports several image formats other than ISO like CCD, CDI, CUE, MDS, PDI, NRG, BWT, B6T, etc. For using this software you need to simply install this software on your computer, you will come across a small icon in the system tray, so you can control this software from the system tray icon. The virtual drive delivers 50 times faster reading speed as compared to normal physical drive.

Read more about Daemon Tools Lite or try it out here.

MagicDisc

MagicDisc is a free utility software to create virtual CD/DVD drives and even open ISO files like a breeze. You can create a maximum of 15 virtual drives using this free software. With the help of this free software you can create, open, extract, edit, burn ISO files to and from DVD or CD. Supported formats include NRG, CDI, BIN, BWT, IMG, etc. This free software is also capable enough to encrypt and compress ISO image, in this way you can save your Hard disk space.

Try MagicDisc here.

ISODisk

ISODisk is a free disk image file tool which helps you to create virtual drives and you can even open ISO files. This free tool allows you to create up to 20 virtual drives. You can even create ISO files directly from the CD with ease. This free software comes with a completely simple and user-friendly interface, so even the non-technical users can easily work on this free software. ISODisk, from the name itself its clear that this free software only supports ISO format. Download this software for free.

Click here to try out ISODisk.

Phantom CD

Phantom CD is another application which allows you to open ISO files on your computer. You can access a CD/DVD by the means of a virtual drive. This software comes with a very basic and straight-forward interface for opening ISO files. This free application works with formats like BIN/CUE, ISO files, etc. This free disc emulator works much faster than physical drive. Download this application for free.

Simply click here to try out Phantom CD.

OSF Mount

OSFMount

OSF Mount is one of the best CD image mounting software to mount image files on your system. You can easily mount an image of the disk using this application. Files loaded are basically mounted as read only files, so the content of the file will never be altered. This image mounting software supports several formats like SDI, NRG, IMG, ISO, AFM, AFD, etc. With the help of this free software, you can even load images of local disks onto the RAM.

Read more about OSF mount or try it out here.

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Free Software To Open ISO Files was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Software To Join MP3

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:00 AM PDT


Here are free software to join MP3 files on your PC. MP3 is a one of most popular and easily available audio format over the web. These free software are efficient and powerful enough to join several mp3 files into one single large file. Some of these software even support several other formats. These software are easy to use and offer straight forward functionality for joining mp3 files. So even the non-technical users can easily use this free software. Download these software to join mp3 files for free.

Helium Audio Joiner

helium audio converter

Helium audio joiner is a free audio joiner which straightforwardly allows you to join MP3 files into a single large file. With the help of this free audio joiner, you can even choose several audio files in different formats and join them all together to make a single audio file. It basically supports format like MP4, AAC, FLAC, M4B, MPC, WMA, etc. This free audio joiner allows you to even choose the output format for joined file. The interface is quite simple and user-friendly which is available in multiple languages.

Read more about Helium Audio Joiner or try it out here.

Weeny Free Audio Cutter

weeny audio cutter

Weeny Free Audio Cutter is a free audio cutter which includes an option to merge or join mp3 files like a breeze. This free software is basically an audio cutter to cut audio files, but can also be used to merge or join audio files in formats like OGG, WAV, WMA and of course MP3 as well. This is an easy to use audio cutter, which offers straight-forward functionality for splitting or merging audio files on your system. Download Weeny free audio cutter for free.

Read more about Weeny free audio cutter or simply make a try here.

Also, check out free software to cut songs.

Merge MP3

Merge MP3 is another free mp3 merging software which allows you to join mp3 files into one single file. This mp3 merging software comes with an intuitive interface and offers you a high-speed merging. With the help of this mp3 merger you can even mix the merged MP3 file into audiobook format M4B which can be played on iPod/iPhone. This free MP3 merger even allows you to add complete directory of MP3 files for joining them. It's capable enough to find and warn you about any duplicate mp3 file which gets added to the list more than once. Download Merge MP3 for free.

Click here to download Merge MP3.

MakeitOne

Make it One

MakeitOne is a free album making software which allows you to join mp3 recordings into one single file. This free album maker delivers excellent sound quality even after merging several mp3 files together. As it supports drag and drop functionality, you can drag and drop files to this album maker's interface for editing MP3 file tags and for packing audio files into one single file. The interface is simple and easy to navigate which allows users to easily use this awesome album maker.

Read more about MakeitOne or simply make a try here.

You would also like to check out free software to convert video to MP3.

Free MP3 joiner

Free MP3 Joiner, as the name itself suggests that its main function is to join MP3 files into one single file. This MP3 joiner basically allows you to join multiple MP3 files into one single file without any audio quality loss or recompression. This free MP3 joiner also allows you to drag and drop files into the interface for working on them. The interface is user-friendly and straight-forward, as it includes straight-forward buttons for functioning. Apart from joining MP3 files, it also allows you to convert audio files like a breeze.

Click here to download Free MP3 Joiner.

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Free Software To Join MP3 was originally published at I Love Free Software

How To Set Widget On Android

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 06:00 AM PDT


Here, are steps to set widget on Android. Before moving on the steps of how to set widget on Android, let us discuss what is Android widget all about.

What Is Android Widget:

Android Widget is a free Android app that runs on main Android home screen. Android Widget can also be said as a tool for assessing anything in one go on Android. Android Widget runs on your Android screen and acts as a screen shortcut on your Android phone. Widget depends on the app installed.

If the app features a widget option on your Android, then only you can set widget for that app on your Android screen. The phone also comes up with some pre-installed default widget which you can set at any point of time on Android screen. Examples of some Android widgets are Google search, Calendar Widget, Real Player widget, Bluetooth Widget and much more.

Android Widget Icon

How To Set Widget On Android:

Step 1: Unlock your Android screen.

Step 2: Long press on the empty or blank space on your Android screen. You can also press menu button to access widget option.

Step 3: Tap on "Widget or Add Widget" option from the list of options on your Android phone.

Android Widget option

Step 4: Select the appropriate Widget from the long list widgets available on your Android phone.

Android Widgets

Step 5: Customize the widget if required and then you can see the widget set on your Android screen.

Android Widget On Screen

Also, check out how to enable pattern lock without app on Android reviewed by us.

Widgets make your work easier. Instead of searching for apps all over your Android phone, you can just set a widget for the app on your home screen. It will be much easier to access apps this way. If you are an Android user, go ahead and give it a try. It will sure make your life easy.

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How To Set Widget On Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

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