Comparison of disc image software


This article is a comparison of notable software applications that can access or manipulate disk image files. It compares their disk image handling features.

Comparison criteria

This article compares two features: Supported file formats and capabilities of the software as to how they treat the image format.

Capabilities

;Creates?: Specifies whether the application can create a new disc image file, either by capturing the image of an actual disc, by composing a disc image file from locally stored files or an empty disc image.
;Modifies?: Specifies whether the application is able to manipulate the contents of an existing disc image file, including adding, changing or deleting files within or modifying disc image metadata.
;Mounts?: Specifies whether the application can emulate an optical disc drive. Such an application treats a disc image file like a virtual disc and virtually inserts it into that emulated virtual drive.
;Writes/Burns?: Specifies whether the application can write the contents of a disk image file onto a physical media and create a physical replica.
;Extracts?: Specifies whether the application can copy some or all of the files within a disc image file to somewhere else.

Supported file formats

;Input format: Specifies the types of disc image formats that the application can open.
;Output format: Specifies the types of disc image formats that the application can save to.

The comparison