DAEMON Tools Lite

12.1 Disk emulator for Windows

Fernando Ortega

Software tool that creates virtual drives on your PC, allowing you to run disk images without the need for physical media.

Free, but ad-supported drive emulation software download, reviewed by Fernando Ortega
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Freeware Virtual Disc Mounter.

DAEMON Tools Lite is the free version of a very stable CD/DVD/BD drive emulator which is commonly needed to access BIN and ISO files as a disc, without actually burning the disc to a CD or DVD disc, thus wasting it if you're not ready to archive the data on such medium.

DAEMON Tools is highly successful and the lite version does a lot of what the paid versions do and can emulation up to 4 virtual drives. It can also change the DVD region of the virtual drives making it possible to watch DVD images from other regions from your system which doesn't necessarily have a DVD drive with that particular region set.

DAEMON Tools Lite is able to mount images with virtually all different types of copy protection schemes, making it easy to access these images from a virtual CD drive on your system.

Running game backups from your computer system has never been easier, meaning you don't need to actually have the disk in the drive to play the games, just mount the image from within the DAEMON Tools Lite menu from within the Windows taskbar.

This version of DAEMON Tools is able to handle a long list of different formats of CD/DVD images created by programs such as CloneCD (CCD Files), Nero Files (NRG), B5T (BlindWrite files) and many more. Additionally, it supports .mdx, .mdf, .b6t, .bwt, .ape/.cue and .isz disc images.

Finally, DAEMON Tools Lite is unique in that most rivals don't offer a free version of these software while DT Soft remains committed to their freeware following. It is available for free for non-commercial use; users in a commercial setting must purchase a license.

Features of DAEMON Tools Lite

  • Command Line: Use Command Line to work with images without UI.
  • Custom Images: Create compressed and encrypted custom images.
  • Disc Burning: Burn files, master bootable discs, or save created projects to image files.
  • GameSpace: Keep track of your game collection and mount images directly from GameSpace.
  • ISCSI Protocol: Create iSCSI targets and connect to remote images.
  • Image Catalog: Organize image collection with Image Catalog.
  • Image Converter: Convert between different image files formats.
  • Mounting: Mount all popular types of images from application or Explorer.
  • Password Protection: Protect your images with password and hide your private data.
  • RAM Disks: Create virtual RAM disks to speed up your PC and work with temporary data.
  • Scanning: Automatically identify and add images from your PC.
  • SysInfo: Get detailed info about your system resources.
  • Virtual Burner: Configure Virtual Burner to burn data with CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc image files.
  • Virtual HDD: Create up to 4 virtual drives, mount images and emulate physical drive.
  • Writable Virtual Device: Emulate Writable virtual device and burn data.

Compatibility and License

DAEMON Tools Lite is a freeware, but ad-supported application available on Windows from disc utilities. You may encounter different types of ads or offers when running and installing this program. Though ads might be present, download and installation of this PC software is free and 12.1 is the latest version last time we checked.

Is DAEMON Tools Lite for Windows 10?

Yes. It can run on a PC with Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.

Filed under:
  1. DAEMON Tools Lite Download
  2. Free Disc Utilities
  3. Drive Emulation Software
  4. Software for Windows 10
DAEMON Tools Lite has been picked by our editors as very good.
DAEMON Tools Lite has been tested for viruses and malware.
We have tested DAEMON Tools Lite 12.1 against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.