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On torrents sites cd images are available in many different format. The .mdf/.mds is one of those formats. To extract the .iso image from .mdf/.mds formatted files you need to have a specialized utility. Daemon Tools is one such freeware utility.

Basically Daemon Tools is a virtual cd drive program. You can use Daemon Tools virtual cd program to mount .mdf/.mds formatted file and directly run cd from this virtual cd drive.

You may download Daemon Tools utility clicking on this link.

There are many people who download cd/ DVD images from the internet, or have CD/DVD images on their hard disks. Here is one program called MagicDisc which is must for them. MagicDisc allows you to use almost all CD/DVD image without burning them onto CD or DVD in order to easily access your favorite games, music, or software programs. It works like a real CD/DVD-ROM. You can run programs, play games, or listen to music from your virtual CD-ROM. Allowing you to run your game images at over 200x faster than from a conventional CD/DVD-ROM.

MagicDisc allows you to create new vitual CD/DVD drives in My Computer. After creating these virtual drives you can mount CD/DVD images on them. MagicDisc works on Windows9x/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

Following CD/DVD formats are supported by Magic Disc:-

• BIN (CDRWin)
• IMA/IMG (Generic disk images)
• CIF (Easy CD Creator)
• NRG (Nero - Burning ROM)
• IMG/CCD (CloneCD)
• MDF/MDS (Fantom CD)
• VCD (Farstone Virtual Drive)
• VaporCD (Noum Vapor CDROM)
• P01/MD1/XA (Gear)
• VC4/000 (Virtual CD)
• VDI (Virtuo CD Manager)
• C2D (WinOnCD)
• BWI/BWT (BlinkWrite)
• CDI (DiscJuggler)
• TAO/DAO (Duplicator)
• PDI (Instant Copy)

To download MagicDisc click on this link.