![]() ![]() While something like MobaLiveCD is good at testing small images, for testing something larger, I think other virtualization software like Virtual PC, Windows 7’s XP Mode or VirtualBox are much better suited all round. The image above shows Kaspersky Rescue CD booted up in a virtual machine without burning to CD. While MobaLiveCD is great for quickness and ease of use (because it can also be attached to your ‘ Send to‘ menu), it uses Qemu as the virtual emulator and booting into larger ISO images can be incredibly slow. ![]() A portable tool which is able to mount and run the ISO virtually allowing you to test it quickly is MobaLiveCD. There are a few ways to actually mount an ISO in Windows to be able to read the contents of it. Even if I can use CD-RW, it is still inconvenient because I don’t need to waste my time in burning the disc and booting up my computer with the CD-RW. With the ability to test the ISO image first, I don’t need to waste CD-Rs. ![]() Recently I’ve been trying to merge a few ISO images into one to create a multi-boot CD. Sometimes I would like to test an ISO image first before burning it to a CD. A lot of ISO images can be downloaded legally from the internet such as a Windows 7 install DVD, Live Boot CD’s and Antivirus rescue discs which all come in ISO form and you’ll usually have to burn them to CD, or use a utility to write the images to USB stick to test them out. If you’re even a little tech minded, you would most probably know what an ISO image is by now. ![]()
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