ImDisk vs Virtual CD
ImDisk
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| Figure | ImDisk | Virtual CD |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Virtual Drive Software | 7.6 (#11) | 7.5 (#14) |
| Purpose | ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows that creates virtual hard disk partitions, floppy drives, or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory. | Virtual CD creates images of optical media so users can access them without the physical disc. |
| Support | The maintainer offers contact by email, phone, Signal, or WhatsApp and says he speaks Swedish and English. | The maker directs technical questions to its documentation, knowledge base, and support forum, and says it cannot provide telephone support. |
Plans
Virtual CD
- Update$16.95, paid once
- Full version$34.95, paid once
- 5-user license (private use)$69.95, paid once
- 5-user license$119.90, paid once
In their own words
ImDisk
ImDisk is a free Windows virtual disk driver for creating disk volumes from image files or system memory. It can present virtual hard disk partitions, floppy drives, and CD/DVD drives, with support for raw images, VHD, VDI, VMDK, NRG, SDI, and BIN formats. The installer provides the imdisk.exe console tool, a Control Panel applet, and an Explorer command for mounting files. I/O requests can be passed to third-party image handlers or services on other computers over a network. API functions are available to C/C++, COM, and .NET applications, with wrapper libraries on NuGet. The current installer supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and lists x86, ia64, x64, arm32, and arm64 architectures. ImDisk is free to download and use; a voluntary usage fee is welcome. The maker says it receives maintenance fixes, but no new features are planned and its legacy design is not recommended for recent Windows versions.
Virtual CD
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