Create an image of alcohol 120 without a disk. How to make an iso image (disk image) from a folder? click virtual disk

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To create a CD, DVD or boot disk image in Alcohol 120, you need to click “Create images”. A window will open in which you need to select the disk drive that contains the disk from which the image will be created.

Alcohol 120 image creation

When the disk is read by the program, the “Start” button will become active. Before clicking this button, you need to click “Reading Options” and indicate in what format we will make the image and where the finished image will be stored. Now you can click the “Start” button and wait until the Alcohol 120 disk image is completed.

Alcohol 120 how to create an image from files

To create an image from selected files from a computer or disk, you need to click “Image Mastering”. A welcome window will open in which click the “Next” button. Now you need to select from which files you want to make an image; to do this, click the “Add file(s)” button.

Alcohol 120 instructions for collecting files for the image

A window will open in which you are looking for the file you need and when you find the file, click on it (the name of this file should appear in the file name field), and now click “Open”. This way we collect all the necessary files. Now that all the files have been collected, click the “Next” button.

Set the ISO Alcohol 120 parameter

In a new window, select the location where the image will be stored, indicate the image format and in the “Image name” field write what the image will be called. By clicking the “Start” button, the image will be created and will be located in the location you specified.

How to open the Alcohol 120 image

First you need to create a virtual disk using the Alcohol 120 program; to do this, click “Tools” - “Settings”.

Settings in Alcohol 120

In the left column, click on “Virtual disk”, and in the right window, indicate the number of virtual drives and click the “OK” button. Now go to Explorer, click on “This PC”, find the virtual disk drive and right-click on it.

How to mount an image on a disk drive in Alcohol 120

In the context menu that appears, select “Mount image” - “Open”. We find the image, left-click on it and click the “Open” button. So you can mount the image using alcohol 120 and now you can view the contents of the disk.

How to burn an Alcohol 120 image to disk

To burn an image to disk, click “Burn images to disks.”

How to burn an Alcohol 120 disc

In the window that opens, click the “Browse” button and look for the image file that we need to burn to disk. You can check the box next to “Delete image file after recording” if you no longer need this file in the future. Click the “Next” button, another window will open in which you need to click “Start” and recording to the disk will begin (at this moment it is better not to do anything on the computer so that a failure does not occur due to which the disk may be damaged).

Driver error

Sometimes, after installing the program, when you start it, an error appears when loading Alcohol 120 drivers, which means that this version is not suitable for your system. To resolve this error, you will need to uninstall this version and install another one.

Run the program Alcohol 120%. Select a section from the menu on the left side "Image Mastering"(Image Wizard), or use the main menu File => Mastering images, or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + P (English Pi).

After which a window will appear XTRA-master Alcohol. Click "More".

Use the buttons "Add files" And "Add folder" to add files to the created disk image. You can add files and folders by simply dragging and dropping them ( Drag"n"Drop) from Conductor in the wizard window, in most cases it will be more convenient and faster than using buttons.

Also, if desired, you can change volume label(name) of the disk (see at the top of the wizard window).

After the necessary files have been added, click on the button "Further".

Specify the name of the image file, select the folder in which it will be written. You can also choose the image format. Default Alcohol uses its own format - mdf, however, it is not universal and may not be supported by other programs, unlike iso. It is recommended to select "ISO image (*.iso)".

Click on the button "Start" to begin creating a disk image.

Creating the image will take several minutes, depending on the amount of data and computer power. The disk image file will be automatically added to the list of images Alcohol and it can immediately be used for mounting into virtual drives, or for recording onto physical disks.

Alcohol 120% is a program that is perfect for working with images that most users could see with an ISO tag. This application has a good set of tools, and from this article you will learn how to mount an image in Alcohol 120%, how to make and burn it. It is noteworthy that two methods of creating will be given: an image of the disk itself and an image from files and folders.

How to create an Alcohol 120% image

Surprisingly, the image creation function is less popular in use than the mounting function, but it is fundamental. It is appropriate to use it in situations where you want to place all the files from the disk on your computer and later transfer them to other users. In any case, you just need to know about creating images if you are going to work at Alcohol 120%.

After launching the program, go to the image creation menu by clicking on the item of the same name in the sidebar.
In the new window that opens, first of all, indicate the drive in which the disk is located. This can be done in the drop-down list at the top of the program.
Go to the "Reading Options" menu and enter the name of the future image, set its location and select the format (it is recommended to use ISO).
After everything has been done, click the "Start" button.

All you have to do is wait for the process to complete, after which you can close the program.

How to burn an image

So, you've created the image, but what if your friend asks you to burn it to disk? Everything is very simple, to do this, without leaving the program, follow these steps:

In the sidebar of the program, select "Burn images to disk".
In the new window, click on the "Browse" button, and in the file manager window that appears, select the image file you want to burn.
Read the information about it and click "Next".
Select the drive that has a blank disc in it, specify the recording speed and method and click the "Start" button.

The recording of all image files to the selected disk will begin. Wait until the end and exit the program.

How to create an image from files

We'll soon talk about how to mount an image in Alcohol 120%, but first it's worth mentioning how to create an image from files, because most often this is what users need:

From the main menu, select go to "Image Mastering".
In the window that appears, you must click the “Additional file(s)” or “Add folders” button, depending on what type of data you want to add to the image. All this is done through Explorer.
After selecting all the required data, click "Next".
At this stage, in the "Place image" window, select the directory in which it will appear. Also specify the format in the list of the same name.
Once you've done all this, click "Start".

The image creation process will begin. Wait until it finishes, after which you can close the program window.

How to mount an image in Alcohol 120%

What if there is an image, but there is no disk on which to burn it in order to view all the data stored in it? It's very simple - you just need to install it. Now instructions will be given on how to mount an image in Alcohol 120%:

Launch the program.
Open the folder with the image in Explorer.
Holding LMB on the file, drag it into the work area of the program window.
The file will be added, now you need to right-click on it and select “Mount to device”.
Immediately after this, the “Explorer” window should appear with autorun, if, of course, it was in the image.
Open "Explorer", it will contain the mounted drive.

This is how easy it is to mount an image on a device without writing it to disk.

Conclusion

Now you know not only how to mount an image in Alcohol 120%, but also how to create it and burn it to disk. This program has several other wonderful functions, but in comparison with those listed, they are less popular, and their use is much simpler, and therefore does not require a detailed manual for use.

And with the help of this step-by-step instructions you will learn how to create a boot image.

Boot image

First you need to download and install the Alcohol 120% program. After which you can proceed directly to creating a boot image.

Place the disk you want to image from in the drive.
Open the main window of the Alcohol 120% program.
On the left side you will see a "create images" button. Click on it.
The Image Creation Wizard should appear in front of you. In this window, select the drive that contains the disk you need. Now you can get all the necessary information about this disk, for example, how much space will be needed to rewrite the disk. Now it is possible to use additional settings. Sometimes the Alcohol 120% program can miss read errors, which is very useful when creating images for old or simply damaged disks. But for now you don’t need any of this, so feel free to click “Next”. In the new window you should:
- Select the folder in which the resulting image will be saved.
- Select image format. You shouldn't change the image format unless you have a good reason to do so.
- Select an image name. For the image name you need to use only Latin letters to avoid reading errors.
If you are satisfied with everything, then click “Start”. The creation of the image began. When everything is ready, you will see a report about the successful completion of the task, and the drive will open on its own. If an error occurred during image creation, check the box next to “skip reading errors” in the first window of the image creation wizard.

Boot disk

To burn the finished image to disk, insert a blank disc into the disk drive.

Open Alcohol 120%.
You will see the newly created image file in the dialog box. It must be selected by clicking the left mouse button.
Now click on the operation to burn CD/DVD from image. Her label is on the left side.
Then click “Next” and “Start”, after which the recording of the disk image will begin.

Bootable USB flash drive

To do this we need the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool.

Launch the program and in the first window specify the path to the ISO image.
Select USB recording.
Confirm the selection of the desired flash drive.

Now wait until the file copying process completes. In addition, you can find out

The program that will be discussed has nothing to do with alcoholic beverages. Alcohol 120% is a powerful CD/DVD emulator and part-time creator of their images. Do you have a valuable disk that you're afraid to breathe on? Make an image of it using the program, mount it on an “alcoholic” drive - you will work with this disk as if it were a real one! And even better - faster, since the image is on the hard drive. In the article we will talk about how to do all this realistically, and about the advantages of creating “alcoholic” disk images.

Yes, the name of the program does sound strange, but this is only for the Russian ear. In fact, "alcogol" here has a different meaning - "spirit" or "phantom". But can’t the program’s virtual disks be called phantoms in relation to the real ones? Quite. "But why then 120%?" - users continue to guess. It is believed that the product achieved such a “strength” when two components that previously existed independently were mixed in it - Alcohol 52% and Alcohol 68%. “This is a very strong program. We wanted to emphasize its power, to show that it is better than 100%,” explain the developers. Be that as it may, the new software cocktail successfully combined the functions of burning discs and creating and emulating images - something that was previously done separately by each utility. And, as a result, Alcohol 120% has become a must-have, forever settling on the hard drives of many users.

Here are just a few of the program's features, thanks to which Alcohol 120% has become so popular. The program copies CD/DVD; creates accurate images; searches for images on disks; burns blanks of any format; supports a huge number of physical drives; emulates the operation of a 200-speed CD and DVD-ROM drive; can create up to 31 such virtual devices simultaneously; can work with most third-party CD images. So if you didn’t know what to do with an ISO file you found somewhere on the Internet, you can “feed” it to this program.

Why do we need disk images?

The main difference between Alcohol 120% and similar programs is the ability to create accurate images of almost any disk, including copy-protected ones. Fortunately, our readers don't need to talk at length about the benefits of using disk images, so we'll just list the reasons for creating them.

Laser media are short-lived, and the storage life of data on them is not infinite. And it’s a pity when a priceless disc falls into pieces in the drive, bursts or becomes covered with cracks. If it is a toy, then the likelihood of such an event increases significantly. And we won’t even think about the fact that your disk can get scratched, scratched or broken.
If we talk about toys and films, then the data reading speed comes to the fore - for a CD/DVD this speed is significantly lower compared to a hard drive. So when working with images, both the game and the movie will slow down less.
The fact that you can save on physical drives by replacing them with virtual ones is rather a theoretical question. It’s hard to even imagine computers without these devices given their current cheapness. But equipping the entire local network with CD and DVD drives with Alcohol 120% is already a luxury. And each user also does not need to allocate separate disks with programs - let them use those mounted on virtual drives.

Overall: we save money, speed up work, and save licensed discs.

How to create a disk image

For some reason, Alcohol 120% is recommended only for experienced users. In fact, creating images in this program is very simple under the guidance of a wizard and is completed in a matter of minutes. The only thing that may need to change is the DPM (Data Location) measurement speed. By reducing this speed, a more accurate image can be obtained.

More fine-tuning of data reading may be necessary only if you want to create a copy-protected disk image. To do this, the user has many changeable options at his disposal: skipping read errors, improved sector scanning, reading sub-channel data from the current disk, measuring data positioning with a given accuracy, emulating bad sectors, emulation of RMPS (physical signature of the disc being recorded). But in most cases, to bypass known protection algorithms, it is enough to select one of the preset modes from the list offered by the program. The developers even took care of the possibility of setting the regional code of the virtual drive.

We will not go into details of bypassing various protections, so as not to be caught in aiding pirates. Let us only note that you have the right to make one single copy of the program purchased by you with your own money - this is stipulated by the legislation of many countries, including Russia. And it doesn’t matter on what medium this program is recorded.

What to do with the image

Mounting an image means loading the image file into a virtual drive. Alcohol 120% will give other programs access to the downloaded data as if the original disk was in a physical drive. For example, if it is a movie, then players like Crystal Player will play it from the moment it was stopped.

You can do this (mount the image) in any of the three simplest ways: by double-clicking on the image name in the program list, pressing the hotkeys assigned to this image, and using the Windows context menu. If you right-click on the virtual drive icon, a list of previously used images will appear in the menu - load any of them! This method seemed to us the most convenient.

By default, the program has only one virtual drive; others can be added in the settings. However, you should not be too zealous, since all of them will be perceived by the system as physical devices - you can simply get confused in them.

Alcohol 120% works not only with your own images (*.mds), but also with others. If you don’t want to remember what formats the images made with Blindread, CloneCD, DiscJuggler, Instant CD/DVD or Nero have, you can simply run an automatic scan of your hard drives and Alcohol 120% will make a list of all found images. It is clear that any of them can be mounted using the methods described above.

Burning images and copying discs

You shouldn’t be too happy that your licensed disc is lying untouched in your bedside table - perhaps in a couple of years it will simply no longer be read by the drive. So from time to time you need to put a fresh copy next to it. To do this, you can burn the image file to a CD/DVD or make a copy of the original disk - both options are present in the program. If you have two physical drives, Alcohol 120% allows you to copy disks even on the fly - bypassing the creation of an image on the hard drive.

What's new

Despite idle rumors about the closure of the project, Alcohol 120% not only lives, but is also replenished with new opportunities. We would call the most worthwhile new products of this year: support for Windows 64Bit, replacement of the virtual drive (now it is based on the Daemon Tools 4.03 code), improvement of program reading and writing algorithms, improvement of DPM for DVD media. The list of other changes in the latest version of the program (1.9.5 Build 3823) is impressive: Unicode support, improvements to the Event Log and Help, updating language localizations, fixing all sorts of errors and adding little things like updating the program.

Currently, the developers are collecting useful ideas from users to improve their program. There are already plenty of such ideas selected for implementation in the future. All this allows us to hope for the speedy release of the next version of the program with new wonderful features.