Hard Drive Wielding Demons

Ever notice how some music can make the lamest things seems cool?

Ok, that wasn't all that cool, but you know something else that is pretty cool?

Daemons!

No no no. Not ACTUAL demons.

Daemon tools!

Still nope.

I'm actually referring to the Daemon Tools software application. I'll spare you any more bad puns and get to the point. 

Have you ever downloaded a file from the internet only to realize that the file needed to be copied to a disc before you could even do anything with it? (Torrenters will know what I'm talking about) These files generally have the .iso extension at the end of them.

Let's say you were born before the year 2000 and you still happen to have a set of blank CDs lying around along with a CD burner. This is not a problem for you then. Simply pop the blank CD into the CD burner and instantly burn the .iso files to the CD and you are good to go!

  50 points to the person that gets this reference.

But what about the selfie stick wielding generation and their CD less devices? It becomes more of a chore to run/use downloaded .iso files and that's where Daemon Tools comes into play.

Daemon Tools is a virtual drive and optical disc authoring program. Essentially, this means that Daemon Tools is like having a CD player without having the need to have the physical hardware. It changes the game completely.

With Daemon Tools, you can now mount that .iso file to a virtual drive. Once mounted, the .iso will behave like a CD drive on your computer. You will be able to access the contents of the drive, Copy them to your desktop, or even Run executables! 

You can now smile smugly at your ancient friends who still lug around their heavy laptops with their built in CD players.

You're welcome.

P.S. Click here for a Daemon Tools Tutorial.