tysroby Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 In a new post over on the building Windows 8 blog, Steven Sinofsky has detailed how Windows 8 will natively support ISO images as well as VHD’s. Windows 8 will be their first OS to natively support ISO’s in the explorer. This means Windows users will no longer have to use third party programs to view and access ISO images.However, you will not be able to create ISO images natively in Windows 8:In case you need a utility to create ISO images from existing optical media, there are many tools that give you that capability. One I use is the Oscdimg command line tool that is available as part of our automated deployment kit.As you can see in the following screenshots above from the blog, Windows 8 will display the ISO image in explorer as a removable device.ISO images are mounted either with a double-click in the new Windows Explorer or by selecting the Mount option from the actions menu.The ISO image then becomes available as a new drive on the operating system. All of its files are then accessible directly in Windows. This behavior is similar to that of third party ISO mounting tools like ISODisk, WinCDEmu or Virtual Clone Drive.The very same mounting options are available for virtual hard drive files as well, with the difference that they appear as hard drives and not optical drives in Windows Explorer.With regards to VHD’s, this isn’t really going to mean a whole lot for the average Windows users, but for those who are a little more tech savvy they will know the benefits of this. A lot of back up programs make files in the VHD format, so being able to natively support this format in Windows 8 will be very beneficial. Especially for those who use virtualization tools and programs.Here is a video that demonstrates both the ISO and VHD mounting capabilities of Windows 8: SOURCES: ghacks.net & Windows 8 News & TipsFor detailed and in-depth information about this topic, please visit the Building Windows 8 Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 30, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 30, 2011 Staff Note: Moved to Software News.More and more Windows 8 rumors etc. are coming out to be true. :)I'm wondering, how big will be Windows 8's ISO when it goes final? :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0H1T Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Windows supports all of these functions at the kernel level & for such a simple task like opening an iso file they'll need nothing more than a dll file(heck even 7zip.dll will do) quite similar to the zip compressed folder accessible through explorer ! So the size will be less than 4.5GB just like what apple did with Lion as non essential components can be downloaded OTA :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I hate waiting on 8, need Pre Alpha. :angry: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 30, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 30, 2011 I hate waiting on 8, need Pre Alpha. :angry: :lol:It's already near beta. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Mounting ISO is great .. but how about creating Encrypted ISO or Virtual Disks? Or mounting and encrypting/decrypting Folders and Files as Virtual Disks and/or Removable Media? Sorry.. but it has to compete with PGP Desktop and/or PowerISO as far as this is concerned right now.. for me... maybe some good thoughts however.. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 30, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 30, 2011 You mean, like Truecrypt?PS. I haven't used Truecrypt too much as every time I make one, I get a BSOD.But yes, would be very useful if added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Well you should give PGP Desktop a try.. and I do not suggest encrypting your HD.. But you can do that... :P but I have had great success in this product.. I can take.. say Business data and files.. or even backups of valuable items that cannot be replaced.. and create a Virtual Disk.. encrypted in any format... mount it.. add the data and unmount and it compresses and encrypts the data.. You can set it up to do it however you want.. as well as NetShares... Zips.. Provides and Encryption Proxy.. really good.. used it for many years now.. I had TruCrypt but for whatever reason I never used it.. and I think it was due to problematic usage and the fact that it had to install a driver on your system in order to operate.. not necessary.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojootti Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 For the record Win 7 Ultimate+Enterprise already supports mounting+booting machine off VHD image ...Google is your best friend on this matter.."While all Windows 7 editions can create and attach a VHD, only the Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions support booting from a VHD."http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/625-boot-vhd-using-windows-7-a.htmlhttp://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2953-virtual-hard-drive-vhd-file-create-start-boot.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0H1T Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Yeah you've got virtual disk service for it(vds.exe) IIRC ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 31, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2011 Well you should give PGP Desktop a try.. and I do not suggest encrypting your HD.. But you can do that... :P but I have had great success in this product.. I can take.. say Business data and files.. or even backups of valuable items that cannot be replaced.. and create a Virtual Disk.. encrypted in any format... mount it.. add the data and unmount and it compresses and encrypts the data.. You can set it up to do it however you want.. as well as NetShares... Zips.. Provides and Encryption Proxy.. really good.. used it for many years now.. I had TruCrypt but for whatever reason I never used it.. and I think it was due to problematic usage and the fact that it had to install a driver on your system in order to operate.. not necessary..Well, I want to encrypt a big folder. :sneaky: And normal folder locking utilities have failed me. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojootti Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Well you should give PGP Desktop a try.. and I do not suggest encrypting your HD.. But you can do that... :P but I have had great success in this product.. I can take.. say Business data and files.. or even backups of valuable items that cannot be replaced.. and create a Virtual Disk.. encrypted in any format... mount it.. add the data and unmount and it compresses and encrypts the data.. You can set it up to do it however you want.. as well as NetShares... Zips.. Provides and Encryption Proxy.. really good.. used it for many years now.. I had TruCrypt but for whatever reason I never used it.. and I think it was due to problematic usage and the fact that it had to install a driver on your system in order to operate.. not necessary..Well, I want to encrypt a big folder. :sneaky: And normal folder locking utilities have failed me. :PI'd suggest you get the great and FREE TrueCrypt,and make an "virtual disk" image container (one file) where you put the stuff u want to hide.That's what I do.There's no way none gonna crack the encryption unless they know your password (you can also make usb-key to unlock it,i recall..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 31, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'd suggest you get the great and FREE TrueCrypt,and make an "virtual disk" image container (one file) where you put the stuff u want to hide.That's what I do.There's no way none gonna crack the encryption unless they know your password (you can also make usb-key to unlock it,i recall..)You mean, like Truecrypt?PS. I haven't used Truecrypt too much as every time I make one, I get a BSOD.But yes, would be very useful if added.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 hmmm lets look back in history. win xp. able to play mp3 but couldnt create mp3 files. that got hacked.frankly if they dont get rid of the stupid pointless region access of the dvd drive then f them.the whole point of a new os is to be able to not need 3rd party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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