Software Review:PowerISO

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.

Main Features:

• Support almost all CD/DVD-ROM image file formats(ISO, BIN, NRG, CDI, DAA and so on).
  Note: DAA(Direct-Access-Archive) is an advanced format for image file, which supports some advanced features, such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. It can be handled directly just like other formats, such as ISO, BIN, ...

• Open and extract ISO File.

• Create ISO file from hard disk files or CD/DVD-ROM.

• Edit an existing ISO file directly.

• Convert image files between ISO/BIN and other formats. PowerISO can convert almost all image file formats to standard ISO format file.

• Make bootable ISO file, get boot information from bootable ISO file.

• Make floppy disk image file.

• Optimize files to save disk space while saving ISO file.

• Mount ISO file with internal virtual drive. You don't need install any other virtual drive software.

• Can be used easily. PowerISO supports shell integration, context menu, drag and drop, clipboard copy paste...

System requirement:

• Windows98/Me, Windows2000/XP/2003/Vista operating system or above.
  Note: The internal virtual drive needs Windows2000/XP/2003/Vista or above.

• Intel Pentium 166MHz or above.

• 64MB memory.

• At least 10MB hard disk space.

* This information is copied from the site www.poweriso.com

I personally like PowerISO because it is easy to use, and it allows me to create cd/dvd image files so quickly and effectively. For people who do not understand what cd/dvd images are, and are keen to find out, PowerISO is the product that they should try. It allows cd/dvd images to be created in so many different formats and system requirements are rather low. Cheap and efficient is what I would tell you about this software.

What is so bad about it? Its not free but is still quite cheap, selling at US$29.95