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In common terminology, an ISO file contains a complete disc image created by copying the entire disc right from sector 0 to the last cluster.PowerISO is an adept CD/DVD image handling tool which is capable of opening, extracting, creating, compressing, editing, splitting and even converting ISO files. There is support for popular formats such as ISO, BIN, NRG and CDI. However, PowerISO is known for its propriety disc image format DAA [Direct Access Archive], which is a compressed image format with support for password protection.

The installation is quick and smooth. Once installed, you associate file types such as ISO, NRG, DAA, etc. to PowerISO via the installer. Number of virtual drives that you can install can also be configured here. Multiple virtual drives can be setup with minimum one drive and maximum 23 virtual drives.

If you find the software useful and would like to unlock all the features which are disabled in the trial version then it’s just $21.95 dollars away from you.The limitation in the free/trial version is that it prevents you from saving ISO images larger than 300 MB. For most common usage, I think this limit should trouble many of the users.

The interface is free from clutter and thus enables every kind of user to operate the utility with ease. The screen is divided between a top menu, operation bar, explorer bar, properties bar and the central views pertaining to folder and file views.

All major operations can be accessed from the toolbar; however the boot and convert options belong to the Action and Tools menu. All the necessary options for creating, compressing, extracting, mounting and burning image files are present in the toolbar.

The explorer bar functions similar to the bar in Windows Explorer. There are buttons like next, back and up one level. The viewing style [list, detailed etc] can also be selected here. Windows users find it much simpler to learn PowerISO usage due to the adoption of the windows explorer bar.

The bottom properties bar displays the file properties and capacity. When double-clicked, it pops up a dialog wherein you select the file system [ISO, Joliet or UDF].

Using PowerISO you can create new Data CD/DVD image, Video CD\DVD image, Floppy disc image or even hard disc images. Other useful utilities include compressing, burning and mounting an already existing CD\DVD images to the virtual drives created.

When creating a compressed archive, PowerISO scans and optimizes the files. This gives a better compression ratio and the speed of compression is also increased. The compressed archives can also be password protected. It may come as a surprise but these compressed archives can be used directly without decompression and be mounted on the virtual drives!  

PowerISO provides options to create bootable CD\DVD disks. It also contains an unzipper for various compressed files such as WinRAR, 7-zip and such others.It supports many different languages. For customization, there is skin support and you can change the background image as well

To begin creation of ISO files, you need to select the option ‘Create new CD\DVD image’ from the toolbar. Next, select all the files and folders you wish to create the image of. Once done, all the files will be loaded into the utility.You can rename the files\folders or drag and drop them inside any other folders (rearrange as you need).Once done, you can click on the Save Icon on the toolbar. PowerISO provides you with several options such as Standard ISO image (ISO), Direct Access Archive (DAA) and CDRWin Images (WIN).

In addition to saving the disc images, the utility also provides you with an option of directly burning to the disc(s). Before burning, if you find yourself short on disc space, the utility comes to rescue by providing compression feature (icon on the toolbar).Other than these, you can also mount existing CD\DVD images using the mount icon on the toolbar.

Positive Points:
  -  Extremely user friendly interface.
  -  Loaded with tons of features.

Negative Points:
  -  In spite of it being able to open around twenty different formats, it is only able to save only three of them.
  -  A bit heavy on price.

Conclusion:
PowerISO is a feature rich application which is quite easy to use as well. It’s definitely not for people on a tight budget and limited requirements. For professional users, however, it’s pretty good. It gets a tough competition from Alcohol 120% and UltraISO premium. Overall, the vastness of the features that are bundled with this release surely makes it a must have utility, but only for people who open lots of formats and are comfortable with only three formats saving option and are not on a tight budget.

Rating: 4/5







PowerISO Publisher's Description

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. PowerISO can be used easily, which support shell integration, context menu, drag and drop, clipboard copy paste.

With PowerISO, you can:
1. Open and extract ISO File.
2. Create ISO file from hard disk files or CD/DVD-ROM.
3. Edit an existing ISO file directly.
4. Convert image files between ISO/BIN and other formats. PowerISO can convert almost all image file formats to a standard ISO format file.
5. Make bootable ISO file, get boot information from bootable ISO file.
6. Make floppy disk image file.
7. Optimize files to save disk space while saving ISO file.
8. Mount ISO file with internal virtual drive. You don't need install any other virtual drive software.
9. Compress, encrypt or split image file. 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, ...

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

Publisher: PowerISO Computing, Inc. | License: Shareware | Price: 29.95
Version: 3.5 | Size: 814 KB | Platform: Win2000, Windows Server, WinOther
Released Date: 10-11-2006 | Rating: 5 | Title: PowerISO

Author Url: http://www.poweriso.com
Program Info Url: http://www.poweriso.com
Download Url: http://www.poweriso.com/PowerISO35.exe
Screenshot Url: http://www.poweriso.com/images/poweriso.gif

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Shareware Connection periodically updates pricing and software information of 'PowerISO' from company source 'PowerISO Computing, Inc.' , so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it. Software piracy is theft,  Using 'PowerISO' crack, password, serial numbers, registration codes, key generators is illegal and prevent future development of PowerISO.

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