- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 249 votes
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- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (300MB ISO file trial); $29.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 98
- Date added: July 27, 2009
- Total Downloads: 10,714,690
- Downloads last week: 73,096
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 07, 2008
This muscular disc-imaging utility is not kidding around (though we thought the demo might be). PowerISO lets you mount virtual drives, create bootable discs, and generate CD and floppy images. It supports a huge number of image formats, including standard ISO and IMG files as well as files created by almost all popular disc-burning programs such as Nero, CloneCD, and Alcohol120%.
Our one major caveat is that the trial version doesn't let you create images larger than 300MB (most CDs hold 700MB), making it much harder to fully test the product. On the other hand, the trial period is unlimited, so some users may actually prefer this arrangement. Trial restrictions aside, we think PowerISO makes a good pick for intermediate to advanced users.
Publisher's description
From PowerISO Computing :PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, burn, 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.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.5 adds support for Audio CD-TEXT and support for WIM, VMDK, VHD, and VDI files. see all new featuresMore popular CD Burners downloads
- 73,096 downloads 1. PowerISO
- 61,292 downloads 2. UltraISO Premium
- 48,277 downloads 3. Nero
- 28,547 downloads 4. Burn4Free CD and DVD
- 22,415 downloads 5. Daemon Tools Pro
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Previous Versions:
PowerISO 4.4 PowerISO 4.3 PowerISO 4.2 PowerISO 4.1 PowerISO 4 PowerISO 4.0 PowerISO 3.9 PowerISO 3.8 PowerISO 3.7 PowerISO 3.5 PowerISO 3.6 PowerISO 3.5 PowerISO 3.4 PowerISO 3.3 PowerISO 3.2 PowerISO 3.1 PowerISO 3 PowerISO 2.8 PowerISO 2.9 PowerISO 2.7 PowerISO 2.8 PowerISO 2.7 PowerISO 2.62 PowerISO 2.6 PowerISO 2.61 PowerISO 2.6 PowerISO 2.1
User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 249 votes
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Version: PowerISO 4.5
"A easy to use and complete software."
Pros: Fast, Reliable, Easy to Use
Cons: Nothing Special
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Version: PowerISO 4.5
Pros: Works just fine if you know what you are doing. As good as expensive other products out there.have never had any issues with it. Installed and worked with very little set up. Use mostly for mounting ISO files on virtual drives - terrific.
Cons: No negative comments
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Version: PowerISO 4.5
Pros: Works just fine if you know what you are doing. It is much better than the other products out there and I have never had any issues with it and it has never wasted any blank dvd's since I know what I am doing ;x
Cons: No big cons, it has trouble reading .gbi files..but that is nitpicking
Summary: Geat product, 5 star
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: PowerISO 4.5
Pros: What a piece of crap
Cons: I used PowerISO and for the most part all it did was ruin 10 blank dvds. The discs are non-usable now and there isn't anything on them. Program says wait while burning, 1% of burn takes place and then it stops.
Summary: Piece of crap. Don't waste your money
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