Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

I downloaded the March CTP off of MS.com to make sure I was running exactly what our customers got. I was surprised to see that the package was an ISO.

Instead of burning the ISO to CD, I remembered a little tool that I used in college: Daemon Tools. It lets your mount ISOs as drives without the wasted plastic. Pretty cool.

While I’m talking about 3rd party tools, I’m still amazed when I meet people (in software) that haven’t heard of Process Explorer. Amazing tool. A bunch of cool new features that support .NET diagnostics and network usage.

Do you ever want to delete a file and you can’t figure out which process has the handle? Here’s your solution.

As with all non-MS software, you’re mileage may vary, restrictions may apply, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda.

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 25, 2005
  Download 60Kb program from Microsoft and mount your ISO file:
  
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
  
  "Just like for all MS software, you’re mileage may vary, restrictions may apply, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda."
  
  ;-)
• Anonymous
  March 25, 2005
  AT: I had no idea we had a tool for that. Thanks.
  
  ...and Touché :-)
• Anonymous
  March 26, 2005
  >> I’m still amazed when I meet people (in software) that haven’t heard of Process Explorer
  
  I am still amazed when I read blog posts where author discovers daemon tools and similar utilities ;) JUST NOW
  Man, if you've been burning media for all those CTPs up to now, I pity you :)
• Anonymous
  March 26, 2005
  Drazen: I've been using Daemon tools and Process Explorer since college. (6 years already, scary.)
  
  I figure as long as people don't know the tools exist, it's good to throw out suggestions every now and then.
• Anonymous
  May 21, 2007
  I’m going to walk through creating a simple TreeView with the March CTP of Avalon. First, the tools you