ISO image mounting problems under Windows 8 Pro

Anonymous
2012-12-02T16:23:00+00:00

Whenever I try to mount ISO with the inbuilt mounting of Windows 8 Pro it returns 'Couldn't mount  file' 'Sorry there was a problem mounting the file' or 'The disc image file is corrupted'.

In some instances the file gets mounted nevertheless, but to discover it, I have to look at Computer where all drives are shown.

In either instances, whenever I drop an ISO, which contains audio from SACD or other media, in J River Media Center's 'Playing Now' field, it shows every single track of the disc image file and plays them nicely. So it does, even when burnt onto a DVD+R So, obviously, the ISOs are healthy and the problem should with Windows...

I would be glad to hear from you on the matter.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2015-03-15T22:51:18+00:00

The file needs to be renamed to .exe on the Microsoft site.  It's an executable, not an ISO

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ok guys, I FOUND THE SOLUTION by accident.

Here is how to fix the problem (at least it worked right away when i did it, so try it!)

RIGHT-CLICK the image file in question (.IMG, .ISO, etc...) and choose a default program to open with. WIndows ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE the DEFAULT program to open image files. There is a unreported bug about Windows 8 explorer not being the default , therein not opening a valid, uncorrupted image file.  YOU MUST set Windows Explorer as the default in order to mount image files as a virtual DVD drive in WIndows 8. 

Thats all, and I hope that this actually works for you. thanks! and if it works, please mark this as helpful to show your appreciation, since there is no kudos or thanks button. :D

Here what I did, eject SD card (you don't have to take it out of the computer).  Try to mount again.  I did this and it worked perfectly.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-15T16:26:00+00:00

    After reading the other replies here, I may have had a different problem than you, but here's one solution.  After the error appears, open up explorer and see if it still mounted.  In my case, it was a drive letter conflict because I had a SD card in, and that's what caused the error.  In my case, though, it still mounted as drive letter F:\ even though it's preferred drive letter (E:) was taken.    

    Absolutely yes! I have a Sony Vaio with an integrated card reader, and when I had removed the SD card the problem was solved. Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-30T02:40:16+00:00

       

    I wrote an article about this and how to solve it:

    http://www.danielclasson.com/issue-with-mounting-new-iso-files-from-technet-in-windows-8-and-windows-8-1-preview/

    Great tip, Daniel.  Worked like a charm.  Amazing that the solution is as simple as copying the .img file to a new location.  Equally amazing that this is even necessary.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-20T12:39:04+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-09-12T23:27:08+00:00

    The SD Card being present was my problem too. I just changed the drive letter and it worked like a charm.

    Same issue here again on my Surface Pro.  I had an SD card as D:\ drive.  I moved it to another drive letter (in my case S:), and now I can mount ISO images without any issue.  The ISO's mount to D:, E:, F:\ etc in that consecutive order.

    Cheers for the find guys!

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