Mount Image Pro Knowledgebase
Mounting Drive Letters v's Mounting as a Single Drive
Mounting as a Drive Letter
The easiest and most common way to mount an image and it's partitions is to automatically allow Mount Image Pro to mount each of the partitions within an image as individual drive letters. This is the default method.
Mounting as a Single Drive
There are a number of instances where you may be required to mount an image as a "single" drive:
1. When an image does not contain partitions;
If an image does not contain partitions you will be prompted with the following message:
Click Yes to mount the image as a "single" drive. In this instance Mount Image Pro will assign a drive to the entire image.
As the mounted imaged does not contain partitions, you can expect that when you access the drive via Windows it will display a message such as:
"This drive is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?"
In order to access the contents of the image you will need to use a tool that enables access at a physical drive level. For example, the Recover My Files Data Recovery tool (www.recovermyfiles.com) allows you to search the drive letter at a physical level.
2. When an image contains partitions that are not recognized by Windows, e.g. a MAC or Linux partition.
A mounted image may contain non-Windows partitions, such as Macintosh (HFS or HFS+) or Linux. Learn more about mounting a non-Windows file system here.
3. When using a 3rd party application does not have the ability to access a physical disk and can only access a drive letter.
Some third party tools do not have the ability to access and examine a "physical drive" and can only work on a drive letter. In this situation the drive letter (partition) may not extend the entire size of the drive and some data may not be accessible.
By mounting the image as a "single" drive, Mount Image Pro assigns a drive letter to the entire physical drive and gives such tools the ability to access all data on the drive.
