OSFMount lets you mount local disk image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows with a drive letter. It also supports the creation of RAM disks, as well as mounting images of CDs. This generally has a large speed benefit over using a hard disk. As such this is useful with applications requiring high speed disk access, such a database applications, games (such as game cache files) and browsers (cache files). A second benefit is security, as the disk contents are not stored on a physical hard disk (but rather in RAM) and on system shutdown the disk contents are not persistent. Image types supported include IMG, DD, ISO, BIN, NRG, SDI, AFF, AFM,
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