Mount-DiskImage

What Mount-DiskImage is

Mount-DiskImage is a free Windows PowerShell cmdlet that mounts an existing virtual hard disk or ISO so it appears as a normal disk. It requires the full path to the image file. The StorageType parameter accepts ISO, VHD, VHDX, VHDSet, or Unknown; when the type is omitted or Unknown, the file extension determines it. VHD images can be mounted read-only or read-write, while ISO images are always read-only. Mounting a VHD requires administrator privileges. ISO permissions depend on Windows version: the documentation says mounting an ISO does not require administrator privileges on Windows 8, while Windows Server 2012 permits only an administrator to mount or eject one. NoDriveLetter can prevent drive-letter assignment. CimSession directs the command to a remote computer; otherwise it uses the local session. AsJob runs long operations as a background job. The cmdlet returns no output by default, while PassThru returns an object representing the mounted image. For Hyper-V VHD creation and mounting, the guidance points to New-VHD and Mount-VHD or Disk Management. In failover clusters, Storage module commands operate across all cluster servers.