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Mount an ISO as a Virtual Drive with Mount-DiskImage

Mount ISO (and VHD) files as virtual drives with PowerShell and get the new drive letter back — no third-party mounting tools.

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Run Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\ISOs\file.iso" -PassThru | Get-Volume | Select-Object DriveLetter to mount and see which letter it got.

01Command

Command
$ Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\ISOs\Win11.iso" -PassThru | Get-Volume | Select-Object DriveLetter

02What it does

Windows has mounted ISO images natively since Windows 8, and Mount-DiskImage is its command-line form — the ISO appears as a new DVD/virtual drive you can browse, copy from, or run installers from. The -PassThru part is a quality-of-life addition: without it the command is silent, with it the output pipes into Get-Volume so you immediately see the assigned drive letter. To eject, run Dismount-DiskImage with the same -ImagePath (double-clicking the mounted drive's Eject works too).

03Risk

RiskLow risk
!Warning: The mount disappears after a reboot — remount when needed. For VHD/VHDX files the cmdlet works too, but those can carry their own permission considerations.

04Undo

Undo
$ Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\ISOs\Win11.iso"

05Sources

  • Mount-DiskImage
    Microsoft Learn · vendor-doc · 2026-09-17
    Evidence: Mount-DiskImage mounts ISO and VHD files as virtual drives; -PassThru returns the image object for follow-up queries, and Dismount-DiskImage unmounts.

Last verified: 2026-09-18 · Category: Files & Folders

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