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Windows 8 finally has the feature to mount ISO image directly by double clicking on the image file in the file explorer. This is a guide on the process.

• Open a command prompt.

• Setting sparse flag to 0 will set the file to NOT sparse and then you can mount it:
  

  fsutil sparse setflag imageFile.iso 0
  

• This will query the flag:
  

  fsutil sparse queryflag imageFile.iso
  

Resources¶

• http://superuser.com/questions/818303/how-to-mount-an-iso-image-in-windows-8-1-marked-as-sparse-file