http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/ Engadget Comments for UMAzone UMA-ISO drive enclosure takes the sting out of mounting disk images http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
Easy image mounting is one of the top things people have been crying out to Microsoft for. They make powertoys to do it, so they obviously recognise the need to integrate the functionality.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/It would be very useful when you are working with other people's machines. You don't always have the time/opportunity/ability to install imaging software.

I think I just might get this...

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Since the thing shows up on the USB bus as both a hard drive AND an optical drive, when you select and ISO to be loaded into the "Virtual" optical drive, as far as the BIOS is concerned, you have an optical drive attached to the USB bus that has a disk in it. Which means, as long as the computer's BIOS supports booting from a USB CD/DVD/BD-ROM, you *CAN* boot your computer to an ISO stored on the I-Odd. And, yes, the thing CAN handle Blu-Ray ISOs.
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This would be a pretty damn cool alternative ... if it came stateside]]>Nov 18th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
The only difference is that the io-data does not have an external screen to select ISO images - it just has a button to jump to the next ISO image. It also only has 4.7GB total capacity for registering a maximum of 6 or 7 disc images (CD and DVD capable), and the images must be imported with its proprietory application, which is Windows only.

I have been using these drives for OS installations and booting live linuxes like 2-3 years... which is plain great.

That said, it would be perfect to have this UMA-ISO drive if it fixed the above limitations.]]>Nov 18th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
In short, none of the limitations of the IO-Data device apply to this thing.

For the more detailed answer, I'll let you read the other comment.]]>Nov 18th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
Does this enclosure come in a black version and a white version?

You say this thing shows up on the USB bus as *both* a hard drive and an optical drive, does this mean it can be accessed as both simultaneously?]]>Nov 18th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/I think think they've got us all reading this blog covered here... :)
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The drive is usable with any computer that supports USB, and you can load ISOs from any OS that supports FAT32.

The only thing that's "Windows only" is the firmware update utility. The manufacturer only provides a Windows utility to update the firmware. However, I should be able to put together Mac and linux utilities soon.

Other than that, it's all standard USB.]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/Nov 18th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
gone are physical copies!! install windows 7 and any version of anything without burning a thing! run recovery discs at boot time! fix your comp when your optical drive is broken! carry two hundred virtual CDs with you!

the possibilities are endless!]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/1) how do you split the .iso into multiple files
2) is the switch between .iso files seamless?
3) what handles the switch between .iso files, the host or the drive?
]]>Nov 18th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/2) seamless? again what the hell are you talking about? I'm pretty sure you go through a list of image files, press ok on the one you want and within a few seconds the drive has it mounted, how did you think it would work?
3) The drive]]>Nov 18th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
2) Yes, it's seamless. You use the control on the drive to select a new ISO, and the computer sees the "virtual" drive eject and then close with the new ISO

3) see #2.]]>Nov 18th 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/I was one of the first to get my hands on one and they work very well.

Their site as well as firmware updates are here:
http://www.i-odd.com]]>Nov 18th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/umazone-uma-iso-drive-enclosure-takes-the-sting-out-of-mounting/
http://chinese.engadget.com/2009/06/03/computex-2009-iodds-optical-drive-emulation-hdd-enclosure/]]>Nov 18th 2009 8:28PM