The future of the CD, DVD or Blu-ray does not look bright. The electromechanics of the drives in question are quite error-prone. In addition, the operation of optical discs is often disturbed by scratches, greasy fingers and dust. If you want to safely copy a CD, you create a virtual disk image.
OMID SOFT Homa Imager 15.8
Price
Free
Language
English
OS
Windows
Website
https://kwikr.nl/homaim
8 Score 80 
- Pros
- Fast
- Do not leave any components in the system
- User friendly
- Negatives
- No image encryption capability
If you click on the file setup.exe of OMID SOFT Homa Imager, this freeware boots up so fast that it (wrongly) appears to be a portable program, one that requires no installation. After opening you will see a clear overview of all functions.
Virtual Disk
The tool makes an identical copy of a disk, which you then place on a USB stick or on a hard disk, for example. From there you can mount the image, making it available as a virtual ODD (optical disk drive). You can then use it as a real disk.
In the Homa Imager home screen, you will find the tools to create a new image of the disc you have inserted into the optical drive. You have the choice between saving as iso or bin file. You can also read information about the disc in the drive, view the capabilities of the optical disc drive, check the disc information, and adjust the region code.
To burn
Even burning a disc image is easy with Homa Imager. Of Burn Image you will come to a small window where you first select the optical drive and the previously created image, and then burn it to a physical disc. Here you have a number of basic options, for example to erase a rewritable disc first or to eject the disc when it is ready. To protect the burn process, it is best to enable buffer underrun protection. And in the end you can verify whether the result, an identical copy, is successful.
Conclusion
Homa Imager is a powerful yet lightweight imaging software that simply does what it asks, without leaving any components in the system. Often comparable products are more demanding and slow down the performance of a consumer computer. That is not the case with this tool.
