-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
FAQ
Short answers to frequently asked questions.
A Windows utility that mounts original Xbox ISO images as read-only virtual drives or folder mount points, so their contents can be browsed in Explorer or copied with normal tools.
"XISO" commonly refers to an Xbox disc image in the XDVDFS layout. SimpleXisoDrive supports both standard dumps (descriptor at sector 32) and rebuilt images (descriptor at sector 0).
No. The image is opened with read access only, and every mutating file system operation is denied. Dokan is also configured with write protection.
The volume is intentionally read-only. XDVDFS is a read-only format from the original Xbox era, and keeping the source image immutable guarantees data safety.
Yes. Copying files out to a normal writable location works like any other read-only drive.
Creating global drive letters through Dokan is more reliable when the process is elevated
(MountManager option). Folder mounts usually work without elevation.
The first free letter among M:, N:, O:, P:, Q:, and R:. If all are in use, use the
command line with a specific letter.
Yes. Start a separate instance of the application for each image, each with its own console window
and mount point. Each instance uses its own VfsContainer.
No. Only the original Xbox XDVDFS format is supported. Xbox 360 images use different file systems.
Different disc layout variants used by original Xbox discs, mostly dual-layer games. SimpleXisoDrive probes the known partition offsets and uses the first valid volume descriptor it finds. See XDVDFS Format.
A read-only disc has no free space. GetDiskFreeSpace reports the image size as total capacity and
zero free bytes.
XDVDFS directory entries do not store per-file timestamps. The application reports the volume creation time from the volume descriptor for every entry.
Names are stored as ASCII bytes and are decoded as such. Null terminators and surrounding whitespace are trimmed, and matching is case-insensitive.
It makes three types of requests: anonymous launch statistics, a GitHub update check, and warning/fatal bug reports. Details and opt-out instructions are in Privacy and Networking.
Yes. Block the hosts listed in Privacy and Networking; everything except telemetry and the update prompt works normally.
The prompt only appears when a newer release exists. Answer n, or block api.github.com.
No. The console is the only user interface: it reports status and waits for an unmount key or
Ctrl+C.
Next to the executable: logs\, error.log, and critical_error.log. See Services.
The project targets the current LTS/current .NET line for modern language features and performance. Self-contained builds remove the runtime prerequisite entirely.
No. The application depends on Windows-specific APIs and the Dokan driver. A port would require a different file system driver (for example FUSE) and substantial changes.
Common reasons: the image is not XDVDFS (PC ISO), it is an encrypted Redump image, it is incomplete, or it uses a layout variant that is not among the supported offsets. The error message lists every probed location.
Use a local NTFS folder. Drive letters and NTFS folder mount points are supported; UNC mount points are not.
Yes, under GPL-3.0: https://github.com/purelogiccode/SimpleXisoDrive.
See Contributing. Bug reports with logs are especially valuable.
User guide
Technical reference
Development