Whether it's the official Windows 8 download links, officially slip-streamed Windows 7 SP1, or creating bootable rescue disks, .ISO disc image files are very handy to use specially for downloading full CD/DVD images from internet. Users had to depend upon third-party applications in previous version of Windows to mount or burn these disc images, but not anymore as Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating-system comes with built-in support for mounting and burning .ISO and VHD files.

To mount or burn a .ISO disc image all you need to do is right-click the image file and choose the appropriate option from the resulting context menu in Microsoft Windows 8, when opting for the Burn option the native "Disc Image Burner" (see screenshot above) will launch letting users burn a CD/DVD disc easily.