(An older version for Windows XP is also available.) While the link says it’s for Windows 7 or Vista, it still works fine on Windows 8.x. The simplest, no frills solution is a powertool created by Alex Feinman called ISO Recorder, which will add a right click option to make an ISO from all optical drives in My Computer. So all you need is a way to make ISOs in the first place. Using Quicken Subscription Premier (and have a copy of Starter to test things on) thecreator SuperUser.
You can download and install Quicken at /download. Follow the instructions in the installation. Right click the Start button -> Apps & features -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> select. If you purchased a CD copy of Quicken, but your computer doesnt have a CD drive, dont worry.
Of course, you'll have to use Quicken 2015 in manual mode only, as support and downloads were terminated April 30, 2018. If you cant find the download file, see the Finding Your Downloaded File section below. To remove the drive, you just choose “Eject” from the drive’s right click menu. Scroll all the way down the page until you find Quicken 2015, then download and install Release 17.4 Mondo.
Now, click on Exit from the file options.Click on the File menu and then click on the Close/Logoff Company. Quicken desktop right-click on it and then click on Run as Administrator. Make sure that you are seeing No company window screen.
You just double click on them, and it creates a virtual drive in My Computer. Click on Quicken Update in the help menu. You see, Windows 8.x can natively mount ISO images. That said, I’d like to cover what you would need anyways, as it’s less that people seem to realize. A few programs need the disk to actually run after the install, but these are usually games, and not programs that are designed to be used all the time at a moment’s notice. Nearly all installers work fine with just the bare files. FinsToTheLeft is probably right about not needing a disk image.