iPhone and iPod comes with lot of storage space that lets you to load tons of music on to the device. However most of us do not use all the available space for storing the media on the device as a result many bits will be left unused on the device. To optimize the usage of the available free space on iPhone or iPod you can use it as an external hard disk. Although there is an option to use it as an external hard disk in iTunes opening iTunes every time is tedious process, so how if we can access iPhone or iPod from windows explorer and use it as any other external storage device. By doing this you can store any kind of data on your iPhone or iPod and transfer data from iPod to PC and vice versa you can even drag and drop files to your device. Here in are some of the software’s that allow you to do the same without even the need to jailbreak your device they support all the version of latest iPhone/iPod.

TouchDrive: This tool enables you to use your iPhone/iPod to use it as an external hard disk drive such that you can access the contents directly using the windows explorer. This gives you immense freedom to store any kind of data on your device that your device does not support. Now you can edit, copy and paste any files like you usually do on any other external storage devices. All that you have to do is install the software and connect your iPhone/iPod using the USB sync cable than you can see  your iPhone/iPod as an external storage device in my computer window double click in the icon to open. You can directly drag and drop from and to your device and gain access to all the files on your device.

DiskAid: This is one another similar software like the TouchDrive which enables you to view the contents of your iPhone or iPod in the Windows explorer window. All that you have to do is just install the software and connect your device to the computer like you usually do. It will automatically detects your device and you can see it in the My Computer window double click the icon that represents iPhone/iPod. You can see all the contents of your device in this folder and browse through them normally like usual. DiskAid supports drag and drop functionality making your operation simple and easy. Now you can use your iPhone/iPod as a backup device or a storage device of your files. DiskAid also supports any plugged in devices such that you can start using the device on fly making tasks fast and simple.

XPlay 3: This application is originally designed to organise music files on your iPhone/iPod. However, using this application you can also transfer other file types to your device with ease. It enables that your iPhone/iPod is detected by the computer and it is listed as a drive in the My Computer window. Double click the iPod drive icon and in a new window you can see all the contents of it in this you can remove or add any of the data to and from the device. Xplay 3 directly integrates with Windows media player and Windows explorer allowing you to play songs and other media content that is present on the iPhone/iPod directly on your computer. By using this you can also backup all the media on your device on to the computer.