Many friends ask me about how to open .iso file? There are several way to open .iso file. I’ll introduce 2 methods to open .iso file on ms windows.
Actually we call .iso as ISO image and it’s contain a lot’s of file inside one .iso file. ISO file is used to store data in CD ROM.
Method 1: How to open .iso file with WinRaR?
- Download and install WinRaR.
- Once WinRaR installed, you open .iso file with WinRaR
- Start WinRaR and drag your .iso file to it and you will be able to extract it as normal zip file.
Method 2: How to open .iso file with Daemon Tools?
- Download and install Daemon Tools
- Start Daemon Tools once it is installed.
- Once started, you will see new icon at your system tray
- Right click on the Daemon Tools icon at system tray and select “Virtual CD/DVD ROM” -> “Set number of devices” -> “1 drive”
- Once select, it will process for while.
- After processed, Left Click on the Daemon Tools, select “Device 0: No Media”
- A file dialog window will pop up and now you can select your .iso file here and click Open
- Now, open your “My Computer”, you will see you have one more new “CD ROM drive”, double click on the new “CD ROM Drive” and you will see all the files within the .iso file
- Once you finish using the .iso file, you need to Left CLick on the system tray Daemon Tools icon again and select “Unmount all drives”
- Once unmount, you will not see any files in the new CD ROM Drive any more
- If you doesn’t use Daemon Tools anymore, you can now “Set number of devices” to “disable” and quit the program
Open .iso file using Daemon Tools is a bit complicated but it’s very useful if you want those file to be run on a drive. For instance, there are some games need to read the game CD during games, so you can create a .iso image from the original CD and mount it using Daemon Tools. Next time when you play your game, you do not need to put in the CD anymore.
its works…..
thanx
Try TUGZip.
You can download it from http://download.cnet.com/TUGZip/3000-2250_4-10527397.html
can’t download Winrar, can i use 7-zip instead? please reply, btw thanks a LOT for the info
The problem that im having is ive got the program it works great but when I make an ISO file its wierd I can install the program sometimes from the ISO but if the program needs to access the disk it requires me to put in the orignal CD or DVD it wont use the ISO file I made. I cant figure this one out??? Any help would be much appericated Thank you
THANKS!!!
nice one
hi Manu, if you see error while opening the file, i suspect the file you downloaded has been corrupted.
redownload the file should be able to solve the problem (provided that the file hosted is not corrupted)
hi, with winrar the iso file is not opening its showing a error message stating the archive is either unknown format or damaged & with daemon tools its showing as windows cannot read this disc. the disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with windows. what to do now friend cause i have downloaded three iso files and all those files are showing the above error statements. please help me in this matter…
Thank You…….
Here’s how I do it.
Download Ubuntu, burn it to a CD-ROM, keep it in the tray.
Go to start — > shutdown –> reboot.
Boot into the live-cd and Install Ubuntu, completely wiping any trace of Windows.
Never have to worry about this sort of problem again because GNU/Linux actually comes with built-in iso creating/opening functionality.
Thanks, I hope it will resolve all my problems. Terima kasi banjak
using Daemon Tools i go to open the new Cd-Drive and it says “The disk might be corrupted or it could be using a format that is not compatible with windows” How can i fix this or get it to work?
Thanks dude.. I installed daemon tools and don’t know how to use it.. LoL it helps a lot
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A great help
Thanks
Thanks Dude….that was really very simple….thanks a ton for help….
7-zip also works great as a free solution. http://www.7-zip.org