How to open .iso file on Ms Windows?
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.
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Posted at March 18th, 2008 by chua
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April 29th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Thanks for this!
May 15th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Thanks, Its been very helpful for us.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:50 am
OMG Thank you =D
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Thanks.. It was very helpful
August 27th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Thanks! Never realized WinRar can extract ISOs.
September 28th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Thanks, didn’t know you could use winrar…
October 7th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Wow! Thanks! I was completly stuck with Daeman tools untill now! You saved my ass!
October 8th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Thank You, It was very helpful, i avoided downloading and installing anyother applications.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hi:
I downloaded a file without realizing that it was an .iso file. When I tried to open it, a pop-up asked to choose a program. I choose “Adobe” and it couldn’t open it. I tried Word. I ran into problems. I had 3 Word-files that I was working on at the time.
The computer told me that it has to increase memory. When I tried to close all the opened windows all the web pages I was able to close them. But the 3 Word-files were giving me problem. Finally they closed down, but apparently they were not saved.
When I tried to open them up they wouldn’t. I went online to Google looking for .iso hoping to find a way to recover those 3 Word-files. I ran into your article, downloaded the “Winrar”.
I cannot understand how to make it work. When I tried to install it an MS-DOS window came asking me about a CD-ROM. I don’t understand what to do. Would you, please, help me.
Thank you, in advance, for your help.
Truly yours,
Francis Pierre
October 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
hi francis, you downloaded the wrong file. just download the winrar from this link http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar380.exe and install it. after that start your Winrar and drag ur .iso file into Winrar will do.
November 10th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Was struggling. Thanku very much!
November 14th, 2008 at 4:29 am
When I get to the step where you open “my Computer”, there is no “new CD ROM drive”. Did I do something wrong? Thank you in advance for all your help!
November 14th, 2008 at 9:03 am
hi colleen, make sure u follow this step:-
- Right click on the Daemon Tools icon at system tray and select “Virtual CD/DVD ROM” -> “Set number of devices” -> “1 drive”
after this you should see an additional CD ROM drive at your my computer.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
tae nyo gago. thank you for the info. putang ina nyo.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Kool Buddy.Thank You for your helping info.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Thank you!
March 20th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
thank u for d info about winrar,but how come when I open it,it won’t play (windows media direct),I don’t know why its automatically attached to wmd,what should I do.pls help.tnsx
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:08 am
probably your file having some problem. if you download from torrent, make sure it’s not corrupted.
wat file extension is warp in your iso file? wmv file?
i suggest your extract your iso file to local folder then only open with your program.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:21 am
Hi.. After i have installed the program, i’m able to see all the dfferent files in the folder. However udring the installation, it prompted me to insert disk..
May i know how to fix this problem?
THank you for the advice
April 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
@Gabriel: Are you using WinRar or Daemon Tools? Using Daemon Tools simulates a disk being inside the computer, which should theoretically remove problems like those…if you are using Daemon Tools, though you might be best off actually mounting the .iso file to a real disk and then running from there.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Thanks buddy! couldn’t realize winRaR could work!
April 19th, 2009 at 5:59 am
It works!!! Thank you!
May 21st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Hi, i downloaded this video file, and its a .iso file. And when i tried playing it on windows media player, it works, but when i tried to move the video forward, it gets stuck and i have to close the programme. Is there a video player tht can play .iso files?
May 30th, 2009 at 3:50 am
i need program like deamo do same work
June 25th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Cheers mate, you’re a genius man, it’s was doin me head in for ages until i found your advice, cheers
July 4th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I got a game in iso form on a dvd from a friend, but when I try to put it into my cd drive it wont recognize it. I tried to follow the directions but I can’t even get to where I can see the files, it just tells me there is nothing in the drive. Help?
July 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Thanks! I thought that i have to burn on DVD and then open it
August 12th, 2009 at 3:08 am
thanks a lot dude, very helpful. appreciate
August 21st, 2009 at 5:30 am
that was extremely helpful, thank you very much
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Thanks so much.. helped me a lot and saved my pc from burdening itself with one more app… god bless
September 18th, 2009 at 5:59 am
7-zip also works great as a free solution. http://www.7-zip.org
October 4th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Thanks Dude….that was really very simple….thanks a ton for help….
October 11th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
A great help
Thanks
November 14th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
tyvm roflmfaool i forgot thta winrar cna open .iso lolololololol i r chief and my pal is te arbyter lolololololololol i has recon armer
November 30th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Thanks dude.. I installed daemon tools and don’t know how to use it.. LoL it helps a lot
December 10th, 2009 at 4:47 am
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?
January 1st, 2010 at 6:47 am
Thanks, I hope it will resolve all my problems. Terima kasi banjak
January 24th, 2010 at 11:21 am
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.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:00 am
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…….
February 11th, 2010 at 7:42 am
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)
March 12th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
nice one
March 14th, 2010 at 2:45 am
THANKS!!!