how do i open an "iso" file ?
i have an iso file that is 600 mb big but how do i open it to install the program that i have or do i have to burn it all to dvd or summin
2007-06-12 04:05:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You could just burn it to a CD, then use the CD to install it. Or, you could get Daemon Tools...it creates a virtual CD drive that you then mount the ISO file to.
2007-06-12 04:11:14 · answer #1 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas T had the right answer but just make sure that when you burn it to a DVD or CD that you specify in your burning software that you are using an iso file as input. This way the iso file will be opened and the contents written to disk as individual files. Otherwise you may simply copy the iso file to the CD and accomplish nothing.
Think of an iso file as a cousin to a zip file. The iso file (usually) contains many files that made up the contents of a CD. When you burn an iso file to a CD you extract the individual files from the iso file. What you end up with is an exact duplicate of the original CD.
2007-06-12 11:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by Bug 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An iso file is an image file. You can burn the image to a DVD or CD and boot from it and install. There are some software programs that allow you to mount and use an iso file. Alcohol 120 is such a program. Cheaper to burn the image, though. You don't say what burning program you have but most will do this. Good luck.
2007-06-12 11:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need to burn the image (the iso file) to CD / DVD first in order to install the program.
Blindwrite and Alcohol 120% are both excellent programs that can accomplish these tasks. They are also very user friendly.
2007-06-12 11:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by VanishingPoint76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋