What are ISO files ?

Answer 1

ISO files are CD / DVD image files just like BIN files

These files can be burned using Nero

Answer 2

ISO files are CD / DVD image files, that contain a description of what the disk should look like when duplicated.

To learn how to burn an ISO, try:

Then, if needed, try the free: ISO Recorder from:

Answer 3

An ISO image (.iso) is a disk image of an ISO 9660 file system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disc image, even a UDF image.

As is typical for disc images, in addition to the data files that are contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata, (boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive alternative to physical media for the distribution of software that requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the Internet.

Some of the common uses include the distribution of operating systems, such as Linux or BSD systems, and LiveCDs.

Most CD/DVD authoring utilities can deal with ISO images: Producing them either by copying the data from existing media or generating new ones from existing files, or using them to create a copy on physical media. Most operating systems (including Mac OS, Mac OS X, BSD, Linux, and Windows with Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM panel) allow these images to be mounted as if they were physical discs, making them somewhat useful as a universal archive format.

Console emulators, such as ePSXe, and many other emulators that read from CD/DVD, are able to run ISO/BIN (and other similar formats) instead of running directly from the CD drive. Better performance is achieved by running an ISO since there is no waiting for the drive to be ready and the hard drive I/O speed is many times faster than the CD/DVD drive.

Answer 4

Image files. They contain all the info of a program to be installed, they just need to be opened by a burning program that will burn the files onto a CD/DVD and not just the .iso file.

Answer 5

ISO files are the type which are used for a bootable CD image.

To open or burn these files you need

PowerISO or MagicISO

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

it is a "disk image", it a copy of a CD/DVD in file form.

(usually are the files that downloaded software comes in)

most CD/DVD burning software will burn them to a disk for you and the burnt disk will act as a normal disk (in the case that is it a program, the disk will probably load up an installation wizard)

zip programs like winRar, will let you explore the ISO, and you can unpack sections of it (just like a regular zip file)

Answer 7

Its a disk image (optical) it's generally used as a bootable CD.