What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

I seem to be getting some lovely comments about the former text to this entry.  Yes, I did take the easy way out to find out what tools people are using... and  you know what - several people helped me out and pointed me to some good tools - check out the comments.

posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 4:06 PM

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# re: Quick Newbie question ... *.iso files???

Something like this http://www.winiso.com/ will work
11/24/2004 12:21 PM | Chris Wallace

# re: Quick Newbie question ... *.iso files???

Most CD-burners like Nero have a feature to burn iso files back to the CDs/DVDs.

If you have Virtual PC 2004, you can also capture the .iso file directly and just install Avalon from the iso file to your guest OS in Virtual PC. I guess as a poor man's ISO-extractor, you can also use Virtual PC 2004's Shared Folder feature to then transfer the contents of the ISO file from the guest OS back to the host OS.

Hope this helps,
Minh T. Nguyen.
11/24/2004 12:44 PM | Minh T. Nguyen

# re: Quick Newbie question ... *.iso files???

www.daemon-tools.cc

don't be caught without it. Let's you mount images as virtual CD or DVD drives.
11/24/2004 1:07 PM | Scott C. Reynolds

# re: Quick Newbie question ... *.iso files???

Or, if don't particulary want to (or can't) burn a CD, use the Virtual CD-ROM control panel,
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe

Works a treat ;)
11/24/2004 5:20 PM | Phill

# re: Quick Newbie question ... *.iso files???

My Fav ISO tool, lets you extract the contents of an iso like its a zip:
http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/
11/29/2004 2:30 AM | Ernie Booth

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

If you want to mount an ISO I use Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php). It's much better than the tool MS put out, and it's still free. You can have up to four drives and it mounts over (at least) a lan.

That second bit is particularly interesting if your IT guys will rip all your software to ISO's or dump all the MSDN downloads on a network share then all your devs have access to it (licensing issues aside).
11/30/2004 3:59 AM | Jeff Schoolcraft

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

hmmm..i got this game right..But i lost the CD when i was moving ..now i cant play it "how can Daemon tools "help me play it without the CD?
12/18/2004 3:44 PM | sad game player!!

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

I just want to know how i can ummount ISO Files like(Grand Theft Auto) Daemon tools dont work and not the other softwares that are in this chat so please tell me how to open ISO files.
5/7/2005 12:24 AM | Helgso

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

just use WinRAR ( http://www.rarsoft.com/ )

Additionally to complete RAR and ZIP file support, WinRAR is able to unpack the following popular archive formats:

CAB
ARJ
LZH
TAR
GZ and TAR.GZ
BZ2 and TAR.BZ2
ACE
UUE
JAR (Java Archive)
ISO (ISO9660 - CD image)
7Z
Z (Unix compress)

:)
4/10/2006 4:19 PM | 3scualid0

# re: What do you do with .nrg created from an .iso file?

used nero and it burned to my hard drive instead of cd..
1/11/2007 7:36 AM | n00basaurus

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

I've downloaded Slverfall(v 1.15) and it tells me i need a cd. I tried ALL .iso file readers, and mounters. they all say insert a cd.

somone help :(
4/3/2007 1:02 PM | justin

# Raw iso files.

Raw iso files.
4/9/2007 4:55 PM | Pingback/TrackBack

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

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6/21/2007 12:44 AM | Jaydeep Ramesh Khande

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

easy. use winrar

its small and it opens the iso file to view contents etc
8/8/2007 7:02 AM | steve

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

just use winrar its the best.
8/11/2007 7:40 AM | Leads Broker

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

Hi guys, my option for .iso files is Deamon Tools. It's free, it's effective...what else can I ask for?!
12/18/2007 8:33 AM | Fabian Bel

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

i used winrar bu it opens with a player i dont want like winDVD and that program does not allow me to play the video i got
5/28/2008 3:14 PM | vince

# MrP

Just help me with one thing please:
Why would anyone bother with iso files since they just introduce un-needed steps in the processs of viewing or using.
No compression, needs time & skill to burn CD so there's un necessary cost.
Got me beat.
7/1/2008 12:32 AM | Peter O

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

I have downloaded GTA San Andreas and it is an ISO file (4GB). How do I open it? Someone help pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee...
7/9/2008 3:57 PM | GTA

# re: What tools do you use to view *.iso files?

I just extracted it using WinRAR. It worked for me.
9/2/2008 11:16 AM | Mr. Anderson

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