ISO is the most common format for storing optical disc image data today. Due to its simplicity, work with it is supported by many utilities for various purposes. Therefore, you can open an ISO file in several ways and in different operating systems.
Necessary
- - program-emulator of optical discs;
- - WinRAR archiver;
- - WinImage application.
Instructions
Step 1
Use an optical disc drive emulator to access the contents of ISO files on Windows operating systems. Today there are quite a few such utilities. Many of them have free versions. Such programs as Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools are very popular. Install a suitable emulator program. Add a virtual optical drive. Open the desired ISO file and mount to the created device.
Step 2
Check out the contents of the ISO file. Start Windows Explorer, open the "My Computer" folder or use any file manager. Navigate to the root directory of the disk corresponding to the virtual optical drive added in the first step. You will be able to view files and run programs contained in the ISO image, as well as copy all available information from it.
Step 3
Use WinRAR to open the ISO file as if it were an archive. Having launched WinRAR, click on the drop-down list located in the toolbar. Select the media that contains the ISO image file. Using the list in the center of the application window, navigate to the directory with the ISO file. Highlight it and press Enter. You will see the contents of the image. Extract the files you want by checking them in the list and pressing Alt + E or the "Extract To" button on the toolbar.
Step 4
Apply utilities specifically designed for working with image files. One such program is WinImage. It is distributed through winimage.com and has a free use mode. Open the ISO in WinImage by choosing Open … from the File menu. To extract data, use the appropriate command of the "Image" menu, the context menu, or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + X.
Step 5
On Unix-like systems, mount the ISO file to some directory. Create the desired directory if necessary (for example, using mkdir). Mount using the mount command with the loop option (options are specified after the -o option). For example: mount -o loop /home/tmp/myimage.iso / home / tmp / iso-directory
Step 6
Change to the directory where you mounted. Use the data contained there. You can unmount the image using the umount command.
