Programs for opening iso. Using special programs

A virtual disk image is sometimes extremely necessary for storing very important information. By creating ISO images, you can play any game without having the actual disc. It is enough to create an emulated disk, and then mount it into the drive and you can enjoy the information recorded on it. Today there are dozens of programs from developers from all over the world. Some of them can be purchased, others are distributed completely free of charge. Among such a multitude inexperienced user It's hard to find a truly useful product. let's consider best options, which offer a software manufacturer for producing a disk image.

Option 1: CDBurnerXP

CDBurnerXP is a powerful utility that works with any disks and images. Capable of writing, overwriting, erasing data on a disk. Is free product, which has proven itself well among users. Allows you to create any boot disk, save multimedia files to your hard drive. CDBurnerXP easily creates a convenient virtual disk with a *.iso extension. Works with multisession discs in all operating systems windows (7,8,10). To create a virtual ISO image, the user needs to follow 3 simple steps:

Option 2: ImgBurn

Due to its ease of use and clear interface, this free program can be called one of the most convenient. However, even on the official website you will not find a clean executable file. The standard installer package also contains unwanted software.

If this fact doesn’t offend you, or it’s worth powerful antivirus Feel free to take this application and use it. By the way, no suspicious activity was detected in Windows 10, but you should still be careful. Developer website: www.imgburn.com.
ImgBurn - functional program With simple interface. With its help you can create boot disk for installation operating shell Windows 7. When downloading by default, the program is downloaded to English language, but, if desired, you can always download the crack file from the official source, and then paste the file with the Russian language into the Language folder.

The application can create virtual images from disks and files. Creating an image from a file is very simple: just click on the appropriate icon and add files and directories to create the image.

Option 3: ISO Workshop

ISO Workshop– another application option for ISO creation-image. Simple interface, works with *. cue. Working with files of this format allows you to record album images in uncompressed form.

The main function of ISO Workshop can be considered the ability to record an image, as well as extract from it. The program allows you to check disks for errors and also erase them. Link to official resource: http://www.glorylogic.com/iso-workshop.html.

Just select “Convert” and the required window will open in front of you

Option 4: Ashampoo Burning Studio

A convenient program with an attractive interface is absolutely free. Supports a number of formats in addition to the well-known ISO. Works with any disks. Creating emulated drives is just one of the functions of Ashampoo Burning Studio.With this software you can easily rewrite discs several times and copy any discs. For those who need to create a virtual disk with files, you should follow the following recommendations:

Option 5: UltraISO

It is difficult to analyze utilities without such a giant as UltraISO. The program belongs to the paid representatives of the family of disk drive emulators. Works with a large number of files, creates virtual disks and writes the images to a real optical disc.

This is a very common format. In the form of ISO files that are CD images or DVD disc, games or other programs are usually downloaded. Fortunately, Windows 10 has built-in tools for working with such objects. Let's take a closer look at what tools you can use to easily open a file with this extension or mount a separate virtual disk.

As already mentioned, any Microsoft version Windows 10 (whether Insider Preview or any other) is able to independently open ISO files.

At the same time, the OS generates and virtual drive, which can be removed by pressing right click and selecting “Extract”.

Choice third party tool Opening an ISO directly depends on its content: if any game or application is provided in this form, then the correct decision would be not to open the file itself, but to mount the image. Before starting the procedure, make sure that the file is on an NTFS volume.

In other words, the ISO will open in specialized program which will create a separate virtual disk. Through such a drive it will be possible to install a utility or game. Let's figure out what programs can be used to do this.

Daemon Tools Lite

This is the most common and popular tool for mounting an ISO image. You can download the utility from the official website, because in the Lite version it is absolutely free. The provided functionality will be more than enough.

This utility is installed in the same way as any other. Need to open EXE file and follow the instructions. There is only one “BUT” - in the window that opens Windows security you need to activate the “Always trust” option software Disk Soft Ltd. To install, all you have to do is click on the appropriate button.

Before you finally launch the program, be sure to check that there is a checkmark in the “ISO” item in order to ISO format automatically opened through this utility.

The further sequence of actions for opening an ISO using DTL is as follows:

1. Find the downloaded ISO and launch it standard method. Due to the fact that it was associated with the program we are describing, the file will be read in it.

1. Activate the option “Always use this application to open .iso” and click “OK”.

1. Click "Open" in the Microsoft Security Alert window.

1. If the procedure was completed successfully, a new disk will appear at the bottom of the program window.

1. Open “This PC” and in Explorer we see it in the list hard drives a new drive with the program that was downloaded in ISO form.

1. The disk is available for opening and use. At double click it will start automatic installation content. Right-clicking on the disk and selecting “Open” will open the contents for further use.

To unmount a drive, you need to open the application, select the appropriate drive, right-click on it and click on the “Unmount” button.

As a result, the disk will be removed from the explorer.

Let's move on to consider the next tool with similar functionality.

Ultra ISO

UltraISO is the simplest tool for working with ISO, which does not take up a lot of space. disk space, but providing great amount opportunities. Only one of them interests us.

We install the program like any other, and then follow the instructions below:

1. Open the ISO object automatically associated with UltraISO.

1. A program window will open, displaying the entire contents of the selected file.

1. To obtain necessary files available, select them, right-click, click on “Extract to...” and indicate the extraction path.

1. Files extracted to the desired folder and ready to use. No additional drives were installed.

As you can see, working in this utility does not take much time. Let's move on to the next tool.

Alcohol 120%

Alcohol is most powerful utility for recording discs. In addition, it allows you to connect and a large number of virtual drives. Its functionality is truly impressive, but in our case we will only work with a smaller part of it.

Install the application and follow the instructions:

1. Open the program, click on the “File” button and select “Open”.

1. Find the required ISO.

1. Right-click on the added image in the application and click on “Mount to device”.

1. If everything went well, the image data will be displayed in the virtual media status.

1. Go to “This Computer” and check for the presence of a virtual disk. If successful, open it and use the necessary data.

To get rid of the image, go to the utility, right-click on the virtual drive and select the line “Dismount image”. The image will be dismounted, and the virtual drive will be removed and removed from the list of connected hard drives.

Let's move on to consider the last tool in this category.

Nero

Nero is a whole package of utilities containing everything necessary tools for working with multimedia. Projects in the program itself have the NRG extension. Unfortunately, the package no longer includes a utility that supports ISO - Nero Image Drive, however, the previous solutions should be more than enough to solve emerging problems.

All described emulators are provided in Russian, so the user will not have questions about how to translate the interface.

Opening by archivers

Any ISO can be opened not only using specialized applications, mounting images, or OS tools itself, but also using modern archivers. This method It is recommended to use it only if you only need data from the ISO and there is no need to create a disk image.

Let's look at the two most common archivers and the process of working with ISOs using them.

WinRAR

WinRAR is the most common archiver today. The program is extremely easy to use and has the most intuitive interface.

To open ISO via WinRAR, install the archiver, then:

1. The system automatically integrates tools into context menu. To use them, right-click on the downloaded ISO file and select “Open in WinRAR”. After this action, a separate window will open.

1. In the window, click on the “Extract” button and indicate the path to which you want to move the files. Once extraction is complete, you can begin using them.

You can also open an ISO in WinRAR directly from the archiver window. To do this you just need to open this utility, expand the "File" tab in top menu, click on “Open archive” and select ISO on your PC. Next, follow the steps described in paragraph 2 of the above instructions.

Let's consider an alternative archiver, no less common among PC users.

7-zip

7-zip – absolutely free archiver, in no way inferior to the previously described WinRAR. Download the utility from the official website and install it on your computer or laptop.

Pay attention to which OS version is installed - x32 Bit or x64 Bit. Based on this information, you need to download and run suitable version 7-zip.

To expand ISO via 7-zip:

1. Right-click on the file, hover the cursor over “7-zip” and in the expanded add-on, click on “Unpack”.

1. Select the extraction path and click OK. The files will be unpacked into the folder specified by the user, nothing else needs to be done.

As in the previous case, all actions can be performed through the interface of the application itself. For this:

1. We find the required image directly from the utility and open it.

1. Select the existing files and click on the “Extract” button. We indicate the appropriate path and click on “OK”.

That's all, actually. We have finished looking at how to open an ISO file on Windows 10 in just a few clicks.

conclusions

Choice specific solution depends on the situation. If a game or program requires a disk, then you should use one of the emulators and create a special virtual media. If you just need to access files stored in ISO, you can do without programs and use any available archiver.

Video instruction

We attach detailed instructions in video format, which describes step by step the process of working with each tool described above.

And work with these materials. Imagine you downloaded a game or movie from the Internet. However, they do not want to open and have an .iso extension instead of the usual games.exe or video.avi format.

Background

The described type of files is also called a virtual disk image. Answer to

the question of how ISO files will work and how to unpack them directly depends on what program you will use to run this extension.
However, the definition should be clarified and note that an .iso is a digital image of an optical disk (it can be a copy of an existing CD/DVD or a man-made image). We have selected several programs for you that will help you figure out how to launch ISO file. Let's look at them in order.

using WinRAR program

Let's start with one of the most simple programs, which are capable of opening ISO files. It's about about everything known We will not dwell on

all the properties of the archiver, we will only consider opening disk images. If you need the archiver solely as a program for opening ISO files, using it will not cause any difficulties. Using the right mouse button, click on the ISO file.
You will see a context menu, find the “Extract” tab in it. This way, the file will automatically be opened through WinRAR, which will prompt you to select a directory to extract the contents of the disk image. All you have to do is wait until the information in the ISO file is transferred to the specified location.

Note that the Windows 7 ISO file can be placed on flash drives if the system needs to be reinstalled. There is a separate category of programs for creating multiboot removable media.

Daemon Tools

Daemon Tools is a program for opening ISO files, but not only that. She happens to be

an emulator that creates virtual drives, installing them on a computer, they allow you to open virtual image disk with .iso resolution. In other words, the application allows the computer to recognize the .iso as a disk located in a CD or DVD drive.

We will not dwell on all the intricacies of Daemon Tools; we will only consider how ISO files are opened using this application. To get started, download and install the program on your computer. Launch the application. In the main window, click on the “Add image” item. Select the ISO file, click the "Open" button.

The image will be placed into the program. Right-click on the icon and select “Mount Image”. Specify the disk image. Will be produced automatic start ISO file.

ISO files: how to extract images using Ultra ISO

From the name of the application it is clear that it is specifically designed to process

disk images. At the same time, working with the program is quite simple. Let's look at the procedure to play an ISO file in a few steps. Download and install the application on your computer. Launch it. Go to the "File" section and select the "Open" tab, find the required file and specify it.

Once the ISO file is opened, you will see its entire contents on the right side of the program window. And now you can extract these files to your computer, and then easily run them.

Features of the Alkohol 120% program

A well-known program that allows you to work with images. It will help you run or play the contents of ISO files. The application may seem difficult to use for novice users. The program is paid; to use it regularly, you must purchase a licensed version. Let's look at how to use Alkohol 120%.

Download and install the program on your computer. During installation you will be prompted to create a virtual drive. Confirm this action. Restart your computer. After booting the system available drives you will see a new one, it is necessary to open the file.

Select required file, right-click on it and click on “Mount image”. After specifying the image, it will autorun and will allow you to see the contents of the file.

Power ISO

Power ISO is a small, easy-to-use emulator for running disk images. This is an extended version of the Ultra ISO application, which allows you to play both ISO files and other images with .md2-5, .mdl, .mdf, .bin resolutions.

Free 7-zip archiver

Download the program from the official website. Install it. The application provides two methods to extract the ISO image. The first is gaining access to the entire contents of the image. Second - use specific file, which is inside the disk copy. Let's start with the first method.

Right click on your file. In the menu, select “7-zip - unpack”. A dialog box will open in front of you, at the top of which there is a special field. In it, specify the path intended for unpacking the image. Now let's discuss the second method. Launch the 7-zip application. Use the “Service” function, go to “Settings”, and then “System”. Check the box next to “ISO” and save the settings.

Find your image. Double-click on it with the left mouse button. Select the file you need, click "Extract". Further, all actions are similar to those described in the first method.

CDBurnerXP

CDBurnerXP is a great solution for novice users. The application is provided absolutely free, is compatible with the Windows 7 operating system, and copes with the format perfectly. The program is very simple to use.

What can Nero do?

Nero is paid program, however, it has 15 days available free work.

Download the application from the official website. Install it. During installation, always click on “Next” and do not forget to accept the terms. Launch NeroStartSmart and select the NeroImageDrive function.

Allow the first drive, go to the “First drive” item, find the “Open” button - click it, find the file on your computer, click “Open”. Next "OK". The file will be loaded automatically into the virtual drive; it can be opened in “Computer” as a CD/DVD media.

Category: Disk images

The ISO format is used to create a disk image (an exact copy of it). There are a lot of programs to open it (even the usual Total Commander capable of this). But the best of them can not only open this format, but also play it as a full disc.

No. 1. Daemon Tools

Every gamer knows this name. The program can create virtual drives and mount them in necessary images. However, this is only one of its capabilities. In fact, the application is capable of a lot.

Video review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94r1xMmGFRA Features:

• Creation of images. The product is able to create an image in ISO format from any optical media. Works great with DVD, DVD-DL, Blu-Ray and CD.
• Bypass protection. Daemon Tools easily bypasses country code-locked game discs and movies. Even the vaunted StarForce or Denuvo protection mechanisms can’t save you.
• Own driver. For normal operation programs and the ability to bypass protection, you must install a proprietary SPDT driver. Usually it comes included.
• Omnivorous. Daemon Tools can mount and play more than just the ISO format. The following are also available to the program: popular formats like MDF, MDS, BIN, NRG.

Advantages:

• the program is easy to use;
• has a nice interface;
• there is a special free version Lite;
• Russian language included;
• does not particularly load the computer;
• works even on old machines;
• integrated into context Windows menu;
• easily removed.

It's not for nothing that Daemon Tools is considered the best of its kind. The program has adequate Russian language and a free version. AND Lite version In terms of functionality it is in no way inferior paid analogue, what is not less important.

No. 2. Ultra ISO

This is not just a program for opening ISO files, but an advanced processor with rich functionality. This is the second most popular product, which is actively used by users around the world. UltraISO has a very impressive list of tools. But that is not all.

Video review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3UQrJObeY Features:

• Creation of images. The program does an excellent job of copying any disc. Images are saved in ISO format and are amazingly accurate.
• Built-in error correction algorithm. If a copy cannot be made due to a reading error, then the application will do everything possible to somehow bypass the error and not violate the integrity of the image.
• Creating Bootable USBs. Many people use UltraISO to create bootable flash drives with one or another operating system.
• Review. The program boasts a built-in explorer that is capable of showing the entire contents of the ISO image.

Advantages:

• Easy installation process
• Integration into the Windows context menu
• Multitasking
• Russian language “out of the box”
• Adequate work with Windows 10
• Low CPU load and RAM
• Advanced error workaround algorithm
• Intuitively clear interface
• Simple removal process.

UltraISO is a good application for opening image files. But the program is paid and does not have a free version. And an unregistered product is very limited in functionality.

No. 3. Alcohol 120%

Another product that is capable of emulating drives to launch disk images. It has own format(MDF, MDS) and boasts high performance. However, it takes up quite a lot of hard drive space.

Video review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcSkMZaSijY Features:

• Creation of images. Easily copes with copying any discs. But it saves it in its own format, which is not particularly popular.
• Launching images. Capable of creating a virtual drive and running an image of any format in it. Even the notorious ISO.
• Bypass protection. Like Daemon Tools, it can bypass security mechanisms, but it doesn’t cope with all of them.
• Work in the background. Constantly running in the background. At this time, the tray icon is visible. This type of work loads the computer.

Advantages:

• intuitive interface;
• Russian language included;
• reproduction of images of any format;
• knows how to bypass some protection;
• works great with Windows 10;
• there is a special free version (Alcohol 50%);
• simple installation and removal process;
• modern design.

This program is pretty good. But only for running ISO files. It is not recommended to use it to create images. And the free version lacks this function. And the license is expensive.

By using special programs. Creating a virtual image is very important point, when you do not have a CD/DVD recording disc, with the help of such images, in order to play some game you do not need to have a disc, we will create emulation using a program, then mount it into the drive.

Today there are a huge number of programs for creating an ISO image, many of them are both good and bad, but we will, of course, analyze the ones that are workable and popular programs. Some of them come free and may be as good as paid versions, let's now see what programs we are talking about.

ISO Disk Image Creator – CDBurnerXP

The CDBurnerXP utility is very powerful and works with almost any image. Using it, you can both write and overwrite data, as well as erase it. The product is free, so there are no restrictions. CDBurnerXP will easily create a virtual disk with ISO extension. Works on all operating systems Windows systems. What do you need to create a disk image?

• Download CDBurnerXP here this link. The site is official, there is no need to be afraid of viruses. When installing, pay close attention to all buttons. One of them "More options", there you can disable the installation additional software, such as Amigo, or Yandex Browser. It's better to choose the portable version.

• Now that you have installed the program, launch it. In the window that opens, you will see many options. To create an ISO you need to select the item “Creating ISO images, burning data discs...”. If you need to create an image from a disk, then select “Copy disk”.

• So, a window will open in which you select any files to create the image.

• Having selected the files, we need to save our virtual image. To do this, click on the “File” button and select "Save project as ISO image".

Creating an ISO Disc Image Using ImgBurn

The next program on our list is ImgBurn. Its interface is very clear, so you can figure out what and how without my help, but I’ll write everything down just in case. To begin with I want to say that installation file also carries with it the installation of unwanted software, therefore, when installing, keep an eye on all the checkboxes and items. Here is the official website from where you can download this program.

So, ImgBurn utility, of course, functional and has a simple interface. When you first install and launch the program, you will see the interface in English, but you can change it to Russian in the settings. True, to do this you need to first download the crack from the official website, and then put the file in the Language folder.

You don't need much to create a virtual image. You just need to click on one of the provided icons in the main program window, add the necessary files and save the image.

ISO image creation program – UltraISO

I don’t want such a wonderful program as UltraISO to be on last place. Yes, it is paid, but it is powerful, it works with all types of images, a large number of files, it can create virtual disks and write data to real optical disks.

The demo version of the program allows you to record an image of 300 MB. Not very much. You can download it from this site. If needed full version, for recording large files, then you will have to either purchase or find “Activation” on the Internet. It's a dishonest way, but you can try.

Creating an ISO Image Using ISO Workshop

Here is another program for creating virtual images - ISO Workshop. The interface is very simple, nothing superfluous. In addition to the ISO format, the program can also work with .CUE. This is a format that works with album images.

The program can record images and extract them, as well as check disks for errors. Here is the official website of the program, download and use it.

Ashampoo Burning Studio

And the last program on our list is Ashampoo Burning Studio. The program is free and has a nice interface. In addition to the ISO format, it supports many others. Works with almost any disc. If you decide to use this utility, then you can use it to write data to various disks, rewrite several times, copy discs. You can download the program from the official website. Have you noticed that I mostly give only official sources? Some unscrupulous people try to sneak in their products or provide viral sources to steal your data. Before downloading from dubious sites, it is better to study it in more detail.

Once you have installed and launched the utility, you will see a nice window in front of you:

The program is in Russian, so everything is clear. To create a disk image you need to hover your mouse over the tab "Image Creation". A menu of 3 items will appear. First option - "Burn image" allows you to write data to an optical disk already prepared for this purpose. Second point "Create an image" allows you to create an image from a disc already inserted into the drive.

To create an ISO image from files, we need a third option - “Create an image from files”. This way we can create our own ISO images.

Let's say you have already selected this item. A window will appear before our eyes in which we need to select the ISO format. In addition to this format, there is also the native format of the program itself and the CUE/BIN format.

The last thing you need to do is select the files for the image and then save it.

That's all, these are not all programs, there are a lot of them on the Internet, both well-known and those that have just appeared. Each has many advantages and disadvantages, but with the help of the programs we have discussed, you can easily create a virtual image and, if necessary, write the necessary files to a finished disk.