Burn or create an image of the hard drive. Create an ISO image: what is it, what to use to create it, how to make the image correctly
In this article we will tell you how to correctly create ISO image disk. Major difficulties usually do not arise during this process, although many people do not have the slightest idea what an ISO image is and how to create it correctly. In addition, they are afraid of doing something wrong and damaging their computer. These are the reasons that prompted us to write detailed instructions to steps that will help you create an ISO disk image quickly and without problems.
It is worth saying that an ISO image is much more convenient to use in your work than interacting with files and folders copied from an optical disc. Moreover, thanks to the creation of an image, the necessary operating systems and diagnostic programs contained on the original optical disk will always be stored on your PC. You just need to write all the information onto a blank medium or mount it using virtual drive.But about everything in detail.
Create an ISO image using the CDBurnerXP program
Let's first define what is meant by ISO image?
ISO image is a slang, even "jargon" term for an optical disk image. He keeps everything within himself file system(ISO 9660 standard), and therefore this term can be attributed to absolutely any such image. In other words, it is a simple file, just like the usual Word file, only it has a more complex structure and is mounted using special programs.
Imagine: you have a disk with notes on it program files. However, you cannot simply copy information from it to your computer and then write it to another disk. Or rather, this can be done, but most likely this program will not be able to work without failures or will not start at all, especially since some files in it are protected from emulation. The created ISO image will exactly repeat the structure of the desired disk.
Or imagine another situation: you borrowed a disc with a game from a friend for a while, but the hour of “reckoning” has come: you need to give the game back, but you haven’t opened all the locations yet. What to do? I can't copy the game to my computer because after transferring it from the disk it doesn't want to start. The computer urgently requires you to provide “optics”, which must be inserted into the drive. This is where a program that helps you create a virtual CD/DVD/BD drive will come to your aid. You play for fun and don’t worry about anything!
You are also familiar with the situation in which optical discs, to the great regret of PC users, cannot be stored for a long time. Creating an exact copy of the disk in the form of an ISO image helps to extend their life and insure yourself against unexpected loss of all data. To do this, you will need a special program designed to create an ISO image. We have already written to you about one of them, which is called Daemon Tools Lite. It not only records the image, but also helps you protect it with a password later.
Such programs are both paid and free. Now we will look at the most affordable option- multifunctional free program CDBurnerXP, which creates and burns ISO files. It can burn bootable discs and check all folders after creation, converting them if necessary nrg files and bin in iso, can independently divide data from disks into parts and “scatter” them across several media. In addition, using CDBurnerXP you can burn both CD and DVDs, even if they are two-layer. For a program that is provided to the user free of charge, it has rich functionality and dozens of well-deserved awards.
The latest version of this program is available for download on the official website of the developer: http://cdburnerxp.se
First, we need to take a closer look at how you can create an ISO image from files and folders in this program.
When the program starts, select the first menu item that appears on the screen: Data disk. Click OK.
Search and then add everything necessary files to the created project. This is necessary in order to mount the ISO image.
Select a team by clicking the button File from the top menu. Then click along the chain Save project as ISO image. All that remains is to name the ISO image and then click on the button Save. As we promised, there are no difficulties in this process.
Let us consider in detail how the program we have chosen copes with this process.
Launch the program, then select a function Copy disc and press OK.
To create an ISO disk image in the desired format, you need to select the settings necessary for this in a new window. If your PC has multiple drives, mark the one where the optical drive was installed.
In Read Attempts, the optimal number of them is selected by default, so there is no need to change anything here. The checkboxes located below, or scientifically called “checkboxes” - Ignore unreadable data, Disable hardware error correction - are not currently activated. Do not change this condition because otherwise the resulting image will not work. It is necessary to activate checkboxes only when absolutely necessary, when it is impossible to create an image without their participation.
Decide for yourself where exactly you want to record a copy of the disc: on another optic or on HDD as an ISO image. If your computer has only one disk drive, you can select it as Source, and in quality Receiver. When these conditions are met, CDBurnerXP creates a temporary image file directly on your hard drive. When the original media is created, it will eject from the drive automatically. Simply insert a blank disc into the drive to write information to it.
As an example, let's try to create an ISO image of a disk by saving it on the hard drive. Just switch it to Hard Drive, then select a folder and name your file, simply checking the type you want. In our case, it is worth noting the ISO type.
Click: Copy disc.
As soon as the computer completes the received task, the PC's hard drive will specified folder An ISO image of the disc will appear. If necessary, you can burn it to disk using the CDBurnerXP program.
Unfortunately, despite all the advantages of CDBurnerXP, it is not able to equip an ISO image into a virtual drive. However, even this small drawback cannot overshadow the rich functionality of this free application, especially considering that there are a large number of such programs on the Internet.
Create an ISO image using the UltraISO program
In order to be honest in our “investigation”, let’s look at paid utilities that allow you to create ISO images. UltraISO in this regard will be excellent choice, since it can work with other types of files, edits their “internals” (both from CD and DVD images), creates a virtual drive and even writes these images to real media.
This miracle utility understands and identifies images created in other programs, such as: Alcohol 120% or; independently emulates disks for loading information, edits files and folders contained within the images, and also creates images both with USB drives, and from hard and optical disks.
You can download the latest version of the program on its official website.
If you doubt the versatility of this program or are afraid to buy it, just work with it in the test version. Decide whether UltraISO is suitable for your computer and whether it is convenient for you to work with it. The only limitation for trial period- this is the inability to create an image larger than 300 MB.
After downloading the program, you will need to install it on your PC. Then click on the shortcut created on the computer desktop, and then working application will “show” you its welcome window.
The screenshot shows that now manufacturers are offering you to buy this program through the introduction registration code. You can also, as mentioned above, run the utility in a trial period.
We suggest for starters create ISO image from files. It's simple: find, select and add the necessary files to your project using the button Add(or by dragging and dropping the desired files and folders).
Save the process as an ISO image: select File, located in top menu, and then in the list that appears, click on the line Save as...Name the project, specify the ISO type, and then save it.
When the computer completes the process, the desired ISO image created from files and folders will be saved on your PC.
You can also create an ISO image from laser disk. To begin, insert into the drive the disk from which you want to make it. Click Create CD Image. In the window that appears, select the area in which it will be saved. By the way, in the same window you can select the extension you need (.NRG, .MDF/.MDS, .IMG/.CCD/.SUB)
Press the button Do, thereby starting the workflow.
At the end of your work UltraISO utility will prompt you to open the file you just created.
That's all, dear PC users. The technology for creating an ISO image is not as scary as frightened users say it is. We hope that this article was able to debunk myths and overcome your fears associated with programs that help you create virtual images optical disks. Good luck with your work!
Transferring many small files over the Internet is not very convenient. It is for this reason that various assemblies of operating systems can be downloaded from the Internet in the form of an image saved in ISO format. The downloaded image can be stored on a computer or written to any device, so you can make a bootable Windows flash drive or disk.
If you have a disc, for example, with a game or various programs, you can create an image from an ISO disk in which the files and its structure are completely preserved. Then using special programs, for example Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools, you can run coz this image through . If over time you need to burn a disc from the image you created, read the article on this topic by following the link.
In this article we will look at how you can make an ISO image from files and folders. In this form, it is more convenient to transfer them over the network, and the image transfer speed will be higher than each file separately.
First, let's look at creating an ISO image using the Alcohol 120% program. You can read the description on our website by following the link.
In the menu on the left, click on the button "Image Mastering".
To create an image from files, click on the “Add files” button. If you need to create an ISO image from a folder, click "Add folder".
Select the desired files or folders on your computer and click Open.
You can create folders in the program itself, and then add files to them. To do this, click right click mouse in the program window and select from the menu “ new folder". You can also use the corresponding button located on the right side.
Once you have added all the files, click Next.
Next, specify the location on your hard drive where you want to save the created ISO image. In the "Image format" field, select "ISO image" from the drop-down list. You can change the "Image name". Click Start. I'll name the image "MyPhoto" and save it to my desktop.
Wait for the process to complete. In the same window you can see how much space the created ISO image takes up on your computer. Click Done.
Now I have the created image in ISO format on my desktop.
By double-clicking on it, you can mount the image into a virtual drive and view the files stored in it. Please note that the amount of memory in the virtual drive corresponds to the size of the created image.
Now let's take a look, how to make an ISO image using UltraISO program . She is the most popular program, which is used to create images, edit them and write them to disk.
Launch UltraISO. At the bottom of the program window, find the files and folders you need on your computer and drag them to the top area. You can also select them and click on the “Add” button.
The image will be saved in the specified location. It can also be mounted into a virtual drive.
I think now you understand how, using the programs described, you can create an ISO image from files and folders that are stored on your computer.
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Almost every advanced computer user knows what an ISO image is, but does not know how to create one correctly.
Let's look at the topic of how to create ISO images from files and folders and how to create ISO images from disk. We will use several programs that are still used on the Internet today. Creating an iso image is not as complicated a process as it seems. Just a couple of clicks and the image is ready.
List of programs:
- Ultra ISO
- Poweriso
- BurnAware Free
- imgBurn
These programs are divided into paid and free categories. Paid programs It is possible to use it for trial, but with a limit of 300mV. But free ones are also not inferior to paid ones and even lead. Let's look at these programs.
How to create ISO images from files using the ultra ISO program.
First, go to the developer’s website and download this program. The installation process is the usual: install and run.
The program has a paid license and you can try it for free. In trial use, the ultra ISO program is limited to 300 mV. The program has a function to convert an image for similar utilities, for example:
- CloneCD
- Nero (.NRG)
- It also fits the .CUE and compressed ISO (.ISZ) formats
Creating an image from files and folders
If you decide to create an iso image, then you will need the files that you want to write to the image. Particularly these files are, installation disk or files to be recorded on boot disk or disk with autorun
Open the utility. The program is divided into two windows. In the first top one it finds files prepared for recording, and in the bottom one there are files located on our computer.
To create an iso image, at the bottom of the program, open the files that we want to burn, select them all and click “add”.
Or you can also open the section on the computer where the files are located, select and drag them to the top window of the program.
In my case, I am creating an image for Windows 7.
Using this program and simple steps, we created an image for further recording on a disk or flash drive.
Creating an ISO image from files and folders from an optical disc
This method mainly used to copy several copies of a disk you like, for example: excellent build operating system. Let's consider this method. First, we need a disk from which we want to create an iso image.
On the top menu, go to “tools”, click “create CD image” or simply press the F8 key
This window opens, if you have several drives on your computer, select the one you need dvd drive.
AND last section this is the format output.
We look at the list and make a choice over the formats, the format in our case is “iso”, if you plan to use this image in the future in the programs listed in the section, select the appropriate option.
Create ISO image with PowerIso program
This program is the same paid as Ultra ISO and has the same recording limit above 300mV. The program also has the ability to convert the image into formats
- BIN/CUE
Create iso images from files and folders using Poweriso
Similar to the previous program, download the program, install it and launch it. To create an iso image, you need to load into the program all the files from which we will create the image. To do this, on the top toolbar there is an “add” button; click it.
Or drag and drop from the computer where these files are located onto the program window.
Select everything necessary files and add.
Create iso image from optical disc with Poweriso program
To create an iso from a disk, go to “tools” on the top panel and click “create CD/DVD-ROM image file”
Create an iso image with BurnAware Free
We download this software, it is completely free and is a leader among competitors, and you yourself know why. Install and launch. A window with great opportunities will open.
Create an iso image from files with the BurnAware Free program
In this section, to record an ISO image, click “create iso”. Then this window will open
Select the file system “iso 9660” and click “ok”.
on top panel click on the “add files” icon, select all the necessary files, click “add” and after adding, click “close”
Now go to “file”, hover the mouse over “compilation” and click “create”. Next, as always, write the name, indicate the saving location and click “save”.
Create an ISO image from an optical disk with BurnAware Free
In this program, the window is divided into 4 masonry
Multimedia
In the window that opens, select the DVD drive as usual and indicate iso format or bin, then click copy, then wait for the process to complete.
Create iso using imgBurn utility
The first thing you need to do is download, install and run imgBurn utility. The program is distributed free of charge. imgBurn has an English interface, but it can also be Russified. To do this, go to the website of the program developer. Let's go to the download section.
Which is located in the folder where you installed the imgBurn program
Create an iso image from files using the imgBurn utility
Open the program and to create an iso, select the section “Create an image from files/folders”
Select all the necessary files and click open. After completing these steps to create, you need to click on this icon
We write the name, indicate the location and save the image.
Create an iso image from a disk using the utility imgBurn
In order to create an iso image from a disk, open the imgBurn program and in the window that opens, go to the “create an image from disk” section
And now the final stage is to click on this button
Software to create ISO image from disc only
Creating an iso image from a disk with ISODisk program
ISODisk software is used to create an image from a disk. With support from the ISODisk utility, it is possible to create an ISO image from any disk in two clicks.
First, download the program from the official website, install and launch. The program has a simple appearance and will be understandable even to a teapot. The interface of this program is English language. ISODisk includes two partitions:
Mount ISO image as virtual disk
Create an image from an optical disk
Select the section “create an image from an optical disk”
In the window that opens, select the DVD drive and click on this icon
Creating an iso image from a disk using Ashampoo Burning Studio 14
Download and open the program. This utility, in my opinion, has a very beautiful interface that is simply pleasing to the eye. The program has many functions for different works and disks.
In our case, we need the “image creation” section. Hover your mouse over this section and select “create image”
Select your DVD drive and wait for the program to load the disc.
In the next window, indicate the location to save the image, write a name, select the iso format and click “next”
Creating an iso image from a disk using DAEMON Tools Lite
This program is easy to use and has a simple interface that everyone can understand. Open the program.
On the toolbar located in the center of the window, click on the “create disk image” icon
As in all of the above programs, select the drive, indicate the storage path, and press start
Creating an iso image from a disk with the Alcohol 120% utility
Download, install and launch the Alcohol 120% program. Like some, this utility is paid.
But despite this, you can use the program by waiting for about 8 seconds to start. In the window that opens, on the left toolbar, select “image creation”
Here we indicate the name, path, format created image iso and click “start”
Creating an iso image from a disk using Nero 2015
To create an iso image from an optical disk using this program, insert the disk from which you want to create the image into the drive and run Nero program 2015.
Now select the path, specify the drive and write a name for this iso. Next, click on the “copy” button
Creating an iso image from a disk using CDBurnerXP
The installation process is the same as in all cases. Open the CDBurnerXP program, then select the “copy disk” section, click “ok”.
A window will open there, just like in all cases, select the drive, indicate the path, write the name. Next, check the “hard drive” box and click “copy disk”.
Conclusion
In this article, I talked about the most well-known methods of creating an iso image from files and folders and from an optical disc.
In my opinion, recording with an iso image is much more convenient and efficient than simply copying a disk, since when recording with an iso image we get a 100% copy of the original.
As everyone already knows, optical discs do not last very long if they are used more often.
Therefore, in order not to risk it, it is better to make a copy of your disk using the recommendations in this article and sleep peacefully.
This is where I end the article. Hope this information was helpful. If you have any questions, write in the comments. Bye!
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Choose separate files. Calling context menu, click " Add».
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The main drawback of the application is the license. Another version can be found by visiting torrent trackers.
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Download setup files. We launch them, and using the tips, we place them software on your device.
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Click " Start"and wait for the end.
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It is just as convenient to use as the other tools described above.
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In this article we will figure out how to create an ISO image from files and folders and how to make a bootable image. For example an operating system. You can read how to make an ISO image from a disk. Usually, to create images I use Ashampoo Burning Studio FREE, for recording to a flash drive - UltraISO. In this article we will create bootable ISO images from files and folders from which you can install Windows using CDBurnerXP.
This article could have been called “How to edit ISO images.” Image editing programs cost money. In this article I will show you how you can keep this money for yourself.
Article structure
1. Download CDBurnerXP
Go to the site
https://cdburnerxp.se/ru/download
Click on the link " More download options»
To avoid installing additional program download CDBurnerXP for .
Choose Data disk and click OK
At the top left, open the folder from the contents of which you want to create an ISO image. At the top right, select everything and drag it down with the mouse.
You can also add files to the project by selecting them and clicking
Set the name of the ISO image, location and click Save
We are waiting for the image to be created
The ISO image has been created.
3. How to create a bootable ISO image
This is the part for which this article was written. For example, we need to edit the ISO image of Windows 7 or Windows 8. We downloaded the original image of Windows 7 Ultimate. Therefore, you can install Windows 7 Ultimate from it. To be able to choose others when installing Windows versions 7 (for example, Basic, Home Basic, Home Advanced, Professional and Ultimate) you need to delete the file in the image ei.cfg. You can do this as follows
Unpacking the image
We go into the unpacked archive into the folder sources and delete the file ei.cfg
Now from the unpacked folder we will create a bootable ISO image of Windows 7
We add files to the project in the same way as described in the second paragraph.
Expanding the menu Disk and choose Boot options...
Check the box Make the disk bootable and click to set the path to the boot image
In the folder with the unpacked image, go to the directory boot. From the drop-down menu at the bottom right, select All files. Choose etfsboot.com and click Open
In chapter Emulation type choose No emulation
In chapter Sectors put 8 (Value depends on size etfsboot.com. If the size is 4 KB, set it to 8, since the size of one sector is 512 Bytes or 0.5 KB (4/0.5=8). If the file size etfsboot.com 2 KB - set 4) (Thanks for this valuable information oszone.net). In Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 images, the etfsboot.com file has a size of 4 KB - set it to 8.
In chapter Platform chose x86-32 since I have the image of 32 bit Windows 7
Click OK
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Conclusion
In this article, we figured out how to create an ISO image from files, folders and make it bootable if necessary. In general, we now know how to edit Windows ISO images. You can delete everything you don’t like (for example, a file ei.cfg) and add what you need (program distributions, portable programs, drivers, etc.). In the video below I will show whether it works with Windows images 8.1.