# What type of file is .iso? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 30, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268 "2003-10-30T15:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RageW0lf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RageW0lf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RageW0lf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/1 "2003-10-30T15:46:42Z")
Hi, I have a .iso file I am not sure how I get it to run/install. Any ideas on what I should do with it, and what application I should open it with (if any) ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/2 "2003-10-30T15:51:06Z")
and .iso file is an exact image of a cd-rom You need to burn the iso onto a blank with a program that can burn cd images onto a cd For insatnace if you had a game you wanted to make a backup install copy of you can create an iso of it. I know Ez-CD Creater can do it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/3 "2003-10-30T16:06:24Z")
Like Fester said, it’s a CD image and you can burn it to a CD-R with a lot of programs. My favourite is Nero Burning ROM. If you just want to see what’s on the CD, I think WinRar can open an ISO-file. You can also create a ‘virtual cd-rom drive’ with Daemon-tools ([http://www.daemon-tools.cc/](http://www.daemon-tools.cc/)) where you get an extra drive in your computer that works just like a CD-ROM drive. You can then ‘mount’ your ISO file and use it as you would any CD-ROM, but without actually burning a copy. All the above assumes that you’re on a Windows machine. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/4 "2003-10-30T16:08:39Z")
in other words, the file you ‘shared’ from ‘a friend’ was a copy of a CD… cute way of asking for the prog to ‘decode’ it… 😉 Rev ![](http://aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/5 "2003-10-30T16:10:09Z")
an ISO file isn’t illegal, depends on what’s in it 😉 Total Commander can view ISO files too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/6 "2003-10-30T16:14:24Z")
I didn’t say it was illegal. I said he ‘shared’ it … no implications meant… just a good natured jab was all. Rev ![](http://aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/7 "2003-10-30T16:15:37Z")
Use direct connect to _download_ (NOT SHARE _\__, dling is still legal ;\>) almost anything! [www.neo-modus.com](http://www.neo-modus.com) A lot of hrm… nice isos there… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/8 "2003-10-30T16:17:04Z")
I would also say that you use .iso or bin/cue to compress files. Like .rar or .zip for example. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/9 "2003-10-30T17:21:42Z")
Hope this helps… [http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=iso](http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=iso) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/10 "2003-10-30T17:53:23Z")
If you download RedHat Linux for instance, that comes in ISO files. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/11 "2003-10-31T10:11:46Z")
do a search for a program called ISObuster it extracts .iso and .bin files like winZip does to zip files. then you don’t waste a CD:beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/12 "2003-10-31T13:48:40Z")
if you have a virtual drive (like daemon) you can mount an image to it and run it like you’ve burned onto a cd…only you don’t have to waste a cd. -teet ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-type-of-file-is-iso/34268/13 "2003-10-31T14:26:09Z")
thanks for responses 🙂