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An ISO file...what do I do with it?

davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
edited 2012-01-04 07:54 in General Discussion
Hi All,

In the remaining efforts to recover from a very nasty malware attack last month, I've received the drivers for my E-MU 0202 USB audio front-end from Creative as an ISO file.

I've never dealt with an ISO file, and what reading I've done on the InterWeb has been confusing at best. So I'm posing my question to the knowledgeable people here.

I'm running Windows XP SP3 and I'd like to load an ISO file - how do I do this?


Thanks and Merry New Year!


***Update - solution found.

It was pointed out to me that my current install of Roxio could meet my needs, which it did very nicely. I now have a fully usable CD with all the drivers.

Thanks to all for your responses and suggestions!

Comments

  • 4x5n4x5n Posts: 745
    edited 2012-01-02 14:56
    davejames wrote: »
    Hi All,

    In the remaining efforts to recover from a very nasty malware attack last month, I've received the drivers for my E-MU 0202 USB audio front-end from Creative as an ISO file.

    I've never dealt with an ISO file, and what reading I've done on the InterWeb has been confusing at best. So I'm posing my question to the knowledgeable people here.

    I'm running Windows XP SP3 and I'd like to load an ISO file - how do I do this?


    Thanks and Merry New Year!

    An ISO image is an image of a CD/DVD in a file form. Burn it to an optical disk.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-01-02 14:59
    Generally ISO files are images of CD ROMs. So the thing to do is use your favorite CDROM burning software to burn it to a CDROM. Then you can read all the files off the CD.

    Having said that there must be programs around that allow you to look into that image file directly and extract what ever you want.
    Yes, a google for "read iso image" turns this up as a first hit http://www.undisker.com/ and then many others.

    Oh yes, check out winrar.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-01-02 15:28
    If your computer is still up and running, and has a good CD burner, install:

    http://www.freeisoburner.com/

    H    ad an associate that needed to download and burn Bitdefender ISO. Worked like a champ.
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2012-01-02 19:46
    You want to use software that will unpack the iso as it burns ( or a program that will "Burn disk image to a CD or DVD.") If you just copy it to a CD all you will have is the ISO on a CD and you still won't be able to use it.
  • Kevin WoodKevin Wood Posts: 1,266
    edited 2012-01-02 21:58
    If you don't want to burn it to disk, you can use Virtual CloneDrive to create a virtual drive and mount it there. Then you can access it the same as a physical disk.
  • JLockeJLocke Posts: 354
    edited 2012-01-02 22:18
    I use Daemon Tools Lite to create a virtual drive on my system. Mounting the ISO file then lets you use it as if it were a CD in a drive.

    http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-01-03 06:48
    7-Zip

    http://www.7-zip.org/

    This is one of those programs that everyone should have. It can open almost any compressed archive or disk image you will run across. It adds a 7-Zip option to your right-click menu. Just right-click on the .iso file, select "7-Zip > open archive" (it doesn't "associate" itself with any file types, so you can't just double-click to open).
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-01-04 07:54
    So, in great excitement I go to load the newly created installation disk...only to find out...I was sent...the.wrong.drivers!!!

    (sigh)
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