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Offline javajolt

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How to open ISO files
« on: January 10, 2010, 10:29:43 PM »

An ISO image is an image of files that can be burnt to a CD. If you’ve just downloaded an ISO file, and be able to open the ISO file and edit its contents, before burning it off on a CD, here’s a quick guide telling you how you can open an ISO file.

First, you should know that there are quite a handful of programs that let you open ISO files, but I’m going to talk only about WinRAR here, because it’s a simple tool and just does the job intended.

◦Get your copy of WinRAR from this page (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm), double click on the setup file and the installation proceeds.



◦During the setup process, WinRAR will ask you to set file associations, make sure that ISO is checked. Click ‘Done’ in the next window.



◦Now, navigate to the folder where your ISO file is present. Notice that there’s a WinRAR icon indicating the ISO file.

◦Double click to open the ISO file.

◦WinRAR opens and the contents of the file are displayed.


Offline DMHolt57

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Re: How to open ISO files
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2010, 07:16:52 PM »
I often use winrar to just open the setup.exe file in Windows 7 .iso builds.  After double clicking the setup file, winrar extracts the files necessary for installation to a temp folder and then proceeds with the normal installation you would see if you mounted the .iso or burned it to a disk... ;)