Programs that open iso. The program for mounting the Daemon Tools disk image. Video "How to open an iso file"

Let's say you've downloaded a movie, game, or video from the Internet. Everything went well, the download process is complete and you are trying to open the file in anticipation of the upcoming rest. But it does not open and, in addition, it does not have the .exe format or the .avi video format, which is usual for games, but instead has the .iso extension, which is not clear how to open it.

So how do you open iso files, which are otherwise called virtual disk images?

An .iso file is a digital image of an optical disc (either a copy of a real CD / DVD disc or an artificially created disc image).

Given all the software which on this moment exists in the Internet space, it is quite difficult to choose a simple, convenient and most suitable program for the set goals. A similar situation is observed with programs for launching and opening .iso files. We have selected five programs that, in our opinion, will be most suitable for solving the tasks at hand. Let's look at how to open an iso file using each of these programs.

WinRAR

One of the most simple programs opening iso files is the well-known WinRAR archiver... Almost all versions operating system Windows provides for this program to be included in the standard set of software. We will not describe all the properties of the archiver, we will consider only the property we need - opening files that are disk images.

Using the program is quite simple: right click click on the .iso file. Before you will open context menu, in which you need to find the "Check Out" tab.

The file is automatically opened through WinRAR, which offers a choice of where to extract all content from the disk image. After that, you just have to wait until all the information contained in the .iso file is downloaded to the location you specified.

Daemon tools

About Daemon tools we have - there is a more detailed procedure for working with this popular program.

Another program that allows you to open and read disk images. It is an emulator that creates virtual drives on a computer, through which virtual disk images with the .iso permission are opened. In other words, the program "tricks" the computer into recognizing the .iso file as a disc in the CD / DVD drive.

We will not describe all the subtleties of working with Daemon Tools, we will only consider how to open an image disk iso with this utility:

As the name of the program suggests, it is specifically designed to work with files that are disk images. It is quite simple to work with it. Let's take a look at the process of opening and playing an .iso file in a few steps:

Alkohol 120%

Quite a popular and well-known program for opening iso images. It can be used to launch or play the contents of .iso files. It should be noted right away that the program is more difficult to use for inexperienced users and to play files it is necessary to perform an order of magnitude more actions than in previous programs. In addition, the program is paid, and for permanent use you need to buy a licensed version.

Let's see how to use Alkohol 120% to open disk images:

Power ISO

Power ISO is a small and easy-to-use emulator program for playing disc images. It is an extended version of the Ultra ISO program that allows you to play not only .iso files, but also other image files that have the permissions .bin, .mdf, .mdl, .md2-5, etc. The principle of the program is exactly the same as that of Ultra ISO, so we will not re-examine the steps required to open desired file... We just repeat the same steps and in the same order as in the Ultra ISO program.

Other programs to open .iso files

In addition to the above programs, you can use others. As a rule, other programs are not so convenient for inexperienced users, or there is no Russian version of the program, or the free version applies only to certain time... However, if you do not have Internet access, but the software allows you to choose several options for opening .iso files, you can use programs such as ISOBuster, Roxio Easy Media Studio, WinISO, or Gilles Vollant WinImage.

Sometimes there is a need to extract files from an ISO image. It is not very convenient to do this using standard operating system tools - it is more expedient to use third-party products. Therefore, in this article we will tell you in detail what software to use to open the ISO image and give the correct sequence of actions shown in the screenshots. But first, let's explain why you need ISO images. These files store a wide variety of content, so every computer user should know how to properly handle them. Indeed, in certain cases it is required to open a similar image and perform the necessary manipulations with its contents. For example, install the program or just familiarize yourself with the list of files inside.

What is an ISO image?

Let's figure out together what an ISO image is.

You may encounter this when downloading software from the Internet. Also ISO is used for torrenting movies in high quality.

Having a disk image, the user is able to connect it like a regular optical drive. As mentioned, ISO is often used to distribute software and computer games... Also, this format has an additional purpose - to duplicate valuable data with regular discs... After all, the latter are not very reliable and can fail due to minor mechanical damage.

How to open an ISO file with UltraISO

The most convenient way to open ISO is to use. If you wish, you can purchase the licensed version on the official website by entering in search engine the corresponding request. And also download it in open sources, where you do not need to pay. After installing UltraISO, follow the instructions below.

To open an ISO file, you need to launch UltraISO and select the "Open" item located on the toolbar with the cursor.

Then you need to specify the path to the disk image. After doing this, you will see a tree view of the information stored in the ISO file.

To extract a specific file from the image, you must hover over it, right-click and select Extract To ....

After that, you need to specify the path to save the extracted file and wait a little while the program performs the desired action.

How to open ISO file with DAEMON Tools

This is a very advanced program for mount ISO images, but it is not very convenient to extract files through it. Though this way still worthy of consideration. You may not have any software other than DAEMON Tools on your computer, and you will need to extract information from the optical disc image immediately. It is enough to complete the task.

DAEMON Tools must be launched and in the window that opens, find the icon with the "disk" icon. Click on it with the cursor.

Then you need to specify the path to the optical disk image and add it to the directory.

The program will automatically add the new drive to the My Computer folder. You can work with it as with a conventional optical drive.

How to open an ISO file with 7-Zip

A fairly simple way to extract data from an ISO image is to use the 7-Zip program. It is a very common archiver that is installed on almost every personal computer... However, not many users know that 7-Zip is capable of working with images. optical discs... Therefore, we will tell you how to use it to unpack the ISO container.

To do this, you need to run. An explorer with additional tools will appear on the screen.

To open an optical disc image, locate it on your computer and double-click it. ISO will open like a regular folder.

To extract a file from the ISO, hover over it and right-click. Then select "Extract" in the menu that opens.

ISO file is a CD image or DVD disc a. Such files are used to create exact copy data contained on the disc. In this article, we will talk about how to unzip an ISO file and access its contents.

Unpack the ISO file using the archiver

If you need to unpack an ISO file, then the easiest way is to use any archiver. As an example, we will demonstrate how this is done using the 7-Zip example. You can use any other archiver you like. For example, you can use WinRAR.

So, in order to unpack the ISO file you need to right-click on the ISO file and select the "7-Zip - Open Archive" menu item.

As a result, you will see a 7-Zip archiver window with the contents of your ISO file. From this window, you can drag files to the folder you need. But, this way of unpacking will take longer. In order to unpack as quickly as possible, click on the "Extract" button.

After that, the process of unpacking the ISO file will begin. The time it takes to decompress depends on the size of the ISO file and the performance of your computer.

After unpacking is complete, all files from the ISO file will be located in the folder of your choice.

Unpacking an ISO file with UltraISO

It is a professional tool for working with ISO files. With this program you can create, mount, unpack, and also perform many other actions with ISO files. UltraISO is a paid program, but you can use the Trial version.

In order to decompress an ISO file using UltraISO, you need to launch UltraISO and. This can be done using the button on the toolbar or the "File - Open" menu. The keyboard shortcut CTRL + O also works.

After you have opened the ISO file, all the files inside the given disc image will appear in the UltraISO window. In order to unpack them, you need to select all and right-click on them. In the window that appears, select the "Extract to" item.

Unpacking ISO file with Daemon Tools Lite

Also you can mount ISO file like virtual disk and then copy the files from it. To do this, you can use Daemon Tools Lite or any other program for mounting disks.

To mount an ISO file, just open it. If you have installed latest version Daemon Tools Lite, the virtual disk will be mounted automatically.

After that, open the "My Computer" window, find the virtual disk there and also open it.

After that, the files from the ISO image will appear in front of you, and you can copy them to the folder you need.

It should also be noted that in Windows 10 it is possible to mount ISO files without using third-party programs like Daemon Tools Lite.

Downloaded a DVD containing a movie, a long-awaited game, or a set of auto-install programs, but don't know how to open it? Probably, you don't have a file manager installed on your computer this format... This article is intended to help newbies solve the problem. We will figure out what a data type with an ISO extension is, and briefly take a look at popular applications for working with such files.

What's in the iso file?

ISO is a standard format for storing image files. An image file means an exact (cluster-to-cluster) copy of an optical disc stored in digital form. The iso format retains the exact structure file system optical media, all attributes of files and directories, as well as boot code, which is very convenient for duplicating automatically starting and bootable disks. Any content stored on optical and physical media can be used as the content of an iso file.

Disk images are created for many reasons, including:

• dissemination of data on the web;
• disk emulation to work with it - this way you can run a game that requires physical media in the drive;
• storing a copy of important data, such as a personal photo or video archive, on a computer, etc.

How to open an ISO image file?

There is a lot of software for working with disk images, because they are used by a huge number of users all over the planet. Starting to choose the product that best suits and satisfies all requests, the user is faced with numerous difficulties. Now we will consider not only popular, but also the most functional, as easy to use as possible, programs translated into Russian, including free ones. We will also find out how to open an iso image file in each of them.

Somewhere since 2005, files with the ISO, MDF, MDS and other similar files have become popular, but to this day, many do not know how to open ISO file.

In fact, all of these extensions imply that instead of a physical disk, all information is contained in one small file.

If we say in the language of professional users, then all this is a disk image. That is, it is the same as a regular CD or DVD disc, but without the physical disc itself, without a disc.

The download process itself is as follows:

• Go to the above link. On this page, click the "Download" button (highlighted in Figure 1).

• On the next page, choose one of the options - download from the official website or from an alternative source.

• After that, the download will take place. As soon as it ends, you should open the downloaded file in order for the program to start installing.
  This can be done either by opening the file through a browser (in the download list), or by opening it in the downloads folder.
  As for the first option, then, for example, in Opera you can do this by clicking on the downloads icon and double-clicking on the file that concerns our program.

Actually, after that, the installation will take place. When it is over, you can start the program using the usual Windows tools. In a running program, to open the disk image, you just need to click on the "Open" button.

The corresponding pictogram is responsible for it, which is highlighted in Figure 4.

After that, you just need to select the ISO file we need, that is, the disk image using the usual standard Windows tools... Next, the contents of the image will open as shown in Figure 5.

As you can see, everything that is in the image is contained in the window that is highlighted in the figure above. Accordingly, there we need to open what we need - if setup file, then you need one that has the extension ".exe", if a movie, then ".avi", ".mov" and the like.

As you can see, everything is very simple and even the most inexperienced user will be able to figure it out.

Daemon tools

Another very popular program that opens ISO images in Windows.

There you can find free version, you only need to buy updates. Having followed the above link, you should click on the "Download" button.

To open the files we need, it will be enough to install the regular Lite version, because we are not going to do any special manipulations. In general, the second in the list on the above site is the Lite version.

In the same way downloaded and installed program select the icon for opening the image (highlighted in Figure 7).

After that, you should select the image we need. True, it will not open in the same Daemon Tools window, but it can be seen in My Computer as a normal disk inserted into the drive. Accordingly, it will be possible to open it in the same place.

True, for this you still need to run the file added to the program. There is a corresponding launch icon for this. The window itself with the added image looks as shown in Figure 8. The button for launching the image is also highlighted there.

After the image is launched, you should go to "My Computer" and open the contents of the image there. There, it will be very easy to find the disk we need. An example of this is shown in Figure 9.

This archiver is installed in the same way as any other programs, there is nothing special here. After installation, we will need to launch 7-Zip File Manager and in open window click on the icon for adding an image, that is, on the big plus (highlighted in Figure 11).

After that, a standard window will open, where you just need to select the desired ISO file. After that, the contents of the image will open as in a regular folder, only on earlier Windows versions, or, for example, in Total Commander.

But it will be possible to open what we need in the usual way – double click... Also, as we can see, there is absolutely nothing complicated.