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Questions tagged [iso-image]

An image file of an optical disk, such as a CD-ROM or DVD.

From Wikipedia: An ISO image (International Organization for Standardization) is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical disc, including the optical disc file system.

ISO image files often have a file extension of .iso. The name ISO is taken from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media, but what is known as an ISO image might also contain a UDF (ISO/IEC 13346) file system or a DVD or Blu-ray Disc (BD) image.

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Why is a .ISO called a .ISO?

A .ISO is a digital copy of a cd or dvd. Almost 90% of all digital copys end on ".ISO". Why is this? Was there someone that called it .ISO and everyone just copied it?
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Creating custom ISO from Windows 10

I have been tasked to create some images for Windows 10 pro, for virtual machines and also native installs. The VM image is simple, but I am having trouble on how to extract an iso image from the Windows 10 configuration I have created. Moreover,…
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ISO file much smaller than extracted data

How come ISO file with installation of MSVS 2010 Express (All-in-one ISO) is 693MB compared to when I mount the ISO, copy all the contents to folder on disk and that folder is 1.6 GB? If zipped this 1.6 GB folder goes down to 1.55 GB archive. What I…
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Why is an ISO file needed to burn into a USB?

I wonder why an ISO file is needed to be burned into a USB in general? For example, I have downloaded the installation ISO file of Ubuntu 12.04. I want to install from my USB, so I copy the ISO file to my USB. But then I cannot install from my…
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Run software from iso format w/o extra software?

I recently downloaded software in an .iso format. Do I need to download any special software to run this file?
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Import iso into VMWare

I have a Windows 7 software, existing in the iso format. Now I want to extract it to run as a host OS using VMWare. How to extract iso so that it can run as a virtual machine?
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Is there a way to have a DVD/CD virtual drive installed and store DVDs in an .iso file?

I'm currently playing Crysis, but I also like to play Worms Armageddon sometimes and both of them need their respective DVDs to run. I'd like to know if there's a way to copy the files off the DVD, store them in my computer and load it with a…
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How to write a big ISO file into a few disks for using its content?

I have a big ISO file (7G) and I need to convert it to actual content (it is a set of installation disks). I used ImgBurn in the past to write an ISO file to a single DVD, but ImgBurn seems to be unable to handle my current situation. Am I wrong?…
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Program to burn .iso file into a watchable DVD

What's a good program to burn an iso file that contains an AUDIO_TS AND VIDEO_TS folder into a watchable DVD that a DVD player should handle. I tried using ImgBurn but that didn't work. Thanks.
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Why does an .iso file look different in an ISO editor than it does if I mount it on a virtual drive and open it?

What I mean is, when I open it in e.g. magicISO to edit, it lists like three subfolders, and also a .ds_store file a .symavqsfile file, .volumeicon.icns file, desktop DB, desktop DF, discinfo, etc, etc. If I mount it in Daemon Tools and look inside,…
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Some ISO on a Zalman VE-350 are not recognized

I have a Zalman VE-350 with a dozen of ISO on it. It's supposed to be recognized both as a hard drive and a disk drive by the OS, with whichever ISO is selected in the disk drive. However, a few of the ISO don't seem to work. In hdd mode, I can…
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Program runs from CD but not from image (.iso file) of same CD

I got a language course on CD ROM from the library. On holiday, we want to bring a mini laptop without a CD drive so I converted the CD to .iso. Now, I can mount the .iso just fine but when I try to run it, it says "The program needs to be run from…
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Modify an .iso image

I am curious whether it is possible to edit the .iso image of a live system, so that I could add/remove some custom packages in order to use them even after I shut down the computer.
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Merging .rr_moved

I have a website archive iso with .rr_moved in root. I'm wondering whether to move it somewhere to make the tree more complete. The site seems to work fine. When I was extracting it, 7z didn't see .rr_moved so I used ultraiso for this, 7z, however,…
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Windows 11 issue

I have downloaded the official Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft and burned it with Rufus, but when I tried to install it on my second PC, a shortcut virus appeared and removed these 3 files (Autorun, Bootmgr, Bootmgr.efi). I tried all the recovery file…
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