I am downloading a program at the moment and its in .iso format. What is an iso file and how do I use once its downloaded? Lets no go into what Im downloading but its of a shareware program such as eMule or Limewire, I am using eMule. Most programmes I download are in a archive file such a zip or a rar and then inside them is the exe or whatever but this is a .iso file, what do I do with it once its downloaded?
iso file has to be mounted with daemon tools if u need help mounting it just pm me or getting daemon tools
.iso is pretty much like .rar and .zip. It is a special format that you use when you want to "compress" all the files on a cd and the cd specs.So if a game asks for cd 2 you can just select the .iso file instead of the real cd. hope you understand ^_^
So once its downloaded I can just open it up like a rar or a zip? I guessed it was something to do with CD's coz it has a little CD icon next to it.
therees 2 ways u can do it u can mount it on this http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.p...ategory&catid=5 if u have the program ill tell u how or u can double click on it and it opens the file like a rar file
Im sure ive got some sort of program on my PC that can open iso's becuase there are other iso files on my computer and they have a little like CD next to em so surely if I had nothing that could open iso's it would have the windows icon next to it, you know what I mean.
an iso is just an image of the cd/dvd so its easy to setup to burn. If you get the iso just use Alcohol 120% to mount it to a virtual drive or Nero to burn it to a disc.
Ill burn it to a disk me thinks, if I burn it to a disk can then just put the disk into my comp and then install the program.
You dont have to Just download alcohol 120% - It has a virtual drive which you mount it on and act as a real CD
