How do I open an ISO file?

I am trying to use a program that has an ISO file that I need to open. I try to and see What program would you like windows to use to open this file? I thought I could by using NERO, but I can't find it. :confused Any suggestions? Thanks, Tony

 

WinRar works great, 30 day trial.

 

Iso is a bootable image file. Usually you would write it to CD then boot from it. Or write it to CD and then point your program to the CD drive. In Nero you could use Nero Express>Image,Project>Disc Image or Saved Project and write to disc.

 

Winrar is what I'll try! Thanks so much.
Tony

 

Use UltraISO

 

winrar is too cool, but I can't get it to make a backup of an entire hard drive, and that is what I need to do with this iso file.

 

As sachs2 said, burn the ISO to disk. Is this Acronis or Paragorn or similar? I can't see why you'd want to open the ISO, just run it.:confused

 

When I first saw this thread, I said to myself "he wants to open an ISO file? That's odd..." and I figured I'd let someone else jump in. But now I see that the OP needs to describe exactly what it is he wants to do with the ISO, and he needs to explain where the ISO came from or what created it.... As stated above, ISO files are "images" of disks; hard drives and CD/DVD discs are commonly made in to ISO files, but an ISO can pretty much contain anything. Essentailly, an ISO is a 'container' that includes all the info from the source it was created from, including all the files and folders. This includes the boot information in the case of a bootable hard drive or bootable CD/DVD. ISO images are not compressed. For example: if you have an ISO of 4.3gb and you 'un-ISO' the file to a hard drive, it will take up the same amount of space but will be reverted back to it's original file structure with the same files and folders as before the ISO was created. So, if an ISO was created from an entire hard drive as a method of backup, you can burn the ISO as an image to a CD/DVD (depending on size) for safe storage, or to restore the ISO you can use the program that created the ISO, or use TUGZip or WinRAR to extract the ISO to the location you want (like to a recently formatted, clean hard drive).

(TUGZip is a 100% free file archiving/compression tool similar to WinZIP or WinRAR, but it's totally free for life, and IMO is faster and easier to use than both WinZIP and WinRAR, and covers more formats than WinZIP)

 

Aah dlb, that makes more sense now if that's the case, never heard of anyone doing that but that doesn't mean anything. I'll be following this thread. Interesting.