How do you open .iso and like files??

I know my way around a computer pretty well, but ive never really delt with .iso files before, i've got some .bin and .cue ones too that i have no clue what to do with...
could tell me how to go about opening them so that i can actually use the programs?? I heard something about burning a cd... but now im confused even more...
thanx
-meg

 

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Thanks
-Kodo

 

Now, to answer your question. ISO files are images that you can use to burn images to a CD. Most CD-writer software will be able to rip a cd from an ISO.

 

I ran a search on MG but could not find the software. so here is the link for the sufotware that will burn bin and cue files


http://www.fireburner.com/fb221we.exe

Sorry I don't know of any free ones that will do that

after you intall this software if you devide to do so just click on the cue file. The cue contains the information to burn the bin

I think you can use it for 30 days before you have to register it

if you do not wish to download this software you may still be able to burn the bin file without the cue. use any other cd burning software

 

Instead of burning a cd, then you can use this software to create a virtual cdrom where you can mount cd-rom images (BIN+CUE, ISO, etc.)

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/

 

If you have Nero, you can burn these to CD very easily.

>Open Nero
>If the wizard comes up choose cancel
>Select RECORDER
>Select BURN IMAGE
>Locate your .iso or .cue file then choose BURN....all done!

In regards to .bin and .cue files, Nero only needs to locate the .cue file wich tells it how to extract/burn the .bin file to CD.

Regards,
Jade.

 

Consider this: .Iso is a compression, what is a compression? Take a zip/winzip file or whatever you may call it. That is compressed, and in order to uncompress it, you must extract its contents. Most of the time, people burn them to Cd's to extract them, which is common. However, there are programs that will extract them without having to burn them to a cd, which saves CD's and a possible fact that it may be a fake file that will just ruin another CD.

As for Bin/Cue Files....,

The Bin File is like the zip file, except it doesnt know anything its just a bulk of data. The Cue file is what shows the data what it is really. Its another type of compression, and each bin file needs its cue, so if you have 4 bin files and 4 cue files, you have 4 images. I use a program called UltraISO which can extract bin/cue/iso files without having to burn them to a CD. Hope you find this useful. Thanks!

 

I do not wish to be the devils advocate but

if an iso file is compressed then how come they do not seem to be compressed????

If I am wrong please explain

 

Ooooo I wanna play Devils Advocate... *goes over to a pinball machine with the title "Devils Advocate"^


Anyhoo...Yes it is compressed. Im not certain 100% but I do believe it is a compression, if it wasnt, why the hell would we use it? and if it wasnt compressed, why would we have to extract it?

 

instead of using the term "compressed" i thik Mocean meant "archived" since zip/rar/tar and the like are file archives which CAN BE compressed.

disk images are file archives that are meant to hold their format, uncompressed.

 

There are different CD-ROM "format"'s/"book"'s using different cluster sizes (Like CD Mode1 and 2), and it is also possible to create multiple partitions/sessions on a single CD-ROM each using different formats.

Therefore if just copying the files from the CD-ROM to the HDD you would loose all this wonderful information about how the CD-ROM is formatted and the location of files.

Disk image software for HDD (Like Ghost) )is similar in their behavior.It can take a backup of an entire HDD partition and save it in a file, so when restoring the backup the partition is "formatted" with the saved cluster size and the files are placed in the exact location as when the backup was made.

 

thats what me figured

What kind of compresion may I ask

one or two players