Update: Are you new to ISO? We have more resources that will help you deal with ISO files, click here to read them.

An ISO image is an image of files that can be burnt to a CD. If you’ve just downloaded an ISO file, and be able to open the ISO file and edit its contents, before burning it off on a CD, here’s a quick guide telling you how you can open an ISO file.

First, you should know that there are quite a handful of programs that let you open ISO files, but I’m going to talk only about WinRAR here, because it’s a simple tool and just does the job intended.

• Get your copy of WinRAR from this page, double click on the setup file and the installation proceeds.
• During the setup process, WinRAR will ask you to set file associations, make sure that ISO is checked. Click ‘Done’ in the next window.
• Now, navigate to the folder where your ISO file is present. Notice that there’s a WinRAR icon indicating the ISO file.
• Double click to open the ISO file.
• WinRAR opens and the contents of the file are displayed.

Here are some more resources that will help you deal with ISO files.

• Mount ISO files as a virtual CD/DVD Rom Drive – If you do not have a CD/DVD writer you can still run ISO files like you would through a CD, read this article to know more about it.
• Free ISO Burner & Burn ISO Files to CD/DVD Free tool – Using these tools you can easily burn a ISO file to a CD or DVD.
• Create ISO Files from any Folder – Want to create your own ISO files? Use this handy tool to create them.
• Find Which Programs Can open Unknown File Types – Have you ever come across files that you are not aware of or have never seen before? Use this excellent free utility to find which application can open that file.
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Both ISO files and IMG files are compressed folders like zip or RAR files which can directly be burned to a CD or DVD. However, since they are plain archive files you can also extract them to your local disk or mount ISO files as CD/DVD drives.

If you are looking to extract ISO files, you can either use WinRAR software or choose to use the open source freeware software called 7Zip. Once you have downloaded the 7zip software, just right click on the ISO file and then select the “Extract files” option from the menu to extract the contents of the ISO file to your disk.

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