What do you use to extract the contents of an ISO after you've downloaded it from MSDN Subscription?
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All the times I have done a DL the file was an ISO.
If your question is what to do with it: (i.e. you don't know what an iso file is)
You burn it to a CD/DVD. That is a disk image.
Tim
2009-01-09 22:07:20
+1. As well as being able to look inside ISOs, 7zip is blindingly fast and *much* better compression than I ever get out of WinZip.
paxdiablo
2009-01-09 22:24:39
+1. Don't mount. Extract.
Maine
2010-10-13 17:42:34
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depending on the ISO, i'll either burn it to disc or mount it to a virtual drive and install from the virtual drive (not really an option if the ISO is an OS).
pinkeerach
2009-01-09 22:08:56
not strictly true. If it is an os, sometimes the OS will have an option to copy install files to the drive first before it begins the actual install...this really only helps if you aren't going to be wiping the drive or have a second drive you can install from =\
Matthew Brubaker
2009-01-09 22:56:54
+2
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Alex Feinman's (free) ISO Recorder if I want to burn it. WinRAR if I want to just open it.
ctacke
2009-01-09 22:10:22
+6
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To look what's in the ISO you can:
- mount ISO image as a drive
- burn ISO on a cd/dvd
- use WinRAR to look at / extract the contents
+8
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I usually mount the ISO to a virtual CD/DVD drive. I've used the following freeware packages at various times. As far as I know these install no toolbars, spyware or other junk. I currently usually use MagicISO's - pretty much just works.
I don't know what the situation is for these on Vista or x64 (I'm still largely on 32-bit WinXP).
Microsoft's unsupported Virtual CD tool:
MagicISO's MagicDisk
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
SlySoft's Virtual CloneDrive:
Of course, I can't vouch for any of these other than to say I've used them successfully - your mileage may vary.
Michael Burr
2009-01-09 22:24:53
+1 to the MS unsupported tool. It seems to have trouble with mounting network shares, but if you map a drive letter, then even those seem to work. It couldn't be more lightweight, so that's a plus.
Chris Farmer
2009-01-09 22:26:52
+1
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http://www.imgburn.com/ is great free ISO burner, can also verify the burned disc.
Anthony
2009-01-09 22:25:24
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If you are running Vista, (I have found) a lot of the virtual drive emulators do not work on Vista, but one that has worked on Vista for me is Softpedia's freeware Virtual CloneDrive.
Jim Anderson
2009-01-12 05:06:27
You must be using a different 'Virtual CloneDrive' than me. I've never heard of SlySoft, only have the Softpedia version (no mention of 'SlySoft' in the about).
Jim Anderson
2009-06-08 23:43:34
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I use the free version of Alcohol 52% - it lets you mount the ISO's as virtual CD drives. This works great in Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2003 & 2008 versions of server.
You can download it here if you're interested - http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/
Scott Ivey
2009-01-21 17:55:30