File extension ISO
| File type | CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc ISO Binary Image Format |
| Developer | N/A |
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What is a ISO file?
The extension .ISO refers to files of the type, ISO disk images. These are the exact copies of data present on a CD or DVD. The file is also capable of storing the exact structure of file system information.
These ISO files are usually used for backup purposes to store the data present on vital DVD and CD resources. One particular case where ISO files are used is also seen where the PCs don't have a physical CD or DVD drive present to read the disk data. Hence a Soft-copy version such as the ISO copy of the disk is used in such cases.
Program(s) that can open the .ISO file
Windows
Mac OS
How to open ISO files
If you cannot open the ISO file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports ISO among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the ISO file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the ISO format files
The inability to open and operate the ISO file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc ISO Binary Image Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a ISO file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the ISO file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the ISO from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the ISO format
- The ISO file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the ISO file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a ISO file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the ISO file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the ISO file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the ISO file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
Similar extensions
| .adz | Amiga Emulator Compressed ADF Format |
| .aff | Advanced Forensics Format Disk Image |
| .ashdisc | Ashampoo Disk Image Format |
| .atr | Atari 8-bit Disk Image |
| .avhd | Microsoft Hyper-V Differencing Disk Format |
| .b5i | BlindWrite Image Format |
| .b5t | BlindWrite Image Format |
| .b6i | BlindWrite Image Format |
This extension
can be converted to:
- ISO to CDI
- ISO to B5T
- ISO to BIN
- ISO to C2D
- ISO to CCD
- ISO to DAA
- ISO to DAO
- ISO to DMG
- ISO to IMG
- ISO to ISZ
- ISO to MDF
- ISO to MDX
- ISO to NDIF
- ISO to NRG
- ISO to UDF
- ISO to UIF
- ISO to ZIP
- ISO to APK
- ISO to ASHDISC
- ISO to CSO
- ISO to GBI
- ISO to GCD
- ISO to IMAGE
- ISO to IMZ
- ISO to VDI
- ISO to WBFS
- ISO to 7Z
- ISO to VHD
- ISO to WIA
- ISO to MDS
- ISO to NCD
- ISO to P01
- ISO to PDI
- ISO to SPARSEIMAGE
- ISO to TAR
- ISO to TAR.GZ
- ISO to TOAST
- ISO to UIBAK
- ISO to VCD
- ISO to VMC
- ISO to 000
- ISO to CISO
- ISO to CDR
- ISO to CIF
How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.ISO) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected ISO file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program", then click "Browse" and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the ISO file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. ISO) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.