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As administrator of Windows, you need to know how to work with ISO files and how to get access to them. In this article I'll tell you why you should be considerate to the ISO file and how to mount them in Windows 7 using free tools. Want to install the basic software applications, operating system, or access to any virtual CD / DVD drive? If so, you need to know what the ISO file and how to get access to it.

What is an ISO file and how to access it?

ISO file - a file format the disk image, defined by the International Organization for Standardization (International Standards Organization - ISO). Thus, this format was named after the organization that created it. Chances are that during the storage of a CD or DVD image on your hard drive (rather than on optical media), it is stored in the format "ISO". These files have the extension ".Iso".

For example, if you download the Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2 or Microsoft Office, these files will be formatted. ISO. Also, software for virtualization on servers and workstations can mount these. ISO files to a virtual DVD drive with the virtual machine. If you use VMware Workstation or Microsoft Virtual PC, both of these virtual machines are able to open. ISO files to install the operating system or applications. However, there are situations when you need only one file contained in the form of ISO. Or you need to mount the ISO image on your local computer (without the virtual machine) to install the application.

In Windows 7, if you double click on .ISO file, you will be asked to burn it to CD / DVD drive, as shown in the figure below:

In addition to the built-in Windows 7 software application for burning / authoring CD / DVD from third-party manufacturers can record these images of a CD or DVD and create for you a physical medium. Of course, this is not a problem. However, Windows cannot show you that contains this image and you cannot get files from it. ISO image. Although such programs for CD / DVD burner can record an image on the optical drive, they do not allow you to download files from etogo.ISO file. Thus, you only can burn this image to a physical disk, insert it into the drive, and then see its contents in order to get some files contained in it.

Here you need an application for emulyatsii.ISO files on your local computer, for which you do not have to pay.

Free utilities that can be downloaded to view ISO files

Fortunately, there are a number of tools for emulation. ISO files in Windows. However, not all of them are compatible with Windows 7, so be careful. In fact, I even heard that if you make upgrade your computer to version Win7, when these tools you have installed, they simply do not work after the upgrade. Please make sure that you use the tools are compatible with Windows 7.

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