This is a very common format. In the form of ISO files that are CD images or DVD disc, games or other programs are usually downloaded. Fortunately, Windows 10 has built-in tools for working with such objects. Let's take a closer look at what tools you can use to easily open a file with this extension or mount a separate one virtual disk.
As already mentioned, any version of Microsoft Windows 10 (be it Insider Preview or any other) is capable of opening ISO files on its own.
At the same time, the OS also creates a virtual drive, which can be removed by right-clicking and selecting “Eject”.
The choice of a third-party ISO opening tool directly depends on its content: if any game or application is provided in this form, then the right decision It will not be opening the file itself, but mounting the image. Before starting the procedure, make sure that the file is on an NTFS volume.
In other words, the ISO will open in a specialized program that will create a separate virtual disk. Through such a drive it will be possible to install a utility or game. Let's figure out what programs can be used to do this.
Daemon Tools Lite
This is the most common and popular tool for mounting an ISO image. You can download the utility from the official website, because in the Lite version it is absolutely free. The provided functionality will be more than enough.
This utility is installed in the same way as any other. Need to open EXE file and follow the instructions. There is only one “BUT” - in the Windows security window that opens, you must activate the “Always trust Disk Soft Ltd software” option. To install, all you have to do is click on the appropriate button.
Before finally launching the program, be sure to check that there is a checkmark in the “ISO” item so that the ISO format is automatically opened through this utility.
The further sequence of actions for opening an ISO using DTL is as follows:
- Find the downloaded ISO and launch it standard method. Due to the fact that it was associated with the program we are describing, the file will be read in it.
- Activate the option “Always use this application to open .iso” and click “OK”.
- Click "Open" in the Microsoft Security Alert window.
- If the procedure was completed successfully, a new disk will appear at the bottom of the program window.
- We open “This PC” and in Explorer we see in the list of hard drives a new drive with the program that we downloaded as an ISO.
- The disk is available for opening and use. When you double click on it it will start automatic installation content. Right-clicking on the disk and selecting “Open” will open the contents for further use.
To unmount a drive, you need to open the application, select the appropriate drive, right-click on it and click on the “Unmount” button.
As a result, the disk will be removed from the explorer.
Let's move on to consider the next tool with similar functionality.
Ultra ISO
Ultra ISO – the simplest tool for working with ISO, which does not take up a lot of disk space, but provides a huge number of possibilities. Only one of them interests us.
We install the program like any other, and then follow the instructions below:
- Open the ISO object automatically associated with UltraISO.
- A program window will open, displaying the entire contents of the selected file.
- To get the necessary files at your disposal, select them, right-click, click on “Extract to...” and indicate the extraction path.
- The files are extracted to the desired folder and are ready for use. No additional drives were installed.
As you can see, working in this utility does not take much time. Let's move on to the next tool.
Alcohol 120%
Alcohol is a powerful utility for burning discs. In addition, it allows you to connect and a large number of virtual drives. Its functionality is truly impressive, but in our case we will only work with a smaller part of it.
Install the application and follow the instructions:
- Open the program, click on the “File” button and select “Open”.
- Find the required ISO.
- Right-click on the added image in the application and click on “Mount to device”.
- If everything went well, the image data will be displayed in the virtual media status.
- Go to “This Computer” and check for the presence of a virtual disk. If successful, open it and use the necessary data.
To get rid of the image, go to the utility, right-click on the virtual drive and select the line “Dismount image”. The image will be dismounted, and the virtual drive will be removed and removed from the list of connected hard drives.
Let's move on to consider the last tool in this category.
Nero
Nero is a whole package of utilities containing everything necessary tools for working with multimedia. Projects in the program itself have the NRG extension. Unfortunately, the package no longer includes a utility that supports ISO - Nero Image Drive, however, the previous solutions should be more than enough to solve emerging problems.
All described emulators are provided in Russian, so the user will not have questions about how to translate the interface.
Opening by archivers
Any ISO can be opened not only using specialized applications that mount images, or the OS itself, but also using modern archivers. This method is recommended to be used only if you only need data from the ISO, and there is no need to create a disk image.
Let's look at the two most common archivers and the process of working with ISOs using them.
WinRAR
WinRAR is the most common archiver today. The program is extremely easy to use and has the most intuitive interface.
To open ISO via WinRAR, install the archiver, then:
- The system automatically builds tools into the context menu. To use them, right-click on the downloaded ISO file and select “Open in WinRAR”. After this action, a separate window will open.
- In the window, click on the “Extract” button and indicate the path to which you want to move the files. Once extraction is complete, you can begin using them.
You can also open an ISO in WinRAR directly from the archiver window. To do this, you just need to open this utility, open the “File” tab in the top menu, click on “Open archive” and select ISO on your PC. Next, follow the steps described in paragraph 2 of the above instructions.
Let's consider an alternative archiver, no less common among PC users.
7-zip
7-zip is an absolutely free archiver, in no way inferior to the previously described WinRAR. Download the utility from the official website and install it on your computer or laptop.
Pay attention to which OS version is installed - x32 Bit or x64 Bit. Based on this information, you need to download and run the appropriate version of 7-zip.
To expand ISO via 7-zip:
- Right-click on the file, hover the cursor over “7-zip” and in the expanded add-on, click on “Unpack”.
- Select the extraction path and click OK. The files will be unpacked into the folder specified by the user; nothing else needs to be done.
As in the previous case, all actions can be performed through the interface of the application itself. For this:
- We find the required image directly from the utility and open it.
- Select the existing files and click on the “Extract” button. We indicate the appropriate path and click on “OK”.
That's all, actually. We have finished looking at how to open an ISO file on Windows 10 in just a few clicks.
conclusions
Choice specific solution depends on the situation. If a game or program requires a disk, then you should use one of the emulators and create a special virtual media. If you just need to access files stored in ISO, you can do without programs and use any available archiver.
Video instruction
We attach detailed instructions in video format, which describes step by step the process of working with each tool described above.
Sometimes there is a need to extract files from an ISO image. Doing this using standard operating system tools is not very convenient - it is more advisable to use third-party products. Therefore, in this article we will tell you in detail which software to use to open an ISO image and provide correct sequence actions shown in the screenshots. But first, let's explain why ISO images are needed. These files store a variety of contents, so each computer user must know how to handle them correctly. Indeed, in certain cases it is necessary to open such an image and perform the necessary manipulations with its contents. For example, install a program or simply look at the list of files located inside.
What is an ISO image?
Let's figure out together what an ISO image is.This is what you may encounter when downloading software from the Internet. ISO is also used to distribute movies via torrents in high quality.
Having a disk image, the user can connect it like a regular optical drive. As already mentioned, ISO is often used to distribute software and computer games. This format also has an additional purpose - for duplicating valuable data from regular disks. After all, the latter are not very reliable and can fail due to minor mechanical damage.
How to open an ISO file using UltraISO
Most convenient way ISO discovery is to use . If you wish, you can purchase licensed version on the official website by entering search engine corresponding request. And also download it from open sources, where you don’t need to pay. After installing UltraISO, follow the instructions below.To open an ISO file, you need to run UltraISO and select the “Open” item located on the toolbar with the cursor.
Then you need to specify the path to the disk image. After doing this, you will see a tree list of the information stored in the ISO file.
To extract a specific file from an image, you need to hover over it, right-click and select "Extract to...".
After this, you need to specify the path to save the extracted file and wait a little while the program performs the desired action.
How to open an ISO file using DAEMON Tools
This is a very advanced program for mounting ISO images, but extracting files using it is not very convenient. Although this method still worthy of consideration. You may not have any other software on your computer other than DAEMON Tools, and you will need to extract information from the optical disk image immediately. It is enough to complete the task.DAEMON Tools must be launched and in the window that opens, find the icon with the “disk” icon. You should click on it with the cursor.
Then you need to specify the path to the optical disk image and add it to the directory.
The program will automatically add the new drive to the My Computer folder. You can work with it like a regular optical drive.
How to Open an ISO File with 7-Zip
A fairly simple way to extract data from an ISO image is to use the 7-Zip program. It is a very common archiver that is installed on almost every personal computer. However, not many users know that 7-Zip can work with optical disc images. Therefore, we will tell you how to unpack an ISO container using it.To do this you need to launch it. Explorer will appear on the screen with additional tools.
To open an optical disc image, you need to find it on your computer and double-click on it. The ISO will open as a normal folder.
To extract a file from an ISO, you need to hover over it and right-click. Then select “Extract” from the menu that opens.
After downloading games or software from the Internet, you noticed iso files. In the material we will look at what an image is, how to open an iso file on Windows 7, 8, 10 using regular tools and third-party programs.
What is an iso image and how to run it
An iso image is a single file that is a virtual copy of a CD/DVD or BD. These files are identified in the OS by the extension ".iso". A lot of software is distributed in the form of an image and these are mostly large software products. Such applications can be OS, games and other installer programs.
These images are used as a replacement for physical disk drives. In addition to folders and files, images contain additional boot information if a program that supports saving such information was used to create it. To run an iso file on a computer, standard OS tools or third-party programs are used. In turn, applications can be divided into special and archivers.
Special software designed to work with the image includes:
- WinCDEmu;
- Pismo File Mount Audit Package;
- DAEMON Tools;
- IsoBuster;
- ImgBurn;
- Ultraiso;
- Alcohol 120;
- other.
An Iso file is similar to an archive. Its contents can be opened by the following archivers:
- 7-Zip;
- PeaZip;
- Winrar;
- WinZip;
- Other.
Of course, the list can still be continued, but the programs listed are quite enough. There are plenty to choose from. Maybe some software is already familiar to you. Below we will take a closer look, for example, at opening an iso file with special applications and archivers.
Opening an image file using standard Windows tools
Windows 8 and 10 have developed a built-in tool for working with iso. If you are a Windows 7 user, then this method will not work; here you need to install a third-party program. You can open an iso file on Windows 10, 8 in one of the ways that seems more convenient for you:
After you connect the image, a new virtual disk will appear in Explorer. You can open it and perform the intended actions. Don't forget to then close the image file, right-click on the virtual disk and select "eject". 
We launch iso through special programs
Process opening iso file on Windows 7 (also suitable for 8, 10) we will look at the example of convenient, simple and free versions of the WinCDEmu and Daemon tools lite programs. For WinCDEmu follow these steps:
You've probably heard about Daemon tools. To open an iso file using Daemon tools, do the following:
Opening the image file with archiving programs
The user always has to deal with archives. Archivers also know how to open ISO. Let's consider this process in more detail, using the example of the PeaZip and WinRar archiver programs. Do the following with the PeaZip archiver:
Download setup files programs from here. During installation, set the language to Russian. 
We also recommend that you check the iso box during the installation process to associate this type with PeaZip. 
To open an iso file on Windows via PeaZip, double-click on the image and process it. We also advise you to extract the contents of the image by clicking on the “extract” button, specifying the path and clicking OK. 
Of course, the WinRar archiver is worth attention. Follow these steps:
Download the Russian version from this site. Next, during the installation process, in the program settings, check the iso box to associate files of this type with WinRar. 
Double click on the image to open it. For convenient work with the image, we recommend extracting it by clicking the “extract” button and specifying the required path to unpack the iso archive. 
Using these methods, you can open an iso file on Windows 7, 8, 10. If you are the owner of a seven, then you cannot do without installing third-party software. Eight and dozen users can launch images using their own means, but installing additional utilities (for example, WinCDEmu) can add convenience to use. During the operation of your PC, you will have to deal with archives, so you cannot avoid installing an archiver, which will also additionally help you open ISO images on your PC. Make your choice based on your preferences.
ISO disk images are used in most different situations. Operating systems, applications, games and much more are distributed in ISO images. Therefore, many users are interested in how to open an ISO file with a program.
In this article we will talk about which program to open an ISO file. But, before we move directly to the programs, it should be noted that there are two ways. You can simply open the ISO file and see what files are inside it, or open the ISO file by mounting it as a virtual disk, in which case you can use the ISO file as a real CD.
7-Zip
DAEMON Tools Lite- This free version DAEMON Tools Pro programs, as well as one of the most popular disk mounting programs. This program allows you to mount disk images in formats such as mdx, mds/mdf, b5t, b6t, bwt, ccd, cdi, bin/cue, ape/cue, flac/cue, nrg, isz, and ISO. WITH using DAEMON Tools Lite you can quickly mount an ISO file into a virtual drive and work with the disk image as if it were a real CD in your drive. You can download the DAEMON Tools Lite program from the official website.
is a professional program for working with ISO images. This program allows you not only to open ISO files, but also to mount them in a virtual drive, as well as edit them by adding or deleting files. Moreover, with UltraISO you can burn the contents of an ISO file to a USB flash drive to install the operating system. If you work a lot with ISO files, then you definitely need to choose UltraISO. The only drawback of this program is that it is not free. As of this writing, UltraISO costs just under $30. You can download a trial version or buy this program on the official website
Almost all newcomers to the “computer” world ask the same popular question: how to open an ISO file? After all, it is in this format that game images and operating systems. Standard Windows tools do not allow you to open a file with the .iso extension, so you have to resort to third-party programs, including many free utilities.
What is an ISO file?
Essentially, an ISO file is a disk image (CD or DVD) made by some program. This is a kind of archive that stores all the information about the contents of the disk, as well as the files themselves. In fact, you can create any disk image, be it a DVD with a game/movie or a CD with music. But in most cases, games and operating system distributions are stored in images.
Imagine the situation: they brought you a disc with a game. You didn't have a blank disk at hand, so you burned the image to an ISO file. After you purchase a blank disc, the image can be burned onto it using the appropriate programs, and you will receive a complete copy of the original disc.
Ways to open ISO files
Essentially, all methods of opening disk images can be classified into two groups:
- opening files with archivers,
- use of special programs for disk virtualization/emulation.
In the first case, the file will actually open. The user will be presented with the disk structure. It is recommended to open images in this way when you need to extract a file from the disk. For example, you need to “pull” drivers from a Windows distribution.
In the second case, the disk image will be emulated as if you had an analogue disk in your drive.
Using archivers
You can open ISO files with two popular archivers – 7Zip and WinRar. It is better to download archiver distributions from offsites:
We install the archiver, find the ISO file we need on the screw and right-click on it. Select “Open with Winrar/7Zip” and that’s it – the image is open. You can open any file from the image and save it to your PC.
Select the Russian version (next to the Russian flag) and download the utility.
When installing the program, do not uncheck the “Install ISO emulator” checkbox.
Once you open Ultra ICO, you will see the following window:
There is a "File" button in the top corner. Click on it and then select “Open”.
We indicate the path to the image and in the program window we see the open ISO file.
If you need to virtualize a disk, then open “My Computer”. You will see a new virtual drive - this is the ISO emulator. Right-click on it and select “Ultra ISO >> Mount”. We indicate the path to the file - and that’s it. The disk will be successfully mounted.
Working with Daemon Tools Lite
As in the case of Ultra ISO, open the official Daemon website http://www.daemon-tools.cc/rus/downloads and download the utility.
We install the software and in one of the steps indicate the “Free license” item.
After installing the utility, the program icon will appear in the lower right corner (in the tray next to the clock) - a blue circle with a lightning bolt.
Right-click on it and select “ Virtual drives>>Add virtual SCSI drive." In a couple of minutes you will have a new virtual drive, just like in Ultra ISO.
After the drive appears, click on the icon again and select the items: “Virtual drives >> Drive 0 >> Mount image.” We specify the path to the ISO file, and that’s it.
This video describes in detail and interestingly how to mount images:
Undoubtedly, it is better to use Daemon Tools Lite, since this program is free and does not have a trial period. If you need to quickly extract a file from an image, then WinRar will help you.
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