What to do with an ISO download

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I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
about all they are good for.

I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
on his drive and no one elses.

That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
removed from the CD drive.

Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.

My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?

James
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download



<jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com


<....>

> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?

That's very easy really (maybe not for your expressed mood though) <g>
....use any program like WinRar, WinZip. WinAce or any of your favorite
compression programs and extract it; any dedicated ISO program will
extract it as well.

ISO's are important in what they do for the all reasons they do it.

Your rant was really off base and limited, untrue actually, especially in
the human nature part.

Rick

>
> James
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

Download the ISO image to the hard drive and then use a virtual CD utility
to access it as if it were a physical CD inserted in a CD drive. See, for
instance:
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-history.htm
Be sure to use the Tutorials link from that page to see how to do it.

There are many other products that do the same thing. Search on Virtual CD
ISO or similar.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
<jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
> about all they are good for.
>
> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
> on his drive and no one elses.
>
> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
> removed from the CD drive.
>
> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>
> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>
> James
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

Magic Disk and Power ISO are two of many programs that can read ISO files
and extract files from them.

Magic Disk can also install/run some programs from ISO files.

http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm

http://www.poweriso.com/

Magic Disk is free, but Power ISO is not. However, Power ISO can display an
ISO file in a windows-explorer-like interface. In contrast, Magic Disk
"mounts" the ISO files in a "virtual CD drive", which it creates, then you
access it via Windows Explorer, as if you had added a new CD drive to the
PC.

As for the problems you recall wriitng CDs, that was true some years ago,
and I agree it was an art, and you needed some luck. Today, even with
win98, a program like Nero or Easy CD Creator can very reliably write CDs.
I have a friend, retired and just past 65, who has no trouble writing good
CDs with win98. I have another, past 70, who writes both CDs and DVDs
(movies of his grand kids) using XP. Neither is a computer geek. On the
other end of the age spectrum, I have seen kids under 10 write music CDs.
With modern software it is really that easy.

As for why you should bother to learn? Ask yourself whether there are any
important personal files on your PC. For example, pictures, recipts,
emails, etc. If yes, then ask how are you backing them up? Or, what would
you do if (more likely when) the hard disk crashes? If you can not provide
a good answer to yourself, then check with your local school or library.
Perhaps they offer a course in PCs that covers how to write CDs and even
DVDs.

<jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
> about all they are good for.
>
> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
> on his drive and no one elses.
>
> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
> removed from the CD drive.
>
> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>
> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>
> James
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download


<jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
> about all they are good for.
>
> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
> on his drive and no one elses.
>
> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
> removed from the CD drive.
>
> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>
> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>
> James


No excuse.
My uncle is 91 year old and has had his computer for a year now
and after a few initial questions, can operate it just fine.
CD burning software today is easy and I can't recall the last time I've had
a bad burn...
maybe a year ago.
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

So, you had bad experiences with CD writers back when they were basically
brand new technology. Bummer.

I'm told I had real problems getting my Gerber baby food from my bowl to my
mouth for the first few weeks I tried it. I blame the new bowl and spoon my
Mom plopped in front of me. Half the food ended up on the floor, and the
other half ended up in my clothes. Guess I should have given up trying to
feed myself. Would have saved me a lifetime of problems. I finally learned
how to feed myself, but it seems that learning never stops for me, which has
caused me no end of embarrassment, costly mistakes, etc.

Go find a prog called ISOBuster. Use Google to find it. Or did that one turn
out to be too new-fangled for you, too?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

<jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
> about all they are good for.
>
> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
> on his drive and no one elses.
>
> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
> removed from the CD drive.
>
> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>
> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>
> James
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

jamest1938@invalid.com wrote:

> I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
> about all they are good for.
>
> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
> on his drive and no one elses.
>
> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
> removed from the CD drive.
>
> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>
> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>
> James

jamest1938 wrote
I gues 1938 indicates what I think than I should say 1933
I get .iso files all the time to get ideas and try out the
latest versions of what some poeple make of XP. some look
nice and some crapp out, just a hobby. got some small 15GB or so HD's
to try the downloads with. anyway what can you do when you are retired
but ant to play with computers. you are never to old for that.
rw

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Re: What to do with an ISO download

jamest1938@invalid.com wrote:
> I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
> about all they are good for.
>
> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
> on his drive and no one elses.
>
> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
> removed from the CD drive.
>
> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>
> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?

Ignore all answers except mine. My answer is, don't bother, it is beyond
your capabilities...leave it to young guys of 75 like myself.


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Re: What to do with an ISO download

Thought Isobuster was busted. Evidently live and well looking at its
current capabilities.
http://www.isobuster.com/isobuster.php

--
Dave
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:%23Js%23slLyIHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> So, you had bad experiences with CD writers back when they were basically
> brand new technology. Bummer.
>
> I'm told I had real problems getting my Gerber baby food from my bowl to
> my mouth for the first few weeks I tried it. I blame the new bowl and
> spoon my Mom plopped in front of me. Half the food ended up on the floor,
> and the other half ended up in my clothes. Guess I should have given up
> trying to feed myself. Would have saved me a lifetime of problems. I
> finally learned how to feed myself, but it seems that learning never stops
> for me, which has caused me no end of embarrassment, costly mistakes, etc.
>
> Go find a prog called ISOBuster. Use Google to find it. Or did that one
> turn out to be too new-fangled for you, too?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
> <jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
>> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
>> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
>> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
>> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
>> about all they are good for.
>>
>> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
>> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
>> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
>> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
>> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
>> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
>> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
>> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
>> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
>> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
>> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
>> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
>> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
>> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
>> on his drive and no one elses.
>>
>> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
>> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
>> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
>> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
>> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
>> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
>> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
>> removed from the CD drive.
>>
>> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
>> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>>
>> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
>> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>>
>> James
>
>
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

What I'd like is an ISO creator that works as well as ISOBuster (and was
just as inexpensive.) They all apparently have size limits as pressure to
buy. If I did more with them, that would be OK, but I typically make an ISO
maybe twice a year.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
news:OXO1bcRyIHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thought Isobuster was busted. Evidently live and well looking at its
> current capabilities.
> http://www.isobuster.com/isobuster.php
>
> --
> Dave
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:%23Js%23slLyIHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> So, you had bad experiences with CD writers back when they were basically
>> brand new technology. Bummer.
>>
>> I'm told I had real problems getting my Gerber baby food from my bowl to
>> my mouth for the first few weeks I tried it. I blame the new bowl and
>> spoon my Mom plopped in front of me. Half the food ended up on the floor,
>> and the other half ended up in my clothes. Guess I should have given up
>> trying to feed myself. Would have saved me a lifetime of problems. I
>> finally learned how to feed myself, but it seems that learning never
>> stops for me, which has caused me no end of embarrassment, costly
>> mistakes, etc.
>>
>> Go find a prog called ISOBuster. Use Google to find it. Or did that one
>> turn out to be too new-fangled for you, too?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://grystmill.com
>>
>> <jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>>>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
>>> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
>>> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
>>> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
>>> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
>>> about all they are good for.
>>>
>>> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
>>> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
>>> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
>>> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
>>> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
>>> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
>>> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
>>> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
>>> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
>>> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
>>> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
>>> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
>>> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
>>> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
>>> on his drive and no one elses.
>>>
>>> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
>>> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
>>> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
>>> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
>>> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
>>> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
>>> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
>>> removed from the CD drive.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
>>> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>>>
>>> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
>>> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>>>
>>> James
>>
>>
>
>
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

If you use Windows XP, I like this, Gary:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

On Win98SE, it's possible that these might work:

http://www.magiciso.com/

http://www.shivaranjan.com/2006/09/26/how-to-create-iso-file-from-folders-and-cd-dvd/

I've always used Nero on Win98SE.
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"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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> What I'd like is an ISO creator that works as well as ISOBuster (and was just as
> inexpensive.) They all apparently have size limits as pressure to buy. If I did
> more with them, that would be OK, but I typically make an ISO maybe twice a year.
>
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>
> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
> news:OXO1bcRyIHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Thought Isobuster was busted. Evidently live and well looking at its current
>> capabilities.
>> http://www.isobuster.com/isobuster.php
>>
>> --
>> Dave
>> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
>> news:%23Js%23slLyIHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> So, you had bad experiences with CD writers back when they were basically brand
>>> new technology. Bummer.
>>>
>>> I'm told I had real problems getting my Gerber baby food from my bowl to my
>>> mouth for the first few weeks I tried it. I blame the new bowl and spoon my Mom
>>> plopped in front of me. Half the food ended up on the floor, and the other half
>>> ended up in my clothes. Guess I should have given up trying to feed myself.
>>> Would have saved me a lifetime of problems. I finally learned how to feed
>>> myself, but it seems that learning never stops for me, which has caused me no
>>> end of embarrassment, costly mistakes, etc.
>>>
>>> Go find a prog called ISOBuster. Use Google to find it. Or did that one turn out
>>> to be too new-fangled for you, too?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> http://grystmill.com
>>>
>>> <jamest1938@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mvmk445pp3se8uina57vqkmv1c42s9elm8@4ax.com...
>>>>I began downloading a .ISO file, but I stopped it. I know this is a
>>>> CD image file, but I do not burn CDs. I do not use CDs at all except
>>>> those that come from a factory with data on them. I would not have
>>>> the faintest idea how to even begin to burn a CD, and in all honesty,
>>>> I do not care to learn how. CDs make good drink coasters and thats
>>>> about all they are good for.
>>>>
>>>> I'm old, I use my computer to go online and edit my digital photos,
>>>> and do some basic home office stuff. That's all. I'll leave the
>>>> burning CDs to the young people who waste their entire lives in front
>>>> of a computer screen. I have an actual life, and the computer is less
>>>> than one percent of my time and life. I still remember seeing one guy
>>>> attempt to burn a CD. That young man was supposed to be a top knotch
>>>> computer expert. He told me he would back up my harddrive onto a CD,
>>>> so I could upgrade to a newer operating system. (From windows 3.1 to
>>>> Windows 95). I watched him spend hour after hour wasteing blank CDs.
>>>> For everyone that actually worked, at least 5 went into the garbage.
>>>> He was cussing and throwing things, and looked miserable. Fourteen
>>>> hours later he finally burned all of my data onto 3 CDs, and charged
>>>> me for 20 of them including all those he wasted. Then when I got
>>>> home, they would not read on my CD player drive. They only would read
>>>> on his drive and no one elses.
>>>>
>>>> That lesson taught me to NEVER, EVER attempt to burn a CD, trust home
>>>> burned CDs as backups, or anything else. I never even had the urge to
>>>> cope with home burned CDs in the 11 or 12 years since I experienced
>>>> that nightmare. CDs in general are irritating, slow, noisy and I
>>>> avoid them as much as I can. I only plug in my CD drive when I
>>>> absolutely must get some drivers or something off of one of them. I
>>>> keep my Win98se install files on my harddrive. Otherwise the cable is
>>>> removed from the CD drive.
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, I do not use CDs, but I store all my data on portable
>>>> harddrives or flash sticks, and sometimes I still use floppy disks.
>>>>
>>>> My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
>>>> file on to a harddrive or a flash stick? Or can this not be done?
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
Re: What to do with an ISO download

On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:30:23 -0500, jamest1938@invalid.com put finger
to keyboard and composed:

>My question is how can I extract all the individual files inside a ISO
>file on to a harddrive or a flash stick?

My question would be, are you sure that there isn't a good reason that
the files were provided in ISO format only? Perhaps the CD was meant
to be bootable, eg a rescue disc?

- Franc Zabkar
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