ISO Question

[vext]

This is just an inquiry.
I don't know if I'm out of the loop on this, but if anyone has any clues on the use and technicalities behind this file type, I would be very appreciative.

ISO's. A friend emailed me an ISO... says its an EXE, but he swears its actually an ISO, and the file wont run, anyhow. (*yes, I checked for virus.)

Any info?

Vext

Knowledge is power.

[jehnx]

ISO is like a big file that you can burn to a cd and it'll boot right... it's an ISO "image." I doubt your email had a file as big as ISOs usually are in it, so he probably sent you some sort of trojan or something. Remember, virus scanners don't catch EVERYTHING.

[GreekGoddess]

An ISO is an image of a CD...used to burn onto CDRs to make bootable copies. To make a copy of it is easy (I'm assuming you already know what is on the ISO, so I'm not going to ask)

You have to have a copy of something like EasyCDCreator or Nero on your computer. Just open the file and burn it as an image. If you burn it as a file you won't be able to access the files contained on it, nor will it be a bootable CD.

If you're not sure what's on it and want to find out before burning anything, then I would recommend downloading CDMage:
http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/p...program_id=120

[zion1459]

u can also just "unpack" the file by using a prog like WinISO or ISObuster.. or one of the many other proggies just like 'em

[thesecretfire]

What kind of mail service allows the sending of 700MB attachments?

[zion1459]

yea... /me wants an account there too :P lmao

[trials]

It doenst have to 700mb something like gentoo linux is only 16mb but even that is still quite alot.

[spirit909]

lol, i sincerly doubt that they allowed him to send such a large file to you, he is obviously lying and i think that you should 'evaluate' your friendship with him as he seems to be trying to do somehting bad to ur pc...

[Matty_Cross]

Stop being silly.....

You could make an ISO of a CD with a text file on it which only contains the words "Bow Before The Snarfligalz".... and you can pack them to be executable....

What is the ISO meant to be of?

[souleman]

Umm, the last ISO that I burnt to a CD was 35 MB. There are really not that many programs out there that take up an entire CD. It is just easier and cheaper to create 1 CD with 35 MB then it would be to use 30 floppy disks...

Anyway, not all ISO's are CD's either. I have also seen ISO's of hard drives. It is technically a backup image of a disk. Be it a CD, hard drive, zip disk, whatever....