What is ISO?

[Macro2]

I see this in relation to burning software...what does it mean?

Thanks

 

[JattKhalsa]

ISO is an image file of a CD. It's basically all of the data on the cd in form of a file.

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

umm , what software does one need to create an ISO of a cd-rom?

 

[Priit]

ISO = International Organization for Standardization .ISO files are usually raw CD-images (copy of all CD condent without any file system conversion), useful for cloning CD's. File system allocation (and probably some other stuff) of CD is described in ISO 9660 standart, maybe that's why people like to call CD images that way...

 

[NotoriousJTC]

<< umm , what software does one need to create an ISO of a cd-rom? >>



I like using CloneCD for creating my ISO's.

 

[cherrytwist]

Another option is Fireburner.

 

[ZeroBurn]

there's 2 types of CD Images for the PC that are considered mainstream. there's .iso, which used to be big, but recently it's become .bin/.cue files. .iso files hold the entire cd image and is pretty much a big zip file. .bin files work the same way, except they require a .cue file (they ALWAYS come together) which basically tells the burner how to burn the .bin file.

.bin files have a big plus because you can burn games that have audio tracks on them as well, seperately. for example you can burn the data, and seperate .wav (or music files, a soundtrack) to the same CD using the .cue file. for example the Quake 3 CD has a seperate audio track you can stick in a regular CD Player to listen to i believe.