What is an ISO file?
An ISO file is essentially a CD image which is the track by track and sector by sector exact copy of a CD. Logically it is like a zipped file. When you un-zip a zipped file you will get the exact files that have been zipped. When you get a CD image file, with the help of right software, you can burn an exact copy of the original CD.Most CD burning software has the feature to create an ISO file. Nero, for example, allows you to assign the target drive and one of the target drive is called ” Image Recorder .” When you choose Image Recorder as the target drive instead of a physical CD-ROM writer, NERO will prompt you for the file name you want to save. You can choose to save it as a NERO image or an ISO image. NERO image can only be decoded by NERO. But an ISO image can be used by any other CD burning software, including Roxio Easy Media Creator and Toast.
An ISO file is essentially a CD image which is the track by track and sector by sector exact copy of a CD. Logically it is like a zipped file. When you un-zip a zipped file you will get the exact files that have been zipped. When you get a CD image file, with the help of right software, you can burn an exact copy of the original CD. Most CD burning software has the feature to create an ISO file. Nero, for example, allows you to assign the target drive and one of the target drive is called “Image Recorder.” When you choose Image Recorder as the target drive instead of a physical CD-ROM writer, NERO will prompt you for the file name you want to save. You can choose to save it as a NERO image or an ISO image. NERO image can only be decoded by NERO. But an ISO image can be used by any other CD burning software, including Roxio Easy Media Creator and Toast.
