iso images

[swell22]

i have an iso image in a .rar file...do i burn the whole .rar file onto disc or unzip it and then put all those files onto the disc

[Tekk]

You'll want to unzip the rar files first so you get the ISO image by itself. Then from there you can go into your burning program and burn the image straight to a CD.

[hollaback04]

u should use IsoBuster

[swell22]

shouldnt it just be one big iso file? there are like a bunch of little files

[DoctorReno]

How many times have you unpacked the .rar file? I have run into instances where I could do it twice giving me several files. After making a coaster(s) I realized that after unpacking once and going to my burning program, I use Nero, that it recognized the first unpacking as the ISO to burn, although it still showed with a .rar extension.

[RedFury]

Depends on if it came with a .bin file or .cue or ??? . sometimes it depends on what program made the .iso in the first place.

[Postal Dude]

winRAR see's iso's as rar files. chances are ur looking at the iso file. jus use nero n burn image to disk

[swell22]

no bin or cue...i know you just burn the cue and it does it automatically...i didnt know winrar sees .iso's as rar files...maybe thats the deal

i just dont want to burn a rar file onto a dvd and have it not work

[Postal Dude]

use daemon tools n mount the image. if it works, burn it

[DoctorReno]

Like I was trying to explain in my earlier post... I now just check to see if Nero recognizes the file, regardless of the extension I see, and if it recognizes and see's the file it should be burnable. I was always trying to make it way to complicated.

I use WinRAR or Stuffit to do all of my unpacking.