isobuster for your Dreamspark Images

If you are making use of your Dreamspark access to get hold of lovely free Microsoft software then you might have noticed that a lot of the good stuff arrives as ISO disk images. The idea is that you burn these images to disk and then install the software on them.

However, if you have a netbook with no CD-ROM drive, or are simply in a hurry I can recommend IsoBuster. This tool lets you copy files from ISO images onto your hard disk or memory key so that you can install programs from the disks without needing a physical disk.

There is a copy you can pay for, but I’m told that the free version will do all you need to get hold files from a disk image. IsoBuster is also useful if you have a damaged disk that you need to recover.

Update on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 03:57PM by Rob

Thanks for all your constructive reponses. Boss reccomends Virtual CloneDrive which also looks rather good.

Comments

[Matthew Cox]

You can also use 7-zip, found here: http://www.7-zip.org/
This also has the advantage of opening every archive format I've ever come across.

For my virtual disc-mounting needs, I use Virtual CloneDrive, found here: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
It allows you to mount up to 15 virtual drives at once, a feature I have never found useful, but it's nice to know it's there.

Both of these are free.

[Jack]

Yes, yes, very useful indeed.

[Simon Jiohnson]

WinRAR let's you open an ISO in the same way, and will extract it somewhere for easy install.

[Simon]

Winrar makes the most sense, since you can't survive as any kind of computer person without it anyway.