File types

[embarr]

Hi folks

I've d/l a file but I cant open it.........its sort of an ISO file inside of an EXE file.

i.e. whatever.iso.exe

Can anyone help me please.

Thank You

[isus]

maybe you can delete the "exe" off of the file name, and see if that works. someone may have done it so that it could be shared on a network. some networks don't allow certain types to be shared.

[Foreverboard]

if it is an ISO file, you will need to get a ISO buster program to see what is inside. To burn it you will need to find a program that reads that format. Good luck.

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[dubstylee]

I have never been able to burn an iso successfully. WTF? I thought this format was supported by all burning progs, but when I actually went to try it I couldn't find any that worked, they all use proprietary formats to represent a whole disc. If this is the case, how come all major linux distros are in ISO format?

[Foreverboard]

SOme burning programs will burn multiple formats. Programs like DiscJuggler and Blindwrite will burn a viriaty of formats. You can also use an ISO buster to brake apart the ISO.

[mrgone4662]

Nero burns ISOs fine. Or you can use daemon tools (http://www.daemon-tools.com/) to mount the image as a phantom drive.

[Foreverboard]

nero burns image files. I still recomend Blindwrite to copy. But the best bet would be to find what you are looking for in a non-ISO format and make you own image or ISO.

[BloodySabbath]

Originally posted by mrgone4662
Nero burns ISOs fine. Or you can use daemon tools (http://www.daemon-tools.com/) to mount the image as a phantom drive. Took the words right out of my mouth.

[Rickio]

Your file might be a iso compressed into a self-extracting file. If that is true you can open it with a zip utility and view the contents. Use winzip or WinRar. In fact I downloaded a file like that recently. If it is a compressed iso, just extract it and then burn it with fireburner. I mention fireburner as it is so easy to use and it's a small application to download. Make sure to extract it and not just rename it or it won't work.
Also as some people mentioned it could be a iso renamed. Just rename it and view it with either WinIso or try and burn it with fireburner.

Here is a tutorial I just found a few minutes ago.

How to burn ISOs
Published by ShareReactor.com (http://www.sharereactor.com/)
Written by: NorthernLights
Date of creation: 21.10.01
Article updated on: 04.11.01

(written by NorthernLights, edited by Gowenna) This small tutorial should help you burning the most common cd image formats available on donkey using Nero Burning Rom and IsoBuster/WinIso. For some special images, you will need CloneCD, but all of these programms are available here.

As more and more people ask how to burn this or that iso they have downloaded on donkey, I decided to write this small tutorial. I won't annoy you with technical details or other useless stuff, since you only want to get your file on a cd. Now let's get started!

How to burn a disk from a ...

- .cue (small) and .bin (big) image file:
Images with these extensions are most likely created with CDRwin. The bin file is the real image, the cue file contains some extra information about the image. The best program to burn those files would be Nero (...or CDRwin maybe, but I'm focusing on Nero here :D). Choose "Burn disc from image" from file-tab, open the .cue file (the small one!) in the upcoming dialogue and start burning.
Now that was easy, wasn't it?
In case you run into problems with this way, which is in fact one of the best ways an iso can come to you, check some things. first open the .cue file in a text editor. There you will see the name of the .bin file in a way like this:
FILE "youriso.bin" BINARY
Now if you see anything like "D:\youriso.bin" there, remove the first part so its only "youriso.bin". Now move the cue and the bin file together into C:\, the very root. Now open your cue file from there and try again. This should fix the most problems you possibly could run into. If not, your bin file might be corrupted or your cue file might be inaccurate. Both are very seldom problems but can happen, very seldomly though.

- .iso or .bin (without .cue) image file:
If there's no .cue file available for your .bin file, or you got an image with .iso extension, you have to put more effort in getting it to work. If you are lucky, you could try "Burn disc from image" again and select the file. Nero will ask you for some extra information about the image. Check "RAW data" and burn. I don't recommend this, because your image could be in a non-standard format. You should use the "IsoBuster-Method" below.

- .ccd and .img (comes with a .sub file sometimes..) image file:
This is a CloneCD image, which you should use CloneCD for burning it. CloneCD images are the most "sophisticated", because they can copy some of the cheaper copy protections so you might not need a crack. Start CloneCD and select "burn cd from image". Choose your .ccd-file in the upcoming dialogue. Make sure "RAW DAO" and "Don't repair SubChannel Data" are checked before burning. Some older burners don't support "raw dao". If you have one of those, you might be lucky to find a firmware update for your burner on the web, which enables it. If not, use the "IsoBuster-Method" on the .img again.
Burning a CloneCD image is kind of 'delicate', cause sometimes you will get an unreadable or at least 'hard to read' disc. This might happen to you if your burner messed up the copy-protection part of the image. You can try to run the disc from your cd-burner, which can handle bad sectors better than your normal cd-rom drive. If that doesn't help, toss your disc in the garbage. Sorry.
Another mean 'version' of a broken cloned disc is when you can install the game/app, but starting it does nothing but crash your system. In that case, you still can get it to work using a no-cd crack. (see below)

- .img (without .ccd/.sub) image file:
You got a CloneCD image without the CloneCD control file, which tells CloneCD how to burn it. Use the "IsoBuster-Method" below.

- .nrg image file:
You got a Nero-image. There's nothing easier for a Nero user like me! Choose "burn disc from image" and select the .nrg file in order to burn using Nero.

The IsoBuster-Method (Extract your image to hd to burn it afterwards)
Open your image with IsoBuster and right-click the "joilet branch" (the one with blue arrows..) and select "extract directory". Choose a empty temp directory on your harddrive to extract the data to. When this is done, start Nero. Simply choose "Burn data disc" on that freaky wizard. Grab all data from your temp directory to your new disc and change its name to the one displayed by IsoBuster. You can burn your disc like every other now.
You can use this method on nearly every image, but you might loose some extra information. Some people say "WinISO" can handle even more images than IsoBuster, so if IsoBuster can not open your image, try this one instead.

Of course the methods described above will also work with other burning apps than Nero. It's just a recommendation.

Ok, you should have a working disc now, but there's another problem to face. The copy protection! If your game installs alright, but when you try to run it, it says "Insert the correct disc", you have run into it.
To solve it, browse the contents of your cd and (where available) the contents of the archive, the image came with (zip file or something...). Read every info (.nfo) file you find (open them with Notepad or similar program). They often contain information on how to bypass the protection. (You can also find serials and other handy stuff in them sometimes.) In most cases, there is a directory on your disc which contains a cracked executable for your game. Replace your original game executable with that one and everything should work alright. If all that doesn't help you, you might need to get a cracked exe on your own. There's websites like www.gamecopyworld.com where you can download stuff like that.

[embarr]

Thnx to everyone who answered, especially Ricko ...You've all helped.

Embarr:fire :shy

[crackerjacker]

nice article very informative ! rtw