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If you’ve ever encountered a CD or DVD image that you just couldn’t convert — except with paid software — DVD-Ranger’s ISO Buddy is a free tool you’ll want to check out.

It’s a disc image conversion and burning program, and it supports more formats than you can shake a spindle at. Apart from more run-of-the-mill formats like Nero’s .NRG, .BIN, and .ISO files, ISOBuddy can also handle images created by apps such as Alcohol 120%, CloneCD, DiscJuggler (Dreamcast flashaback… ), and even older Blindwrite files. You can convert from one format to another or burn any supported format to a disc.

As if that’s not enough, it can even convert Mac’s .DMG format. That’s an awesome bonus for me, since there have been a couple occasions where I’ve been without Mac hardware and needed to get at the contents of a .DMG for a customer. You can convert from one format to another or burn any supported format to a disc.

ISOBuddy is a free download for Windows systems only. If you know of an even more robust conversion tool, or a complementary bit of software, do share in the comments.

Just a quick tip for you Windows7 users out there.

Previously we told you about ISO files and how to extract, burn and mount them. Windows 7 provides an easy option to convert ISO files into disc. You don’t need any third party tool to perform this operation.

To burn the file to disc perform the following steps:

1. Put the blank (or rewritable) disk on the disk drive.

2. Right click on ISO file and select “Burn disc image”.

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ISO file, which is also known as a disc image, has .iso file extension. It contains a copy of the entire CD/DVD from which it was extracted. It means when you burn an ISO file to a blank disc, you’ll get the same files, folders, and properties as the original disc.

ISO files are used to distribute disc images. For example, iso files for operating systems like Ubuntu (Linux distro) could be downloaded from the net and then burnt to a CD to create a bootable operating system disc.

This tutorial will discuss three things:-

1. Extracting an iso file from a CD or DVD.
2. Burning an iso image to a disc.
3. Mounting an iso image as a virtual drive.

How to extract ISO files from a disc

Extracting iso files from CDs and keeping them safe could be useful. Suppose you are considering backing up your Windows installation disc.  It might be beneficial to make a personal copy of the Windows installation DVD so that you can use it in case you lose your original disc. continue reading…