Windows以其众多的文件格式而闻名。MacOS(Whereas MacOS)只有几种文件格式，而Windows的文件格式要多得多。其中之一，实际上是最有用的之一，也不是最知名的。该文件格式称为 .ISO。
什么是ISO文件？它有什么作用，你为什么要关心它？
什么是 ISO 文件？(What Is An ISO
File?)
随着硬盘驱动器上的 CD 和DVD播放器逐渐被基于云的可下载文件取代，ISO文件只会在未来变得更加有用和实用，因为您将在办公室里到处都是那些旧的安装盘。另外，磁盘总是出现故障，因此ISO是一个很好的备份解决方案。
当您为某个软件（例如Photoshop）运行安装盘时，会有一个固定的文件夹结构，每个特定的文件和文件夹都位于某个位置。如果您将文件或文件夹移动到结构中的另一个位置，整个事情就会崩溃，因为安装程序不知道这些文件现在的位置。
ISO 文件是安装磁盘上文件和文件夹结构的精确副本(an exact duplication)，其好处是不再需要实际的物理磁盘。因此，您可以将磁盘作为ISO(ISO)文件备份到云中
，并且无论何时要安装该软件，都无需寻找磁盘。只需双击ISO文件。
您可以将该ISO
磁盘刻录到另一张磁盘、将其移动到U(USB)盘、通过电子邮件发送或将其保留在云存储中，就像任何其他常规文件一样。由于许多安装磁盘可以运行到数 GB 的文件空间，因此电子邮件或云存储可能会成为挑战，除非您可以进一步压缩文件。
如何创建 ISO 文件(How To Create
An ISO File)
创建ISO文件根本不是一个困难的过程。事实上，有很多免费软件可供选择。因为我喜欢我的解决方案尽可能免费和简单，所以我一直使用ISO Creator。它总是一种享受。
为了向您展示制作ISO(ISO)备份是多么容易，我拿出了我非常旧且尘土飞扬的Photoshop Elements磁盘副本。我现在将带您完成将其转换为ISO文件然后运行它的过程。
首先，按照通常的“下一步->下一步->下一步...”安装 ISO Creator：
安装程序后，启动它，然后将要进行ISO
备份的磁盘放入硬盘驱动器。
在ISO Creator
窗口中，您需要配置以下内容：
- ISO 文件路径(ISO File Path)：这告诉程序您希望将完成的ISO文件放置在计算机上的哪个位置。单击“浏览”按钮，导航到文件夹，然后在窗口中键入所需的ISO文件名称。(ISO)
- 卷名(Volume Name)：在Windows 资源管理器(Windows Explorer)中查看驱动器号旁边的ISO文件时将调用什么文件。
- 文件夹路径(Folder Path)：要转换的安装盘的位置。单击“浏览”并导航到磁盘的位置。
现在单击“开始(Start)”开始转换过程。
该过程仅在几分钟后完成。
如何打开和运行 ISO 文件(How To Open
& Run An ISO File)
现在您有了
ISO文件，您显然需要知道如何打开它并在需要时运行它。
为此，您可以使用免费软件Virtual Clone Drive。
它不仅做得非常好，而且Windows 资源管理器(Windows Explorer)中看起来很疯狂的羊图标也很棒。我知道，我很容易高兴。
那么它是怎样工作的？好吧，如果您运行磁盘，您显然需要计算机上的磁盘读取器来读取数据。使用Virtual CloneDrive，它可以将临时虚拟驱动器附加到您的一个驱动器号（在我的情况下是“F”驱动器），并通过打开ISO文件来模拟运行磁盘。
安装Virtual CloneDrive后，转到您的ISO文件，右键单击它并选择“打开方式..(Open With..) ”。现在选择“ Mount Files with Virtual CloneDrive ”。
如果您打算从现在开始处理大量ISO文件，您可以将Windows设置为自动将ISO文件与Virtual CloneDrive相关联，以便将来节省您的几次点击。
当您选择
Virtual CloneDrive作为打开ISO文件的程序时，转到现在与VCD关联的驱动器号。您现在将看到您的ISO文件，其文件夹和文件结构与磁盘相同。您现在可以继续使用 setup.exe 文件安装程序。
How To Make & Run An ISO File On Windows
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that Windows is known for are its many fіle formats. Whereas MacOЅ only has a
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file format iѕ known aѕ .ISO.
What is an ISO file?
What does it do, and why should you care about it?
What Is An ISO
File?
As CD & DVD players
on hard-drives are gradually phased out in favour of cloud-based downloadable
files, ISO files will only become more useful and practical in the future with
all those old installation disks you will have lying around in the office.
Plus, disks fail all the time, so ISO is a great backup solution.
When you run an
installation disk for a piece of software, such as Photoshop (for example),
there is a set folder structure with each particular file and folder in a
certain place. If you move a file or folder to another place in the structure,
the whole thing falls apart because the installer doesn’t know where those files
are now located.
An ISO file is an exact duplication of the files and
folder structure on an installation disk with the benefit being that the actual
physical disk is no longer needed. So you can make disk backups to the cloud as
ISO files, and anytime you want to install that piece of software, there is no
need to hunt out the disk. Just double-click the ISO file.
You can burn that ISO
disk to another disk, move it to a USB stick, email it, or leave it in cloud
storage, just like any other regular file. Since many installation disks can
run to several gigabytes of file space though, email or cloud storage may prove
a challenge unless you can compress the file some more.
How To Create
An ISO File
Creating an ISO file is not a difficult process at all. In fact, there are many freeware options out there for doing this. Since I like my solutions to be as free and simple as possible, I have always gone with ISO Creator. It always works a treat.
And to show you how
easy it is to make an ISO backup, I have pulled out my very old and very dusty
disk copy of Photoshop Elements. I’ll now take you through the process of
turning it into an ISO file and then running it.
First, install ISO
Creator doing the usual “Next–>Next–>Next…:”
When the program has
been installed, start it up and then put the disk you want to make an ISO
backup of into your hard-drive.
In the ISO Creator
window, you need to configure the following :
- ISO File Path : this tells the program where you want your
completed ISO file to be placed on your computer. Click the “Browse” button,
navigate to the folder and then type the desired name of the ISO file into the
window.
- Volume Name : What the ISO file will be called when it is
viewed in Windows Explorer next to the drive letter.
- Folder Path : the location of the installation disk that
you want to convert. Click “Browse” and navigate to the disk’s location.
Now click “Start” to begin the conversion process.
The process was
finished after only a few minutes.
How To Open
& Run An ISO File
Now that you have your
ISO file, you obviously need to know how to open it and run it if need be.
For that, you can turn to the freeware Virtual Clone Drive.
Not only does it do the
job extremely well but that crazy-looking sheep icon in Windows Explorer is
just great. I know, I am easily pleased.
So how does it work?
Well if you run a disk, you obviously need a disk reader on your computer to
read the data. With Virtual CloneDrive, it makes a temporary virtual drive
attached to one of your drive letters (in my case, the “F” drive) and simulates
running the disk by opening the ISO file.
After installing Virtual CloneDrive, go to your ISO file, right-click on it and choose “Open With..”. Now select “Mount Files with Virtual CloneDrive”.
If you plan to work
with lots of ISO files from now on, you can set Windows to automatically
associate ISO files with Virtual CloneDrive to save you a couple of clicks in
the future.
When you’ve chosen
Virtual CloneDrive as the program to open the ISO file, go to the drive letter
now associated with VCD. You will now see your ISO file with the folder and
file structure identical to the disk. You can now go ahead and install the
program using the setup.exe file.
