About PowerISO Software

PowerISO is a powerful disc image file processing tool, which allows you to manipulate image files in lots of ways, such as open, extract, burn, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert image files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It supports all popular CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc image files.

If you have PowerISO, you will own ISO creator, ISO editor, ISO extractor, ISO converter, ISO burner, virtual drive, CD burner, DVD burner, BD burner, audio burner, audio ripper and video burner.  

Features

Create ISO File

• Create ISO file or BIN CUE file from hard disc files.
• Create ISO file or BIN CUE file from CD / DVD / BD disc.
• Create bootable ISO image file.
• Detect various CD / DVD / BD image files automatically.
• Support ISO9660, Joliet and UDF file system.
• Support unicode file name.
• Optimize file layout to save disc space.

Edit ISO File

• Add files to ISO file.
• Delete files in ISO file.
• Rename files in ISO file.
• Modify file's date time in ISO file.
• Add boot information to ISO file to make bootable ISO image file.

Extract ISO File

• Support ISO file and other popular disc image file, such as BIN / CUE, DAA, UIF, DMG, MDF / MDS, ASHDISC, BWI / B5I, LCD, IMG, CDI, CIF, P01, PDI, NRG, NCD, PXI, GI, FCD, VCD, C2D, BIF and so on.
• Support multi-session disc image file.
• Extract files from ISO file.
• View and run files contained in the ISO file.

Burn ISO File

• Burn ISO file and other image file to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL.
• Burn Apple DMG files directly to CD / DVD / BD discs.
• Burn files and folders to CD / DVD / BD discs on the fly.
• Burn Audio CD from MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, WAV, or BIN files.
• Burn Video image file to CD / DVD disc.
• Support two erasing modes for rewritable discs: Full Erasing and Quick Erasing.

Mount ISO File

• Mount ISO file and other popular image file as virtual drive.
• Support up to 23 virtual drives.

Make Audio Disc

• Create standard Audio CD.
• Create mixed mode CD.
• Support Audio CD-TEXT.
• Burn mp3, wma, wav, flac and ape files to CD.
• Burn bin / cue, mp3 / cue, wma / cue, wav / cue, flac / cue and ape / cue audio image files to CD.
• Edit existing Audio CD image files.
• Support Playing Audio Tracks within Audio CD image file.

Audio CD ripper

• Rip audio CD to mp3, wma, wav, flac and ape files.
• Rip audio CD to bin / cue, mp3 / cue, wma / cue, wav / cue, flac / cue and ape / cue audio image files.

ISO and BIN Converter

• Convert ISO to BIN.
• Convert BIN to ISO.
• Convert Apple DMG files to ISO file.
• Convert all popular images files to ISO file.
• Convert all popular images files to BIN file.

Open / Extract /Edit disk image file

• Support all popular virtual disc image files, such as VMWare Virtual Disc Images(*.vmdk), VirtualBox Virtual Disc Images(*.vdi), Virtual PC Virtual Disc Images(*.vdi).
• Support all floppy disk image files, such as BIF, FLP, DSK, BFI, BWI, BIN, IMG and so on.
• Support disc image files with FAT12, FAT, FAT32, NTFS and ext2, ext3 partitions.

Create Bootable USB drive

• Create bootable USB drive for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
• Support USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, and USB-HDD.

Supported CD/DVD disc image types

• ISO (Generic CD images)
• BIN/CUE
• BIN (CDRWin)
• IMA/IMG (Generic disk images)
• CIF (Easy CD Creator)
• NRG (Nero - Burning ROM)
• IMG/CCD (CloneCD)
• MDF/MDS (Alcohol120%)
• VCD (Farstone Virtual Drive)
• VaporCD (Noum Vapor CDROM)
• P01/MD1/XA (Gear)
• VDI (Virtuo CD Manager)
• C2D (WinOnCD)
• BWI/BWT (BlinkWrite)
• CDI (DiscJuggler)
• TAO/DAO (Duplicator)
• PDI (Instant Copy)
• DMG (APPLE Disk Image)

Supported CD/DVD file systems

• Standard ISO-9660
• Joliet ISO extension (CDs under Windows 95 and higher)
• RockRidge ISO extension (CDs under FreeBSD, Linux)
• El Torito extension (bootable CDs)
• Univeral Disk Format (UDF)
• XBOX DVD Format
• APPLE HFS
• APPLE HFS+

Easy and friendly interface

• Support drag and drop.
• Support clipboard copy and paste.
• Support multiple languages.
• Support operating system: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7
• Support both 32-bit and 64-bit windows.

System Requirement

• PowerISO supports the following operating systems:

Windows98 / Windows Me/ Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows 2003 / Windows Vista / Window 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 operating system or above.

Note: PowerISO is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit windows. 

• Intel Pentium 166MHz or above.
• 64MB memory.
• At least 128MB hard disk space.

PowerISO Configurations

To view or change PowerISO settings, please click the menu item, "Options --> Configurations". There are four tabs in "Configuration" dialog.

• Settings in "General" Tab:

File Associations: If the file extension is associated with PowerISO, you can open it by double-clicking on the file.

Temporary Folder: When PowerISO extract image file to temporary folder, it will use the folder specified here. If not specified, PowerISO will use system temporary folder instead.

Default Viewer: The default viewer will be used when you click the menu item, "View with default viewer...". By default, Windows notepad application will be used.

Enable Shell Integration: If this option is set, you can manipulate image files in "My Computer" by using the shell context menu.

Check for updates automatically: If this option is set, you will received a notification when a new version of PowerISO is available. You may then decider whether to install the updates or not.

• Settings in "Virtual Drives" Tab:

Number of Virtual Drives: Here you can the number of virtual drives. The default number of virtual drives is 1. However, PowerISO supports up to 23 virtual drives.

Auotostart: PowerISO Virtual Drive Manager will run on system startup.

Automount:PowerISO will automatically mount selected image file on startup.

Virtual Drive Letter Assignment: By default, PowerISO will use the first available drive letter for the virtual drive. However, you may also choose a difference letter for the virtual drive. If you would like change the drive letter, please select the virtual drive from the list, then click "Edit..." to assign a new letter for the drive.

Use Custom Icons for Virtual Drives: If this option is set, the virtual drive icon will be replaced with PowerISO virtual drive icon, so that you can distinguish which drive is the virtual drive created by PowerISO.

• Settings in "Audio" Tab:
  Output File Format: The output format can be mp3, flac, ape, wma, or wav. To change the encoding settings, please click "Config..." button.
  Output File Mode: The output mode can be "multiple files" or "single file". For "multiple files", PowerISO will rip each track to a separate music file. For "single track", all tracks will be ripped to a single file.
  Output File Name Format: Specify the output file name for ripping. You can click down arrow button to change the settings.
  Write CD-TEXT: If this option is set, the CD-TEXT information will be written when burning an Audio CD.

• Settings in "Miscellaneous" Tab:

Default compression method: Set the default compression method when creating daa file.

Using low priority when compressing: If this option is set, PowerISO will automatically set the compressing thread to low priority, so that it will not slow down the computer's response.

Burning Buffer size: Specify the burning buffer size. The value must be between 8MB and 128MB.

Verify written data: If this option is set, PowerISO will compare the written data with original copy when burning to make sure the data was burned correctly.

Eject disc after burning: If this option is set, the disc will be ejected after burning.

Show Mac files when opening Hybrid Mac/PC image file: If this option is set, the Mac partition will be shown when opening a Hybrid Mac/PC image file, otherwise, the PC partition will be shown.

Set .daa as default file type for saving: If this option is set, the default file type for saving is daa file, otherwise, the default file type is ISO.

Optimizing file layout when saving image file: If this option is set, PowerISO will optimize file layout to make sure identical files will only occupy space once. This can reduce file size, but may take long time for optimizing.

Clear opened files history: Click this button to clear opened files history if you don't want recently opened files to be listed in "Recent Files" menu.

Questions which arising on your mind before using.....

                                 

• Q: What kinds of operating system does PowerISO support?A: PowerISO can run on Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 or above. 
• Q: Does PowerISO support 64-bit Windows?A: Yes, PowerISO supports 64-bit editions of Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10.
• Q: Do you offer free software upgrades for registered users?A: Yes. We provide free lifetime software upgrades for registered users.
• Q: What's the difference between the unregistered version and the registered version?A: The unregistered version will display a dialog prompts you to register, and you can not create or edit image files greater than 300MB with the unregistered version. Except these, all other functions or features are the same.
• Q: Does PowerISO support unicode file names?A: Yes, PowerISO fully supports unicode, so you shouldn't run in to any problems if you're using an international character set.
• Q: How to open ISO file and extract files from it?A: Because of its file associations, you can open an ISO file by simply double click on it. After open the ISO file, click "Extract" button to extract files from it. You can also use shell context menu to extract ISO file.
• Q: Can PowerISO burn iso file to CD,  DVD or Bluray disc?A: Yes, PowerISO can burn iso file to CD, DVD or Bluray disc. PowerISO is also a burning application, you can use it to burn CD / DVD / BD Discs.
• Q: Can PowerISO make bootable CD / DVD disc?A: Yes.
• Q: Can PowerISO copy CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc to image file?A: Yes. All information, including boot information, will be copied.
• Q: Can PowerISO convert image files between ISO and BIN?A: Yes.
• Q: Can PowerISO compress ISO or BIN  image files?A: Yes. PowerISO can compress ISO / BIN and other formats image file, and use the compressed file directly without decompressing.
• Q: Can I open the files in the image file without extracting?A: Yes. You can use the PowerISO virtual Drive manager to mount the image file, and then you can open the file without extracting.
• Q: Can I add password to my image file?A: Yes. If you save the image file to a DAA format, you can protect your file with a password.
• Q: Can I Split the image file to multiple volumes?A: Yes. If you save the image file to a DAA format, you can split the image file to multiple volumes. PowerISO will automatically read the sub-volumes while extracting or mounting.
• Q: Do I need to decompress the DAA file before using a DAA image file?A: No. You can extract, edit and mount a DAA image file  without decompressing.
• Q: Does PowerISO support Apple DMG files?A: Yes. PowerISO can extract and burn Apple DMG files.
• Q: What is the maximum image file size that PowerISO can process? A: 8192GB (8TB).