Manage and edit your ISO images with UltraISO

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Manage and edit your ISO images with UltraISO

January 31, 2007 in Software | Permalink

Screengrab_133 Most Linux distributions are supplied as an ISO image, and for good reason. An ISO image is effectively a 1:1 copy of a CD and it enables you to burn the ISO image to a CD-R, with the software supplier assured that the end-user will receive a CD as supplied. However, there's no reason why you can't create your own ISO images if you need to distribute files across the Internet. For instance, if you create your own fancy slideshow of your vacation, don't send the slideshow, create an auto-booting CD and then supply your friends and family with the ISO image, which they can burn to their own CD.

UltraISO 8.6.1 is a tool that enables you to manage, create and edit ISO images. It's purely designed for this purpose. For instance, you could import an ISO image and then add or remove files, package it back up as an ISO and then re-supply. If you only want to extract certain files from a supplied ISO, it saves you from burning the contents to CD.