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Under Windows, is there any way to edit the contents of a bootable ISO for free?
(Note: I am not interested in commercial software, but want free iso editor functionality)
Bialy
Posted 2011-09-09T19:04:12.250
Reputation: 387
How do I edit bootable ISO files in Windows for free?
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FREE ISO Editor
(by 2016)
Method 1:
- Use SecureCD creator. It is free ISO editor & ALL-IN-ONE solution! (You wont need premium features. However, it is free too)
Method 2:
Download WinIso (Trial version make modification only max.100mb file). However, you can freely EXTRACT any iso file, then modify it as you need, then :
Download ImgBurn and create a bootable ISO from extracted folder. (Instead of ImgBurn you can also use Folder-ISO-creator or Folder2Iso, but I am not sure if they can create bootable images).
Method 3 (untested by me)
- TotalMounter (free) is said to do the job
Method 4 (untested by me)
- there also exists ISOpen (FREE) that claims to modify ISO files directly, but latest version seemed crap/non-working/malicious to me... Do at your own risk, or test only in VirtualBox windows as recommended for crap apps.);
== Commercial(Trial) software ==
T.Todua
Posted 2011-09-09T19:04:12.250
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6gBurner (trial period): - is the only one that works with 2 gig ISO files – Lex Dean – 2015-02-13T02:00:18.303
I rejected your edit to the title of this question primarily because it changed the question to sound like it was asking for product recommendations. Such a change would have made the question off-topic on this site, while in its current form it is simply asking for solutions. – Mokubai – 2017-01-13T13:24:18.560
Mokubai, I cant agree with you. You can easily see, that he is not asking for solutions (because he has already found what he was searching - a way to edit iso file), but he tries to find solutions, that are FREE ones. So, my request was only to include that word in TITLE, otherwise, the whole question is absurd, because he says that he has .iso editor already. – T.Todua – 2017-01-13T18:00:03.050
+1 for gBurner. Tried SecureCD creator, but after I added a file to the ISO and saved it was no longer bootable. This worked in gBurner. – EM0 – 2018-08-21T10:44:54.130
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tombull89
Posted 2011-09-09T19:04:12.250
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@TazoTodua this answer was posted over five years ago, back in 2011... – tombull89 – 2016-10-12T14:46:19.357
1@tombull89 ISO won't be bootable anymore – polkovnikov.ph – 2017-05-29T11:18:23.570
1Winrar can actually be used forever..it prompts you to register, but you can still use it anyway. – Simon Sheehan – 2011-09-09T20:16:09.570
20I tried WinRAR / 7zip >> both can open Iso files , but can't edit (add/delete) any files within. MagicISO >> limited to 300mb . imgBurn >> can create/burn but cant "EDIT" – Bialy – 2011-09-09T20:23:48.390
2You could use 7zip to open the files, extract them, then reacreate it using ImgBurn...but there's probably more efficent ways to do so. – tombull89 – 2011-09-09T21:23:35.797
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I just came across a program which did this for me: ISO Master
Only thing is, it's Linux-only. I searched for Windows-based software for two days but did not come across anything that could edit a bootable ISO file.
Divyang Ghodasara
Posted 2011-09-09T19:04:12.250
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Image Master or Deep Burner seems to be the windows solutions to ISO Master.
I would use 7-zip to extract the ISO, hack about with this, LC ISO Creator and then either ImgBurn to burn the ISO or ImDisk to mount it.
Alexx Roche
Posted 2011-09-09T19:04:12.250
Reputation: 760
1I've also used WinCDEmu in place of ImDisk. – Alexx Roche – 2016-02-01T15:27:17.313
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I use WinISO - www.winiso.com/download.html
The free version will only let you save ISOs of 500mb max
thommck
Posted 2011-09-09T19:04:12.250
Reputation: 69
best I can find is to mount the file using a preferred method, copy the contents, edit as desired and recreate the iso file using something like Free ISO Creator (http://www.minidvdsoft.com/).
– MaQleod – 2011-09-09T19:50:10.673thanks, that's what I already do, but I was looking for better options – Bialy – 2011-09-09T19:53:48.590
The only other thing I found that might come close (don't have anything here to really test with) is ImageMaster (http://www.freewarebb.com/files/file/7110-imagemaster/). It doesn't look like it does direct edits, but it can read, extract, create, burn all from the same interface, so you only need the one program.
– MaQleod – 2011-09-09T20:12:37.550