AnyToIso is a simple tool that can help us carry out this task, a need that generally arises when we want to have a more solid file than the one offered by rar; Despite the fact that this is the main function that the application would be offering us, it has additional options so that our work is complemented with other types of files and various storage media.
Despite that AnyToIso It has many points in its favor, the only drawback that could be mentioned about the tool is that it is paid, a situation that may remain in the background if we consider the immense benefits that we could have with this tool in our hands .
Adapting to the AnyToIso interface
After you have downloaded, installed and run AnyToIso on our Windows computer we will find a fairly user-friendly interface; There we will mainly find 3 different options distributed in their respective tabs, which are:
- Extract-convert to ISO. This could be the most used option by those who want to convert a RAR file (or any other type) to an ISO image, since here it is only necessary to try to locate the compressed file (with the first file browse button) and later , choose between the possibility of converting said compressed file to an ISO image or simply extracting it to a specific folder.
- From physical disk to ISO image. The developer of the tool has not wanted to skimp on efforts when offering different alternatives to users of AnyToIso, therefore placing in this tab (the second) options to be able to choose between a CD-ROM disk or a DVD, to later convert it into an ISO image, which will be saved in the place we have chosen. Additionally you can get to create the small cue file, same that is required by some applications to mount ISO disk images.
- From folders to ISO image. In the third tab of the interface in AnyToIso we will find this function. There the user will have to choose one or more folders (or directories with several branches) with the first browse button; later, the second button must be chosen to convert those selected folders into a single ISO image. Additionally, the user can choose the technical options that this new generated file should contain.
Why have an ISO image instead of a rar file?
If we have started to consider acquiring AnyToIso To make use of the aforementioned benefits, then we should also analyze the reasons why it is convenient to have on our hard drive an ISO image instead of a rar file; the first justification that we could get to mention is in the strength and stability of an ISO image compared to a rar file.
Furthermore, if we have downloaded a rar file from the Internet, there are situations in which its structure usually contains a large number of directories with different branches; In this structure, extremely long and extensive file names are usually adopted, which cannot be easily decompressed, causing an error message when you want to perform this task.
So, to avoid this type of errors (mainly the one we mentioned in the previous paragraph) we could use a AnyToIso for convert our rar file to an ISO image, same that will keep the integrity and structure of the original and that we can review it without any problem with some type of tool that can help us to mount to this virtual image in our operating system; Although we have made reference to the possibility of converting a rar file to an ISO image, the compatibility of AnyToIso It is more extensive, since disk images with a different format can be imported that can hardly be read on our computer, to be converted to a standard one such as the ISO image.
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