Tools: LC ISO Creator
LC ISO Creator is probably the simplest program we're going to find to do this job. Basically, you download the zip file (all 14KB), unzip it, run the exe, pop in your CD, click the "Create ISO" button and wait. Besides being small, this is also a portable app...
Here's a screen shot of what it looks like:
Again, there cannot be an easier way... and from what I understand, it will work with DVDs too. It is, however, limited to working on Windows NT/2000/XP +... it won't work on 9x, but then again, how many virtual heads are still running that?
You can download the zip file here.
The homepage for its author is here. Be sure to check them out. Looks like they have some other pretty nifty freeware there too along with a few paid offerings. It doesn't look like they have a "donate" button, so if you like this app and want to contribute, maybe buy their tennis game?
For a recap of what this is used for... here's a snippit from the ISO Recorder post:
Now, why is this tool important for us virtualizers? How does it fit into the way we work with our virtual infrastructure? It is simple, really. It helps us with creating and editing cd images which are necessary if you use VMware ESX or, they are, at least, very handy if you use any other kind of virtualization software like VMware Workstation or Parallels and so on...
When you are ready to build your first virtual server in ESX, you may find it difficult to run back and forth to the server room just to swap out CDs. This is why we have a /vmimages/ folder on our ESX boxes... to store CD & Floppy images in. But, they problem for some people is how to create them. I started out trying to use my CD burning software to create an image of my Windows 2003 Server disk, but since NER0 saw that the disk was copyrighted, it would not create an ISO, only a NER0-specific .N RG file. The problem? ESX doesn't know what to do with an .NRG file.
Posted By: Jim on Wednesday, June 07, 2006
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Another portable tool is CD2ISO.
It works with DVD's as well. Don't know whether it will work on win 9x.
By Anonymous, at June 22, 2006 11:43 AM
I don't know why you're so excited about this one. The one you had preferred before was better. It even lets you make ISO images from simple folders if you right-click them. This might do one thing really well, but unless you live your life from a USB drive, it's nice to have things installed and integrated. I really think people should give "ISO Recorder" a real look instead of just trying out this other little toy. If you must have something you don't need to install, use this one (this article), otherwise I'd suggest using ISO Recorder.
By Tessa, at September 07, 2006 5:19 PM
Not sure why you think LC ISO is a toy. And then promote ISO Recorder. Perhaps you are shill for ISO Rec and want more people for donate to that.
By Anonymous, at June 23, 2007 9:15 PM
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