Open source / freeware application for Windows 7 to create ISO images

Question

I'm looking for a freely available utility I can run on Windows 7 to create CD/DVD ISO images from actual CDs and DVDs.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The program you could be looking for is ImgBurn.

From their home page:

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:

• Read - Read a disc to an image file
• Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
• Write - Write an image file to a disc
• Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
• Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing

Answer 2

Infrarecorder is fantastic. Does all that and then some, it's free, and works great.

Answer 3

CDBurnerXP is also an excellent ISO creator as well as a complete CD/DVD burning application.

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Answer 4

I just checked out InfraRecorder which worked out great for me but then I also needed to mount the ISO I created on a netbook and ran into WinCDEmu to do so. As it turns out WinCDEmu seems also to have ISO creation capability too so I may begin to ditch trusty daemontools in favor of this simplistic open-source and all inclusive tool.

If you haven't checked WinCDEmu out you should give it a try. Below is a feature list from their web page.

Features:

• One-click mounting of ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG images.
• Supports unlimited amount of virtual drives.
• Runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions from XP to Windows 7.
• Allows creating ISO images through a context menu in Explorer.
• Small installer size - less than 1MB!
• Does not require rebooting after installation.
• A special portable version is available.
• Translated to more than 20 languages.
• Does not occupy drive letters when not used.
• Supports data, DVD-video and BD-video images.
• WinCDEmu is free for any kind of use - it is licensed under LGPL

Answer 5

I would recommend you LC ISO Creator, as I've also done in these related questions:

How to make an image of a bootable dvd http://superuser.com/questions/17260/what-is-the-best-way-to-make-an-iso-file-out-of-a-dvd

It's very small, lightweight, free and portable.

Answer 6

I think the Unix tools for Windows contains mkisofs

Answer 7

ISO Recorder is simple choice that allows you to do this from the Explorer context menu.