How to install an iso game without a disc. How to install a game from an ISO image using various programs? Brief instructions

Most computer games that gamers download from the Internet in order to avoid paying for licensed versions are distributed in special images. These images emulate the contents of the game disc. Images were especially relevant at a time when physical media were very popular. Let's figure out how to install a game from an ISO file, since this knowledge can be useful to every gamer who wants to try an old game in this day and age.

What is it?

First, let's figure out what ISO files are. This extension is a CD image that contains all the contents of the physical media. For the ISO image to work, you need a virtual drive on your computer. The system treats the ISO as a regular disc inserted into a DVD or CD drive. To work correctly with images, we need third-party software. Opening ISO files is possible through:

• Daemon Tools.
• Alcohol.
• UltraISO and others.

You can find a whole list of similar programs, but their functionality is extremely similar, so we will look at the example of basic and popular utilities. So, let's look at the instructions on how to install the game from an ISO file.

What will you need?

For the image to work correctly, you will need the drive itself and a virtual drive. You download the image from the Internet (usually games in ISO can be found in huge quantities on torrent trackers and similar resources). The program is installed from the official website of the developers, and through it a virtual drive is created.

Daemon Tools

In your browser, open the link to the official website of the program developers. On the page, click the "Download" button. You can choose one of the options - advanced, simple and professional. To mount files into a virtual drive, the regular version of the software is also suitable. Download DAEMON Tools Lite. If you like the functionality of the program, you can purchase it or activate it using a pirated crack.

Run the executive file and select "Free license". Next, follow the installation instructions. Wait for the download and installation to complete. After launching the program, a corresponding icon will appear in the tray on the desktop. Right-click on it to open a menu with drives. Click on one of the virtual drives and select the folder on your hard drive that contains the ISO image. After the file is mounted, go to “My Computer” and open the drive with the appropriate name. If the image has autorun, then you will immediately proceed to installing the game.

Another option for reading ISO files in DAEMON Tools. Open the program using the desktop shortcut and click on "File" - "Open". In the window, find the folder with the ISO and click on the "Open" button again. Next, you will see the contents of the image in the main window. At the bottom of the program, select the virtual drive and click on the “Mount” button.

Now you know how to install a game from an ISO file using DAEMON Tools. Let's move on.

Alcohol 120%

On the developers' website you can download a trial version of the software. After installation, you must complete the following steps:

1. On the left side, find the “Search for images” button and click on it. The program will automatically add all ISO and other supported formats to the list, which is very convenient and saves time searching through hard drive directories.
2. At the bottom, select the desired virtual drive and double-click on it with the left mouse button.
3. Ready! Now all that remains is to open the contents of the drive and install the game from the ISO file.

In addition to installing games, you can also perform many other operations using Alcohol. For example, create your own images, write them to physical media, create bootable flash drives, and so on. We recommend using this utility in your daily activities when working with disks and flash drives. You can also purchase a licensed version. However, a cracked copy or a trial version is also suitable for installing games.

Ultra ISO

The simplest program of all of them. Let's figure out how to launch the game from an ISO file using this utility:

1. Download and install the application from the website.
2. In the main window, click "File" - "Open".
3. Choose a game image.
4. Press F6 to open the menu.
5. In the window, select the required virtual drive and click “Mount”.

With the help of all the programs described, you can easily install games from ISO files on your computer. Choose the utility that you like best in terms of functionality and management to mount images as conveniently and quickly as possible!

Today you will learn how to open an ISO file, as well as how to install it. Let's start with definitions. So what is an ISO file? In simple terms, files of this extension are the storage location for CD and DVD images.

For example, you have a disk whose contents you want to save, but you don't have a blank disk to transfer. In this case, you save the disk image in ISO format and store it until you copy it to a physical disk.

How to open ISO file

Many programs are used to open this type of file: Daemon Tools, UltraISO, IsoBuster, MagicISO, Alcohol 120%. However, the UltraISO utility seems to us the most convenient; it is really simple and reliable.

• We find the program on the official resource - http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/download.htm.
• Download, unpack the archive and use it.
• After unpacking, find the file UltraISO.exe and run it.

The window in front of you will look like this (latest version of the program):

To open a file in the format you need, click “File -> Open” and select the file you need. That's all, now you can perform any operations with the iso file.

How to install an ISO file: launch the Ultra ISO program. After this, we need to make sure that the program has created a virtual drive. To do this, open Options, then Settings, then Virtual Drive.

If it turns out that you don’t have it, then enter 1 in the Number of devices field, enter other parameters and click – OK. Then click on the “Mount to virtual drive” button. You will find it by this icon - . After clicking on this button, you will see a window in which you will need to click “Mount”. That's it, the installation has begun. If you want to delete the image, then select “Dismount” or “Unmount” the virtual drive.

Once the installation is complete, a virtual launch window will appear on the screen. For example, you created an image of a video converter, then you will see a window with the installation of the program. This means you did everything right. Congratulations!

Decided to install a new game, but there is only one iso file on the disk? Or even better - MDF? What to do in this case? Don't panic: installing the game in iso format is a breeze. And to do this you just need to use the program to install games.

What kind of files are iso and mdf?

How to download a game in iso format in Daemon Tools?

The program supports many formats (including mdf), so it will be enough for you. It is very easy to work with, and most importantly, there are practically no mistakes.

There are many different versions of Daemon Tools - paid and free. You can find them on the developer's website. To install the iso extension game, any version will do, including the free version.

After installing the game, you need to open “My Computer,” right-click on the virtual drive and select “Eject” (this will delete the mounted image).

If the program does not want to automatically open the image, and you were unable to install the game from the iso file, that’s okay. As they say, if the mountain does not come to Magomed, Magomed himself will go to the mountain.

After the installation is complete, go to Daemon Tools again, right-click on the same file and select “Unmount”.

As you can see, installing the iso file is very simple. The only downside here is that you need to install Daemon Tools. But, having installed it once, you can forget about this problem forever and easily download any games, including those in iso or mdf format.

Now let's look at the second option - Alcohol 120%.

Are we installing mdf in Alcohol 120%?

The Alcohol 120% program creates images in two files: mdf and mds. That is why they are usually opened with it. Although Daemon Tools also reads this format.

The mds file takes only 1 kilobyte, but it is required for installation. Therefore, make sure that you have two files in your folder - mdf and mds.

Firstly, you can run the file by double-clicking the left mouse and then start the installation.

And the second way to install the mdf file is manually. To do this:

Alcohol 120% program reads iso files. Therefore, you can also install games of this format through it.

There is another very simple way - using Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools. To do this, you just need to drag the installation file into the program and double-click on it with the left mouse button.

To extract the image, right-click on it and select “Unmount”.

Ready. To do this, you just need to use any game program - Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%. And after that you can play any toys: shooters, racing, strategies, sports simulators.

An ISO file is a disk image format. Install ISO game You can use a special program. One such program is called Daemon Tools. I described the installation of this program in the lesson: . If you just need to download the program and you can figure out the installation yourself, I’ll give you the link below.

Download Daemon Tools Lite

After installing this program, a corresponding icon will appear on our computer in the notification area, next to the clock.

In order to install the game in ISO format we need to open the image using Daemon Tools and then it will look like there is a game disc in the drive. Right-click on the program icon and select an empty drive from the list that appears.

Then in the window that opens, indicate where on our computer it is ISO image of the game, and click “Open”.

The image is mounted into a virtual drive.

After mounting the image, autorun should work and the installation window should automatically open. If autorun is disabled, you can open the virtual disk manually. Go to “My Computer” and open the disk with the mounted game. You can find out the letter of the drive in which the game is mounted by clicking on the program icon in the control panel. Just like we did when mounting.

As you can see from the picture, I have a virtual drive letter (H:). I go to “My Computer” and there I find the drive with the letter (H:), launch and install the game.

In this way, using the Daemon Tools program, open and .

Good afternoon, dear readers! If you don't know how to run an iso file, then you've come to the right place. In this article I will show you how to install an iso file, and for example I will install a game.

In my previous article, I showed how to open an iso file. Well, today we’ll start directly installing the game packed in an iso file. The installation process for the program is similar.

An iso file is a regular copy of an SD/DVD disc. In order to install it, we will need the DAEMON Tools Lite program; you can download it on the official website. The program is absolutely free, and in my opinion it should simply be installed on every computer.

With DAEMON Tools Lite, you can fully work with disk images of almost all formats. Or to be more precise, install games, create disk images, burn images to disk, etc.

How to install an iso file using DAEMON Tools Lite

1. Open the DAEMON Tools Lite program, then click on the “Add image” button.

2. In the window that opens, find the iso image on your computer, select it and click on the “Open” button.

3. Now we see that our iso image has been added to the “Image Catalog” of the DAEMON Tools Lite program. Double-click on it.

4. In the window that opens, click on the “Run AUTORUN.EXE” link.

After these steps, the installation window of the game (program) packaged in an iso file will open, or automatic installation will begin. As you can see, installing the iso file is very simple.

That's all I wish you success!