Creating ISO Images

Sometimes you might need to create an image from your disc prior to recording it onto a CD, a DVD or a BD, e.g. if you want to make several copies with the same contents. So creating a disc image you can save a lot of time. You can do that using AVS Disc Creator. Currently it supports ISO-type images compatible with all the main programs on the market nowadays. You can burn this image onto a CD, a DVD or a BD later if you would like to with AVS Disc Creator or mount it to some third party virtual drive.

After launching the Create ISO from CD/DVD/Blu-ray task the following window will appear, which main area consists of Disc Structure and Files List parts:

It's very easy to perform these three tasks - Create ISO from CD, Create ISO from DVD and Create ISO from Blu-ray.

1. To do that you should first insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray into your drive, which you would like to create an ISO image from, and select this CD/DVD/BD drive in the dropdown list if you have several drives in your system. After that the optical disc inserted into the drive will be automatically detected and opened.

   In the Main Area you can see the whole Disc Structure as a folder tree and in the Files List Area the contents of the selected folder are displayed.

   Within this window there are two Express Menus that help you navigate through the folders system on your PC and manage the disc contents:

   • Level Up - select this option to go to a level that is parent to the current one;
   • New Folder - select this option to create a new folder in the opened directory;
   • View (Details, List) - select this option to change the view of the files/folders in the opened directory;
   • Arrange Files on Disc by - use this option to arrange the items by Name, Size, Type or Date;
   • Delete/Delete All/Rename - choose one of the options to delete the highlighted file/folder or rename it, as well as delete all items;
   • Start Creating ISO ! - use this option to begin the ISO-image creating process;
   • Expand All - use this option to open all folders and see their contents;
   • Collapse All - select this option to hide the contents of all folders.

2. You can also make sure that all the data fit to the inserted disc on the Disc Size Meter.

3. Then you should press the Start creating ISO! button to open the Save ISO Image window where you can select the output folder for your ISO image. You can also give your ISO image a certain name in the File name field. After clicking the Save button the ISO image creating process will begin. Its progress will be shown on the progress bar. This process consists of two phases - Start creating ISO image and Creating ISO image file. You can cancel the ISO creating process clicking the appropriate button.

Note: if you want to create an ISO image from a multisessional audio disc, you should better use one of the Copy Disc tasks. Otherwise the ISO image will be created from the first session only.