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To burn a CD/DVD/Blue Ray ISO Image:

To register the software for use after the evaluation period has ended, click Enter registration key toolbar button, or choose a related command from the Help menu.

The Enter Key dialog box appears:

• * If you have not purchased your registration key yet, click Buy Now to go to our web site and purchase it online.
• * In the Name field, type in your name and Email address for a Personal License or type your company name for a Corporate License.
• * In the Key field, type in your registration key, or you may copy your registration key and paste it in this field.
• * Click OK.

How to create a CD/DVD-ROM ISO Image file?

Step 1:
Create a new ISO image file:

• * To create toolbar button, or choose File > Create ISO Image > Create ISO Image command
• * To import some files and folders to a newly created ISO: click Import ISO image toolbar button, or choose a related command from the menu. Add existing folder to a new ISO image

Step 2:
Add more data to ISO image file:

• * Select a folder in a file tree where you want data to be added
• * Click Add File toolbar button or a related command from the Edit menu to add a file or group of files
• * Click Add Folder toolbar button or a related command from the Edit menu, or press Insert key to add a folder
• * If you want a new custom folder to be created inside ISO's file tree, click Create new folder toolbar button, or choose a related command from the Edit menu, or from the context menu. Enter the name of the folder and click Create button
• * Drag'n'Drop files and folder from the Windows Explorer to the place within ISO's file tree to add them to ISO

Step 3:
Specify ISO label and boot options:

• * At bottom of the working area type a label for the CD/DVD/Blu-ray which will be displayed in Windows Explorer and CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive properties
• * To make an ISO bootable, click Add Boot Image checkbox and specify emulation type (Floppy 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB or HDD) and boot image to be added to boot area

Step 4:
Compile and save the ISO Image:

• * Click the Save ISO image toolbar button, or choose a related command from the File menu, or press Ctrl+S
• * Choose a name and location for the ISO image file to be created and click Save
• * Wait while the ISO image being compiled. You can see the progress and click the Cancel button to cancel the ISO image compilation process

How to create an ISO Image from a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc?

1. Click Make ISO from CD/DVD/Blu-ray toolbar button, or choose a related Select a source CD/DVD/Blu-ray reader/writer device where you inserted a data CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc
2. Select a target ISO image file name and path and click
3. Select a target ISO image file name and path and click Make
4. Wait while the ISO image being created. You can see the progress and click the Cancel button to cancel the ISO image creation process

How to burn Source Files & Folders directly to CD/DVD-ROM (by-passing ISO Image)?

1. Step:
Make sure that that the Source is Files & Folders in the Create ISO image section. The BURN SRC button should be enabled in this case.

2. Step:
Specify files and folders to be burned in the Base and Extra areas. See How to create a CD/DVD-ROM ISO Image for more details.

3. Step:
Specify a Volume Label, File System type, and Bootable options.

4. Step:
Choose a proper Burner (if you have more than one) and a burning speed to apply.

5. Step:
Insert a blank CD/DVD-ROM into the CD/DVD-ROM drive and click the BURN SRC button.

6. Step:
See the progress. To cancel ISO image burning, you can click the STOP button.

How to burn an ISO image file to CD/DVD/Blu-ray?

• * Click Burn ISO image toolbar button
• * Verify the path to the ISO image file to be burned, or select another ISO image file
• * Choose a proper burning Target (if you have more than one burner), burning speed and other options
• * Insert a blank CD/DVD/Blu-ray into the CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive and click the Burn button
• * See the progress. Open Details if you want to see the burning log
• * To cancel ISO image burning you can click the Cancel button

How to edit ISO image file?

To edit a CD/DVD-ROM ISO Image:

1 Step:
Click Load file tree from existing ISO toolbar button, or choose Load from ISO from File menu, or press Ctrl+L

2 Step:
Extract files and folders from the ISO image to a temporary folder.

• * Click Extract ISO to toolbar button, or choose a related command from the Tools menu
• 
• * Select destination folder you want to extract files to, and click OK
• * See the progress. To cancel extracting files from ISO image, you can click the Cancel button

3 Step:
Click Import ISO image toolbar button, or choose a related command from the menu. This will load file tree from the temporary folder.

4 Step:
Edit this temporary folder content - add/remove/edit files, folders and subfolders inside. Check and change the Volume Label and select Add Boot Image options if you wish to make an ISO bootable: click Add Boot Image checkbox and specify emulation type (Floppy 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB or HDD) and boot image to be added to boot area.

Add more data to ISO image file:

• * Select a folder in a file tree where you want data to be added
• * Click Add File toolbar button or a related command from the Edit menu to add a file or group of files
• * Click Add Folder toolbar button or a related command from the Edit menu, or press Insert key to add a folder
• 
• * If you want a new custom folder to be created inside ISO's file tree, click Create new folder toolbar button, or choose a related command from the Edit menu, or from the context menu. Enter the name of the folder and click Create button
• * Drag'n'Drop files and folder from the Windows Explorer to the place within ISO's file tree to add them to ISO.

5 Step:
Save a new CD/DVD-ROM ISO image file based on the contents of the temporary folder.

• * Click the Save ISO image toolbar button, or choose a related command from the File menu, or press Ctrl+S
• * Choose a name and location for the ISO image file to be created and click Save
• * Wait while the ISO image being compiled. You can see the progress and click the Cancel button to cancel the ISO image compilation process.

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How to extract files from an ISO image file?

• * Click Load file tree from existing ISO toolbar button, or choose Load from ISO from File menu, or press Ctrl+L
• * Select an existing ISO image file in file open dialog, click Open. File tree should be loaded for read-only access
• * Click Extract ISO to toolbar button, or choose a related command from the Tools menu
• * Select destination folder you want to extract files to, and click OK
• * See the progress. To cancel extracting files from ISO image, you can click the Cancel button

How to mount ISO file as a virtual drive?

Microsoft has produced a small system driver called the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP, which you can download for free from MS Downloads.

THIS TOOL IS UNSUPPORTED BY MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES

System Requirements

- Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional

Installation instructions

1. Copy VCdRom.sys to your %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder.
2. Execute VCdControlTool.exe
3. Click Driver control
4. If the Install Driver button is available, click it. Navigate to the %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder, select VCdRom.sys, and click Open
5. Click Start
6. Click OK
7. Click Add Drive to add a drive to the drive list. Ensure that the drive added is not a local drive. If it is, continue to click Add Drive until an unused drive letter is available
8. Select an unused drive letter from the drive list and click Mount"
9. Navigate to the image file, select it, and click OK. UNC naming conventions should not be used, however mapped network drives should be OK

You may now use the drive letter as if it were a local CD-ROM device. When you are finished you may unmount, stop, and remove the driver from memory using the driver control.

How to automate the ISO image burning process. Automation of working with CD/DVD-ROM ISO files ?

Syntax:

ActiveISO.EXE /ISO-FILE][/CREATE-ISO][/IMPORT][/ERASE][/TITLE][/EXTRACT-ISO][/BURN-ISO][/EXIT-IF-OK]

The software accepts the following command line parameters to automate ISO image burning process:

The Enter Key dialog box appears:

Note that only one command can be executed per run. Stored parameters (Extract/Source folders, file system, boot options, etc..) will be loaded and used for the command execution.

Notes:

• * Parameters /ISO-FILE and /CREATE-ISO cannot be combined
• * Parameters /ISO-FILE and /IMPORT cannot be combined
• * Parameters /CREATE-FILE and /EXTRACT-ISO cannot be combined
• * Parameters /CREATE-FILE and /IMPORT must be used together

Example:

To burn the ISO image file [C:\Program Files\FreeDOS\fdbasecd.iso] automatically from the command line and exit the program after successful burning, run:

C:\ActiveISO>ActiveISO.exe /ISO-FILE="C:\Program Files\FreeDOS\fdbasecd.ISO"/BURN-ISO=0/EXIT-IF-OK

To burn Files and Folders directly (by-passing ISO file) automatically from the command line, run:

C:\ActiveISO>ActiveISO.exe /CREATE-ISO="c:\my images\image01.iso /IMPORT=”c:\my files to burn" /BURN-ISO=0

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