<![CDATA[ISO creation]]>I just purchased Power Archiver today, am I must say I’m liking it a lot. With it’s encryption feature I was able to uninstall Blowfish. I do like the fact that it can also extract ISO images. However, one thing that I wish it could do that it currently can’t (I think) is create ISO images. That would be very useful. I think I’d go running down the street if they did that…and I have cerebral Palsy!!!

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/1472/iso-creationRSS for NodeFri, 13 Mar 2026 01:24:40 GMTSun, 16 Apr 2006 20:18:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:40:37 GMT]]>@spwolf:

… in this case, someone has to use command line rar…

…witch is not free and requires a license to WR… :rolleyes:

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11008https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11008Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:40:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:22:30 GMT]]>PA will support plugins in the future… but for example, in this case, someone has to use command line rar in order to have rar support. It has not beenfits at all to PA users. It would be much easier to simply use WR.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11007https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11007Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:22:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:13:38 GMT]]>No, I think you misunderstand. I am not making the request for rar creation support. I was trying to just show a way that PA’s abilities could be expanded, as Tugzip’s were with this plugin, without ingraining this feature in PA whch would be more difficult. Essentially, make ISO creation an/or editing a plugin. That was what I was trying to say. It was just an ideas based on the successes of others.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11006https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11006Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:13:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:05:35 GMT]]>@n8chavez:

Thanks for that. I hadn’t realized the complexities here. If it help, which I don’t know if i will, you could also go the way TugZip went when they implemented rar creation support. It was not an ingrained feature but rather can as a plugin (here)

Been discussed many times (try a search for RAR or for plugin).
Basically, RAR is a proprietary format which must be licensed seperately - and paid for seperately.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11005https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11005Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:05:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:17:41 GMT]]>Thanks for that. I hadn’t realized the complexities here. If it help, which I don’t know if i will, you could also go the way TugZip went when they implemented rar creation support. It was not an ingrained feature but rather can as a plugin (here)

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11004https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11004Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:17:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:13:47 GMT]]>yep, editing and creating are pretty much the same, depending on the format. However there is an big difference in ISO, because with creation you would have to support different ISO formats while with editing you simply edit it.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11003https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11003Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:13:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:25:40 GMT]]>Actually, in terms of implementation/support they are different things:-

  1. Extraction
  2. Creation
  3. Editing (adding/removing from existing archive)

Editing is also dependant on the format.

This is why e.g.
RAR/Arj files can only be extracted.
CAB/7z files can be extracted and created.
Zip files can be extracted, created and edited.

Note: I am not saying it cannot be done, but I believe you need to support Creation before you can support editing.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11001https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/11001Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:25:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:18:28 GMT]]>Again, I don’t at all mean to be disrespectful. It just seems to me that these two features, extraction and creation and/or editing of ISOs goes hand in hand; meaning that they are often done together or in conjunction with eachother.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10998https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10998Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:18:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:37:55 GMT]]>+1 for editing ISO files. I suppose creation goes with that territory huh? I would find it useful.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10997https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10997Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:37:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:06:53 GMT]]>@spwolf:

problem with having ISO creation is that you would expect it to create images of cds/dvds, which is something we are not prepared to do and would be application in itself, definetly goes beyond the scope of archiving utility.

I can see your point. I don’t necessarily agree with it, but I understand where your coming from. What if Archiver can extract and EDIT iso files, would that be “doable?” That would solve my need right there. Currently users cannot add files to an arleady existing image. If we could then I could keep using the same image file and just change a couple files out as they are outdated. (I need to create bootable acronis true image cds with a backup of my harddrive) That would work. Is that feasible?

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10992https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10992Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:36:45 GMT]]>problem with having ISO creation is that you would expect it to create images of cds/dvds, which is something we are not prepared to do and would be application in itself, definetly goes beyond the scope of archiving utility.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10987https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10987Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:36:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:23:58 GMT]]>you can try Deepburner Free

http://www.deepburner.com/

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10986https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10986Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:23:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:23:04 GMT]]>@klumy:

normally a burning program like Nero can do this

Right, I understand that. However, mine app (ONES) does not. I just mean that since it extracts ISO it would be nice if it also created them. Am I alone on this, or would others like this feature as well?

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10985https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10985Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:23:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ISO creation on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:26:00 GMT]]>normally a burning program like Nero can do this

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10984https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/10984Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:26:00 GMT