Work with disk image files
with PeaZip
PeaZip provides read only support (view, browse content,
extract from) for many disk image standards, like ISO, UDF, MDF,
Apple's DMG packages
(common virtual disk images for software deployment on macOS / Mac OSX
operating systems), IMA/IMG/IMZ images, Microsoft's VHD for Virtual
PC, QCOW2
(QUEMU virtual disk), VMDK VMWare Virtual Machine Disk, VDI Oracle
VirtualBox Virtual Drive Image.
This allows to unpack / disassemble disk images, in order to, in
example, inspect package's content before mounting or installing it, or
to explore the container to search for specific content - which can
then be selectively disassembled from the image. Authoring and burning
disk images is out of the scope of PeaZip.
The software also offers full read / write support for creating and extracting Microsoft WIM image files.
Following how-to instructions apply to ISO format as well as to all
other read-supported image formats like Apple
DMG, IMA, IMG, IMZ, MDF, Microsoft VHD, Oracle VDI, Qemu QCOW2, UDF,
VMWare VMDK...
Create ISO
image file
Update
existing ISO archive
PeaZip provides read only support (extractor / opener) to ISO, Apple
macOS / OSX DMG,
UDF, VMWare VMDK and other image files mentioned on this page:
creation, editing and
burning to physical support is not supported for those file types.
To handle creation and modification of those image types it is
recommended to use a proper authoring tool following each format's
specifications.
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How
to convert ISO image files
File converter
procedure using Convert button
extracts any read supported format (including iso, udf, dmg, vmdk, vdi,
img...) and then re-pack it into any write-supported
format (7z, arc, pea, tar, wim, zip...), optionally keeping or
discarding
original
archives.
Vice versa is not supported, as PeaZip acts only as a reader / viewer
and can't
write to those formats.
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Manage
encrypted image files
In case the image file is password
protected, you can add a password
clicking on locker icon on PeaZip status bar when viewing the archive
in the integrated file explorer, or the same icon in the extraction
screen.
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Open ISO
files (and
DMG,
UDF, VMDK...)
To open ISO
file and view disk
image's content, open it in
PeaZip with double click (if file extension is associated with the
application), or using system context menu "Open as archive" entry,
that
will attempt to read any user provided file type regardless file
extension associations - this option is also available in PeaZip's
context menu
Extract ISO
files (and
DMG,
UDF, VMDK...)
Extract ISO
file from the system
Extract ISO file within PeaZip
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Extract button shows archive
extraction screen providing access to all "unzip" options for iso
extraction
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Extract all to... button activate a
simplified dialog only asking for output path for extracting iso file to
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While
browsing the iso image with PeaZip's viewer, simply
drag & drop desired objects from
the
application to the system (easiest extraction method)
Open files
inside ISO disk image
Doubleclick on a file inside the disk
image to
open
it in
preview
mode, i.e. to inspect its content before
extraction
As PeaZip handles iso files as archives, read more about how to
extract archive files and how to extract
selected files from archive, treating disk image files as "classic"
archives.
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Specs of disk image files
formats
PeaZip supports reading .ISO and other common disk image formats, such
as Apple DMG (commonly used on macOS / OSX operating systems), UDF, and
viewing many virtual machine disk image types
including
VMDK VMWare virtual disks, QCOW2, Oracle VDI, Microsoft Virual Hard
Disk VDH
files, as well as general purpose image formats as IMA, IMG, and MDF.
Burning ISO or other images to CD/DVD supports is
currently out of the scope of the application, and it is not
implemented.
PeaZip also features support to reading and
writing WIM filest,
new Microsoft Windows Image Format (WIM)
for
data distribution based on disk images,
superseding older CAB packages format.
External online resources
about image file types: DMG
Apple Disk Image, ISO, UDF
Universal File Format entries on Wikipedia, VMDK
file format and Open Virtualization Format OVF
standard initiative.
.DMG
DMG
extension designates Apple
Disk Image format, commonly employed for software and data package
distribution on
macOS / Mac OSX platform, storing content in Universal Disk Image
Format (UDIF
data
format).
PeaZip supports opening (mounting), browsing and extracting content
from DMG disk
images, but cannot create dmg packages, nor update existing dmg files.
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.ISO
Uncompressed
sector-based imaging format storing binary digital copy,
sector-by-sector, of an optical disk support, filesystem agnostic (may
contain in example an ISO 9660 file system, as well as other file
systems), commonly used to save as single archive file a data CD, DVD,
or Blu-Ray disk.
PeaZip supports opening (mounting), browsing and extracting content
from iso disk
images. Creation of ISO images, or burning disk images to physical
media supports, is beyond the scope of the program.
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.UDF
UDF extension designates Universal File Format,
an open standard (ISO 13346, created by Optical Storage Technology
Association) for data storage, developed for overcoming limitations of
older ISO 9660 standard.
PeaZip provides read-only support for that file type; the application
supports opening (mounting), browsing and extracting content from udf
disk
images.
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Other disk image formats
PeaZip supports (read-only) multiple virtual disk imaging types, as
IMA, IMG,
IMZ, MDF (Alcohol 120 image files), and many virtual machine disk
formats like
QCOW2 (for QUEMU full-system emulator), VMDK (for VMWare virtualization
software family), VDI for Oracle VirtualBox, and Microsoft
Virtual PC's Virtual Hard Disk format VHD.
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Synopsis: Work with
PeaZip as free ISO files opener, extractor software. How to open,
convert,
extract content from DMG ISO UDF VMDK disk images as archives on
Windows, Linux. Extract single file form iso images. Manage encrypted
image files. What are disk image files: Apple DMG, IMG, ISO, QCOW2,
UDF, VDI, VMDK...
Topics: iso file
extension, udf format, dmg Apple disk images
PeaZip > FAQ
> Free DMG ISO UDF VMDK files opener, extractor utility
 WORK WITH
SUPPORTED
FILE TYPES
Create, open, extract 7Z files
Open and extract ACE files
Create, open, extract ARC files
Create, open, extract Brotli files
Compress, decompress Bzip2 files
Open and extract CAB files
Compress, decompress GZip files
Open and extract DMG, ISO, UDF disk images
Create, open, extract PAQ, LPAQ, ZPAQ files
PEA: Pack Encrypt Authenticate
Open
and extract RAR files
Create, open, extract
TAR, TGZ, TBZ files
Create, open, extract WIM disk images
Create, open, extract ZIP files
Create, open, extract ZIPX files
Create, open, extract
Zstandard files
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