What is an image in a computer, and what is an image file????

The so-called image file is actually similar to the zip archive, which makes a specific series of files into a single file according to a certain format for the convenience of users** and use, such as a beta version of the operating system, games, etc. The image file not only has the "compositing" function of the zip archive, but its most important feature is that it can be recognized by specific software and can be burned directly to the disc. In fact, the image file in the usual sense can be expanded to contain more information in the image file.

For example, system files, boot files, partition table information, etc., so that the image file can contain all the information of a partition or even a hard disk. The classic software that uses this kind of image file is ghost, which also has the burning function, but its burning only saves the image file itself on the disc, and the usual burning software can directly burn the content contained in the supported image file to the disc.

How to use the image file.

The image file cannot be used directly, and you need to use some virtual drive tools to decompress it before you can use it. The principle of the virtual optical drive is the same as that of the physical optical drive, for example, if you buy a genuine disc, then you can smoothly play the game by adding the game disc to the physical optical drive, and the virtual optical drive needs to be added to the image file (ISO file, equivalent to the game disc), when you load the virtual optical drive, there is one more optical drive in your computer, that is, the virtual optical drive. Double-click the shortcut of the virtual drive on the desktop,Find that there is an icon in the lower right corner of the desktop,You can operate by right-clicking the icon,Then load the image file,In order to complete the installation of the game,If the installation is completed, then you can load the image it requires to enter the game。。

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Tools is a good virtual drive software that allows you to directly use ISO files as disc files. daemon

The installation of tools is very simple, after the file copy is completed, you will be prompted to install a new hardware of a virtual optical drive, and you need to reboot to complete the installation of the software and hardware. daemon

Tools can be automatically set to auto-start, just generate a small icon on the taskbar, click with the left mouse button, enter the menu and select the location of the ISO file, you can virtualize the ISO file into a CD. In fact, there are many software for decompressing image files, such as Genie Virtual Drive, PowerISO and so on!

Common image file formats are as follows:iso、.bin、.

nrg、.vcd、.cif、.

fcd、.img、.ccd、.

c2d、.dfi、.tao、.

DAO and. cue

Wait. Each burning software supports different image file formats, such as Nero. nrg、.iso and. cue，easy

cdcreator support. iso、.CIF, CloneCD support. CCD, etc.

The so-called image file in the computer, as the name suggests, is like the image (mirror) in the mirror when you look at yourself, and the mirror in the computer is the mirror image of the disc, which is used through a software called virtual optical drive, which makes the real optical disc into an image file to use, which is easy to carry, improve the service life of the real optical disc and optical drive (especially the optical disc that needs to be used frequently), and can also improve the execution efficiency of the optical disc file and program (running faster on the hard disk), because it is an image file, Therefore, a virtual optical drive is needed, so the virtual optical drive software will generate a virtual optical drive for the system at the same time, when you need to use an image file, as long as the image file is loaded into the virtual optical drive, it can be used, and the speed is 20 200 times that of the real optical drive.

An image file is generally a system backup file in the following format.

gho, now the image installation has been convenient. If you understand, you can install it in MaxDOS, or the ghost program that comes with the system disk, and if it's simple, you can use a ghost disk installer on the Internet, open it, and select the image file.

Once confirmed. Once the loading is complete. Follow the prompts to restart your computer.

You can install it yourself. It's very convenient.

Most of the images we talk about now refer to ISO disc images.

It is formed by copying the entire disc to a computer in its entirety through software.

It can be loaded with a virtual optical drive, which is equivalent to a disc.

And not real discs.

Image files are generally made as system backups, and the format is generally as follows.

gho, you need to find the ghost installation disk, go to ghost and select your *The folder where the gho is located can be recovered.

The suffix is gho

The file is called an image file.

The files backed up by ghost are all image files.

He can restore the system.

Save some useful file data.