Extract a DVD ISO Image to a Folder

There is a huge selection of ISO tools out there that come with the extracting capability as one of the basic features. Many of them are shareware or commercial licenses. Having said that, if you happen to have those programs like MagicISO, ISOBuster, PowerISO, or WinRAR, etc.. you could use them to extract the ISO images as well.

This articles explain another option of extracting ISO image to hard drive folders, using a freeware called "7-Zip". 7-Zip is a compression utility similar to Winzip except that it's free, and it can handle additional file formats such as ISO.

You can download 7-Zip here.

The most simple way to extract an ISO image with 7-zip is to right-click on the image file and select "7-Zip" > "Extract Here".
This will extract all files and folders from the selected image to the current directory.

An alternative method, especially useful when you want to selectively extract the files/folders from your image:

1. Start 7-Zip.
2. At the main panel, navigate to the folder where ISO image file is located.
   
   
   
3. Double-click on the image file. The contents of the ISO will be listed.
   
   
   
4. If you want to extract only specific files/folders, highlight the files and folders you want to extract. Otherwise, leave everything unhighlighted.
   
5. Click the button "Extract".
   
6. Under "Copy To", click on the button "..." and navigate to the destination folder, where to want to extract the files to, then click "OK".
   
   
   
7. The program will now start to extract the ISO image...