How does Nero's .NRG differ from .ISO?

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Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.software
Date: 2001-10-05 22:13:05 PST

> I know they differ, but I haven't a clue why Nero decided to make their own
 flavor of the standard.  Also, as far as I can tell, Nero is incapable of
 producing a true .ISO file (not merely a renamed .NRG).

ISO 9660 imaging deals only with data. BIN/CUE is aimed at audio (though not necessarily restricted to that). The proprietary formats will handle either.

Mike

make a .iso file

I am running Windows 2000 with a Yamaha CRW2100E and Nero 5.0. Nero will still make a *.iso file from a CD program but it is not in the docs that I could find! If you need to know, here are the steps:

Put a data CD into one of your CD drives.
Start Nero and then kill the "New Compilation" screen that comes up.
Then select "CD-Recorder" from the menu.
Now select "Choose Recorder" for the drop down menu.
Select "Image Recorder… Virtual Device" and then click "OK". (This will write the .iso image to your hard drive).
Now click the "Creates a New Compilation" button on the button bar.
Select the "CD-ROM(ISO)" icon and click the "NEW" button.
Drag and Drop the data that you want to turn into a .iso file into the compilation window.
Click on the "Opens the write-CD dialog" button on the button bar.
Now click "WRITE".
In the "Save Image File" dialog box that comes up change the "Save as type:" to "All Files(*.*).
In the "File name:" box give the file a name with a .iso extension (i.e. myfile.iso) and save it where you like.

I hope that helps someone out there, because I looked for weeks trying to find out how to do it and no one could tell me. Good luck.

Lamar