The .iso image file is a computer file that is an copy of an existing file system. It is commonly associated with CD and DVD burning. It is an archive file of an optical disc using a conventional ISO format. ISO image is an unattached file format (like RAR and ZIP) which merges a series of files into one single file according to a definite format. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .ISO but Mac OS X ISO images often have the extension .CDR. It aims at supporting different computer operating systems such as Windows, classic Mac OS, and Unix-like systems, so that data may be exchanged.

Remo Recover Media edition supports almost all photo formats used by popular digital cameras including JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and GIF. Music File Formats: MP3, WAV, MIDI, MP4 and Video File Formats: AVI, MOV, MP4, MPG. However, it is highly recommended to use REMO Recover (Windows) – Pro Edition to recover such files. The software has an effective file recovery component “File Tracer”. You can use File Tracer to recover lost or missing files from any of the Windows partitions.

Follow the steps below to use the file tracer option:

• After tree formation, Goto Tools -> File Tracer
• The application starts intense search for known file types in physical media

Steps to recover .iso image files with Remo Recover software:

Step 1: Start the Remo Recover Main application from either start menu or desktop shortcut and click Remo Recover – Advance option for further processing (see figure a).

Figure a: Select option for recovery

Step 2: Select NTFS Partition Recovery from the window that will be displayed as shown in figure b.

Figure b: Select appropriate partition recovery

Step 3: The application main window will now be displayed as shown in figure c. select “Recover your Data” option and click on “Next” button to continue.

Figure c: Application Main Window

Step 4: A window will now be displayed to select the source disk from which you wish to recover your data (see Figure d).

Figure d: Select source disk

Step 5: Select a source drive and the processing mode to process the drive. The software provides two processing modes. Display default partitions and Search for lost partitions

By default the processing mode is set to “Display default partitions”. As you click on “Next” button, the application analyses the drive and lists all the found partitions in the partition table as shown in Figure e.

Figure e: Partition Table

Step 6: Select a partition for processing and click Finish button. The application processes the partition and displays the found files and folders in a tree structure as shown in Figure f.

Figure f: Found files and folders

After the tree formation you can use the file tracer option as mentioned above.

Step 7: The next step is to save the recovered data to a safe destination location. If you want to recover whole tree structure formed, click root folder to mark whole data and click on “Save All”. As soon as you click on ‘Save all’ button, a window to select destination location is displayed as shown in Figure g.

Figure g: Select local drive

Select a logical drive in your local disk where you wish to save the data. Specify the file type you wish to ignore (file filter) while saving process. This will filter the file types which you don’t want to recover. As you click on ‘OK’ button, the program starts saving the data to specified destination location in your local drive.

Please Note: If the software is not activated then as you click on ‘Save’ button to save the found data, a window would pop up to activate the software using either Online activation or Manual activation. Once the software is activated you can continue saving the data to desired location.

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