Q&A for How to Mount an ISO Image

Then you can always extract the ISO files with the UltraISO application. There are a lot of tutorials online on how to use UltraISO.

Yes, if you've downloaded a .ISO file and it is a game, then you can mount it and run setup/play it!

There are alternative instructions provided in another answer; however, the instructions may work as-is.

Simply open the ISO file; either double click to open or right click and select open option from the context menu and the ISO file will be automatically mounted.

Windows 7 does not have inbuilt support to mount ISO files like in Windows 10. For mounting ISO in Windows 7, you will have to use a third party software. You can use Nero, MagicISO, PowerISO, Dameon Tools LT, UltraISO, and many more.

You do not mount it to a particular type of drive. It does not matter what type of drive you have in your computer, or even if you have one at all.

There are already directions in the article for most Linux distributions. Chrome OS does not include a utility for mounting ISO images. You can mount ISO images in the Linux dev environment on Chrome OS, but you'll need to use 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐨 instead of the mount command.

The location of the ISO image doesn't matter. The process for mounting it is exactly the same whether it is on an internal or external drive.

Read the directions for "Linux." The process will work on most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu.

Mounting an ISO file allows you to use it without needing to burn it to a disc. Many computers no longer have a DVD drive, and using the ISO from the hard drive is often faster than reading from an actual disc.