Format

ISO 9660 Disk Image File

Summary

Name: ISO 9660 Disk Image File
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/468
Format type: Aggregate
Description: ISO 9660 Disk Image File is a virtual image of optical disk, storing content and structure of an optical disc which can be transferred on the other media. This format specifically uses ISO 9660, a so-called original standard for file system for optical disc media, written by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and considered an international technical standard available for many operating systems. A disk image is a uncompressed copy of the contents of a disk or a folder, it can facilitate certain types of backup and recovery strategies. Please see ID: fdd000348 from Library of Congress and other the links attached to this entry for further information.
Note: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/ISO_image https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000348.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_image https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/imapi/disc-formats
File extensions: iso, toast, cdr, dmg, bin
Source: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

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Note: BOF: CD001{1-16384}ÿCD001 with offset of (32700- 37700). Beginning at byte 32768, an ISO file will hold two-to-many volume descriptors, each of 2048 bytes and starting with '*CD001', where * represents the volume desciptor type as defined within the specification.