Under Windows, is there any way to edit the contents of a bootable ISO for free?

(Note: I am not interested in commercial software, but want free iso editor functionality)

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FREE ISO Editor

(by 2016)

Method 1:

• Use SecureCD creator. It is free ISO editor & ALL-IN-ONE solution! (You wont need premium features. However, it is free too)

Method 2:

• Download WinIso (Trial version make modification only max.100mb file). However, you can freely EXTRACT any iso file, then modify it as you need, then :

• Download ImgBurn and create a bootable ISO from extracted folder. (Instead of ImgBurn you can also use Folder-ISO-creator or Folder2Iso, but I am not sure if they can create bootable images).

Method 3 (untested by me)

• TotalMounter (free) is said to do the job

Method 4 (untested by me)

• there also exists ISOpen (FREE) that claims to modify ISO files directly, but latest version seemed crap/non-working/malicious to me... Do at your own risk, or test only in VirtualBox windows as recommended for crap apps.);
  

== Commercial(Trial) software ==

• gBurner ( during 30 day trial period, you can modify ANYTHING! after that, only 300mb files);
  
• ISO master + Poweriso + MagicISO + UltraISO + WinISO (filesize limits, about 300mb);
  

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WinRAR, 7zip, MagicISO and imgBurn all let you open and edit files, although WinRAR is paid for (eventually, that is).

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I just came across a program which did this for me: ISO Master

Only thing is, it's Linux-only. I searched for Windows-based software for two days but did not come across anything that could edit a bootable ISO file.

Image Master or Deep Burner seems to be the windows solutions to ISO Master.

I would use 7-zip to extract the ISO, hack about with this, LC ISO Creator and then either ImgBurn to burn the ISO or ImDisk to mount it.

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AnyBurn can do it. It lets you modify the contents of an ISO image. It supports bootable images: it can add, remove or keep boot information.

I use WinISO -

The free version will only let you save ISOs of 500mb max