Thread: Is there a way to check if the ISO file is corrupted or not?

Originally Posted by Grr

I'm downloading W7 ISO files.
Is there a way to check if the ISO file is corrupted or not without having to extract them?

That's precisely the primary uses of hashes: ensure that a download is not corrupted. That's why developers publish MD5 and other hashes of their products.

A secondary reason is to check to see if a file downloaded from any place other than the developer site is the exactly the same as the one available from the developer.

HashTab 3 is excellent for this: right click on the file, select "Properties", click "File Hashes" and after the hashes have been calculated, paste the published hash into the "Hash Comparison" box.

HashTab homepage HERE

you can use VMware to check if everything works e.g. if its Bootable or not and everything else, with the downloaded image file.

Originally Posted by Avinash

you can use VMware to check if everything works e.g. if its Bootable or not and everything else, with the downloaded image file.

How?