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I recently downloaded a windows game which is 1.9 GB iso file. I mounted it to install with wine and I know it works with wine but no files are shown at all!!! EMPTY! Extracted it but still EMPTY!!! It got me 4 Hours to download.(download speed about 230 kb/s.) Really I am confused what it is and how it happened. How can a file which has nothing be shown 1.9 GB over internet and on my computer as well. Is the file corrupt? Will I have to redownload it? Or can it be fixed with some software? Please help!

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  • I would suggest you to use programs like 7-zip and double click the iso and open with 7-zip. it will show you exact contents of your iso.
    – hardik
    Mar 16, 2015 at 10:58
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    @hardik: 7-zip is a Windows application. We're on an Ubuntu/Linux-centred site. Mar 16, 2015 at 22:47
  • @rehan-ullah: Please try to open the .iso file in File Roller, Ubuntu's default archive manager. What does it show (i. e. make a screen shot)? Are there any error messages? Which ISO file are you referring to? Maybe somebody else can try to reproduce your problem with it. Mar 16, 2015 at 22:50
  • @DavidFoerster it's also available in ubuntu here is link to debian package packages.debian.org/sid/p7zip-full
    – hardik
    Mar 17, 2015 at 11:43
  • @hardik: p7zip is not 7-Zip! The former is a command line program, the latter a graphical archive manager. Mar 17, 2015 at 11:46

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Make sure that you mounted the image correctly:

sudo mount -t iso9660 <path_to_image> <path_to_image_mount_point>

In any case, the fact that it's 1.9 GB in size doesn't mean that it contains 1.9 GB of files, in fact it's totally possible that the image it's actually completely empty.

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  • Yeah It's fine. But how it happens an 1.9 GB file to be empty. I am wondering!! Mar 21, 2015 at 10:32
  • @RehanUllah No idea, i any case it might be just corrupted or in a different format. If you have an md5 or sha1 hash to check against it you can run md5sum <path_to_image> or sha1sum <path_to_image>
    – kos
    Mar 21, 2015 at 10:45
  • I have one question more. You may help me. I asked just now. I know publishing it in comments is illegal but what can I do. I am really tired of it. Please help! The link of the question is askubuntu.com/questions/599490/… Mar 21, 2015 at 10:48

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