Create ISO files for each folder

Question

I have 30-40 folders with files and folders within:

folder1
folder2
folder3
…

I want to create an ISO files for each folder like so:

folder1.iso
folder2.iso
folder3.iso
…

I’m using PowerISO on Windows, but I can’t find this feature.

I’m creating ISO files one by one and the operation is very long.

Answer 1

I guess you are basically looking for a way to create an ISO File on command line. Since you have PowerIso, you can use piso, which is PowerISO command line utility located in PowerISO installation directory. 

PowerISO can not only creates ISO image file on Window GUI, but it also can creates ISO file on Windows command line. You can find piso.exe which is PowerISO command line utility in PowerISO installation directory. 

Usage: piso [parameters] [-switches]

create:  Create iso file from files or folders. 

Example: Create d:\test.iso from d:\test and d:\test.zip.

Command: piso create -o d:\test.iso -add d:\test / -add d:\test.zip /

• -o:  Specify output image file name.
• -ot : Specify output image file type. If not specified, the image type will be determined by file name suffix.
• -add : Add local file or directory to image file.
• -volsize : Split output image file to multiple volumes, and set volume size to . Example: -volsize 100M
• -setpassword : Set password for output image file.   Example: -setpassword 12345678 
• -label :  Set volume label for output image file.  Example: -label BACKUP
• -joliet <1|2|3>:  Set joliet level for output image file.  Example: -joliet 3
• -udf :  Enable or disable UDF option for output image file.  Example: -udf on
• -iso-name-len <12|30|221>:  Set iso9660 file name length for output image file.  Example: -iso-name-len 221
• -joliet-name-len <64|110>:  Set joliet file name length for output image file.  Example: -joliet-name-len 110
• -allow-lower-case-iso-name:  Allow lower case iso9660 file name for output image file.
• -disable-optimization:  Disable file space optimization for output image file.
• -file-datetime :  Set file date time for output image file.  Example: -file-datetime 12-20-2008-08:00:00
• -vol-creation-datetime :  Set volume creation date time for output image file. 
• -vol-modification-datetime :  Set volume modification date time for output image file.
• -vol-effective-datetime :  Set volume effective date time for output image file.
• -vol-expiration-datetime :  Set volume expiration date time for output image file.
• -comment:  Set comment for output image file.
• -comment-from-file :  Load comment from the file.

Answer 2

here is an untested quick set of commands for windows xp commandline.

instructions to use:

1. open a command prompt
2. change to root directory or drive (i.e - directory above folder 1, folder2, folder3 etc)

3. copy and paste below commands

   set piso="%programfiles%\poweriso\piso.exe"
   for /f "usebackq" %a in (dir /b /ad) do %piso% create -o d:\%a.iso -add d:\%a

please make sure the path in variable %piso% to piso.exe is correct.
if running from a batch script %a needs to become %%a.

edited cos comments arent nicely formatted for readability

hi @user332153 - looks like the below line is fine then:

set piso="%programfiles%\poweriso\piso.exe"

the backticks were removed from dir /b /ad - if the backticks dont show, it is not a quotation mark, it is the key with a tilde ~ on it.

lets see if we can write this all up then:

set piso="%programfiles%\poweriso\piso.exe"
cd a
for /f "usebackq" %a in (`dir /b /ad`) do %piso% create -o d:\%a.iso -add d:\%a

this should create one.iso and two.iso from directories one and two.