How to extract .daa files free (Windows)

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.daa extension (Direct Access Archives) is a proprietary format by PowerISO, used commonly to archive large ISO files (ISO is a disk image format that you can burn to a disk using Nero or any other burner). .DAA files format has features like compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes.

DAA files can be opened by PowerISO, but unfortunately, it is free to use only for small files. Many file .daa that you get over the internet, especially those from Linux users, or file-sharing services (like BitTorrent) will be in DAA format.

This tutorial will show you how open .daa files for free on Windows. Extracting .daa extension files require two steps – converting the DAA file to an ISO file, and then burning the ISO file to a disc or extracting the ISO to get the required files.

Free .daa file extractor

Below are the methods to open .daa files on Windows.

If you use Mac OS X, see our tutorial on opening .daa files on Mac OS X for free.Tutorial for Linux will be added soon.

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Open DAA files on Windows

To get .daa files open in Windows, follow the steps below (screenshots have been included for your convenience). We will convert the DAA file to ISO format first. You can then extract files from the ISO file using IZArc (which we will do below) or burn it to a disc.

  1. Download DAA 2 ISO from this page. Save it to Desktop. Extract (by double-clicking) the zip folder to get a folder named daa2iso.
  2. Open the folder. There are two files named daa2iso.

    daa file extractor Windows Mac

  3. Double-click the daa2iso file with a label application to the right side (and has a colorful icon), You will get a command prompt along with a window to choose your files.
    Open DAA file using DAA2ISO
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    Double-click the .daa file you need to extract.

  4. In the window that comes up, enter a file name and hit Save.
    DAA file
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  5. The file will be extracted in a few seconds (it takes more time if you have a larger file). The command prompt window will appear with the confirmation (as shown below).
    Extract open .daa file free
  6. Hit enter key to quit the command prompt. The converted .iso file will be saved in the same location as the original .daa file.
  7. If you have 7Zip, open it and extract the ISO file. Else, follow the next step.
  8. Download and install IZArc.
  9. Open Computer and navigate to where you saved the .iso file (which is where you saved the original .daa file also).
  10. Right-click the file and click IZArc > Extract to .\ where stands for your file.

    .daa file extraction how to Windows

  11. You will now have the files extracted into a folder of the same name as the .iso file, in the same location.

    Instead of extracting files, if you need to burn a disc from the files, download and install ImgBurn (freeware). Open ImgBurn and burn the ISO file to a disc to get a disc with all the contents of the original DAA file.

The steps used above have been tested and working. If there are some errors, chances are, it might be because of the original .daa file being corrupt. Retry each step. But if you still find any problems, leave a comment below for assistance.

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Reader comments (92)
  1. Mahesh says:

    Thanks.. Good Article..

  2. Ani says:

    Thanks mate. Works great!

  3. Andy says:

    Works a treat :)

  4. Saravanan R says:

    Thank you Very much, Very useful for Converting DAA files to PDF files

  5. thay says:

    thank you very much, it works fine…

  6. ashish says:

    thanks man…really appreciate it!!!
    :D

  7. Viajy says:

    Thank you very much buddy!!
    Really great explanation.

  8. Andrey says:

    Dude this DAA2ISO tool is soo niice
    Great tool. It’s got all the sourcecode available as well! Go OpenSouce!

    Thanks.

  9. Manohar Shrestha says:

    Thank you so much techzilo…………..This information helpled ma alot………
    :)

  10. Parthiban says:

    thanks la it works for me

  11. J Thomas says:

    Awesome information – thank you!
    I have spent ages messing about with ISO in the past and you just made it all quick and easy. Bless you :)

  12. Successful says:

    Brilliant instructions. Thorough guide, worked great and perfectly on Windows Vista.

  13. Curt says:

    Great instructions! Thank you very much.

  14. ibyk says:

    it worked for me on some of the files but not all

  15. Andres says:

    muchisimas gracias.. me fue de mucha ayuda.

    thank you.. now i can play Grand theft auto San Andrea,

  16. Caroo says:

    Worked like a charm. Thanks!

  17. Vinayak says:

    Hey Sumesh!!

    Thanks.. worked like a charm!!

  18. Asher says:

    Just adding to the above post, the ISO file is 8.2 GB large.

  19. Asher says:

    hi,

    I got the daa file converted to a iso file. Installed Izarc. But somehow the Izarc refuses to extract the file. I go to the ISO file, right click and go to IZARC > Extract here. The extractor just sits there doing nothing. 0% unpacked. Am I doing anything wrong? I have the IZarc 4.0 beta 1 software on a windows XP machine.

  20. pane says:

    works perfect in win 7, thanks

  21. Walid Ankur says:

    Thank you very much about the article. I have successfully used the .daa file. But I suggest daa 2 iso converted should be downloaded from other sites like I downloaded from softpedia.com

  22. david says:

    i downloaded a game (2.6Gig) so its a fairly large file. so i cannon put it all on one cd or dvd. is there any way that i can just convert the file into a format that my computer can read and operate? ive been working on this for days.
    i even tried to use Daemon but i cant get it into an ISOPhoto again. its stuck as an ISOfile. can i possibly reverse that to make it so Daemon would work?

    • Daniel says:

      I have the same problem my file is break in four and makes a total of 2G I cant put it all in the same dvd, can anyone help me?

  23. ron says:

    daa2iso works flawlessly

    and iso can be opened by winrar

  24. sadie says:

    Worked for me!! Awesome

  25. Robert D says:

    works great thanx

  26. Moran the Man says:

    Works great. Thanks!

  27. g1rl says:

    thanks a lot for the tutorial, it really worked!!
    one comment about using winrar to extract the iso files is true, i didn’t need to download 7zip or izarc to open iso files..
    thank you guys!!
    really help me convert my daa file into readable mp3 files = )

  28. Lonnie(Aarn Cral) says:

    Sumesh,

    Thank you very much for this very effective tool. I never really liked .daa files, because of the conversion issues. Now that I have an easy to use tool like this, I’ve found I really like them. Without this tool, I would still be in the dark about this great file type.

    Thanks a lot.

  29. Devail says:

    Thanks a lot. Really helped me out :)

  30. doctor says:

    wonderfull bro… so simple steps .. i would rather say spoon feeding .. thanks a lot

  31. Ledo says:

    i try all method and they all work, gwahaha u guys r great.. thanx a lot..huhu

  32. SOJ says:

    Works fine… thank you

  33. axay says:

    Hey . . it Works.

    Thats a beautiful s/w man,

    daa2iso was amazing.

    no probs

    instructions are perfectly working
    thanks buddy

  34. Col says:

    Fan-bloody-tastic, worked a treat guys, could kiss yer…….

  35. tenzing says:

    i really appreciate for your nice work… the steps that you have provided is just mind blowing, so simple to understand … it worked for me and no need to install that poweriso.

  36. Birbal says:

    thanks a lot!!! daa 2 ISO worked great.method explained step by step.

  37. Marcus says:

    Great tutorial m8! English is my second language but I had no problems what-so-ever understanding those few and simple tasks you explained.
    I don’t concider me a computer wiz, but even I could sort it out and it works like a charm.

  38. mykal says:

    thanks for the info ,worked perfectly

  39. Goh says:

    It works! Thanks you very much :)

  40. Potato says:

    Works perfectly…Flawless…
    Mounted the .iso image with Daemon tool afterward =)

    Thanks !

  41. Darla says:

    Thanks – this process worked great!

  42. Z says:

    Just to add, for those who may not know, you can skip burning and mount with daemon tools – its quicker and cheaper than burning to disc when you just want to install from the image.

  43. abhi says:

    nice!
    it works……….
    thanks for ur tips

  44. Juliano says:

    Otima dica, quebrou um galhão aqui.

  45. moore says:

    it has worked for me; i can extract daa files now

  46. goldie says:

    ilove it …i love it……cool it worked perfectly 100%
    thanks bro
    i love it

  47. Ade says:

    Thank you. Followed step by step. Works perfectly.

  48. Homer63 says:

    Worked a treat…Thanks for sharing.

  49. llllllllll says:

    ty ty ty

  50. LePenseur says:

    Thanks a million buddy !!

  51. Sunny says:

    Thanks a lot .its great

  52. afoo says:

    It’s really great. THANK YOU

  53. Tracy says:

    It works, thank you very much. daa2iso+winzip is all you need.

    Thanks.

  54. Rajesh Sonalekar says:

    Thank you very much for the information. I worked and I could get the DAA file extracted.

    Thanks a lot

  55. @had khan says:

    Its really a gr8 tutorial….awsome…thanxu :)

  56. madhukar pandey says:

    thnx a lot,a really useful tutorial…………………….once again thnx a lot.

  57. Ercan says:

    thank you so much for this. it helped me alot !

  58. Vivek says:

    Thanks Mr. Sumesh
    The solution provided by you works great.
    The download link for daa2iso led to a non-english webpage. I couldn’t understand and downloaded from http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm.
    Once again Thanks.

    • Sumesh P says:

      Glad you found the tutorial useful, and thanks for alerting me about the link. It was working fine when I posted it, it appears the webmaster blocked direct download, so I have updated the link.

  59. Mohsen Zandi says:

    Thanks a lot for your help. It was great for me :)

  60. DJ421 says:

    perfect… much appreciated….

    THANKS!!!!

  61. Aakash says:

    Hey!!!!!!
    it works perfectly!!!!!!!!!
    thnxxxxxxxxxx a tonnnnnnnnn

  62. JAGJ says:

    Wow man, this worked perfectly!!!

    Thanks A LOOT!

  63. Kenny says:

    WAW! This has to be like the most straight forward, simple n straight to the point tutorial ever! and what makes it even better is that it worked FLAWLESSLY! i barely lifted a finger (only to press the mouse buttons).

    ANOTHER PLUS is that i didnt even have to install anything! i wouldnt have it any other way, this is perfect! cuz i hate installing crap that i know ima only use ONCE! plus i just reformatted my comp so definitely wasnt tryna install any one night stand software already to slow up comp.

    THANKS A MILLION MAN

    • Sumesh P says:

      @Kenny: Glad you liked it :) And tell that to the commenter above who asks why you should use this method instead of downloading a pirated copy of Power ISO.

  64. God says:

    it works fine thanx a million bro when riches start pouring in ill contact you again

  65. TheG says:

    “or file-sharing services (like BitTorrent) will be in DAA format”

    If you are downloading DAA files using a BiTtorrent why not just search for a cracked version of WinRAR and save yourself the headache.

  66. SirenLovesU says:

    works great, very easy to use anyone new to all this will have no problems thanx to everyone who got this so easy to find and use

    cheers

  67. Dulal says:

    Thanks… It’s working.

  68. Hugo says:

    daa2iso.exe work great! thank you…

    the result image .ISO I opened with daemon tool, and work perfect.

  69. Kally says:

    it really works,,,,,,,

  70. Abs says:

    Thanks Sumesh,

    It perfectly worked!!

  71. Matt says:

    IZarc is garbage. Use 7zip.

    • Sumesh says:

      @Matt: I respect your opinion, but I’ve personally been very satisfied with IZArc. Gets the job done very well. I suspect you a)use obscure file types only 7zip can open or b)are an open-source supporter just for the sake of it.

  72. CC says:

    Thank you! That helped!

  73. shawshank says:

    download daa2iso from [link removed by admin, do not advertise external links unless relevant]……….dis realy works man ………..

  74. MJ Nallos says:

    I’ve downloaded the files and it worked perfectly for me .. Thanks

  75. Gordon says:

    daa2iso worked perfectly for me. Your help is greatly appreciated.

  76. mataleao says:

    DAA2ISO:

    Excellent utility! BAH to proprietary programs.

    From the w-shadow.com download site the program did not work from first link (daa2iso_gui.zip), but it did work from the second link (“from this page”). Weird, but hey, as long as I eventually got the correct version.

  77. hana says:

    works for me. thanks a lots.

  78. Phoenix2life says:

    Wonderful. This is a life saver tip. I have received a .DAA file and have been wondering how to read the contents. I have just downloaded DAA2ISO.

    Thanks to share these nice tips.

    Appreciated !!!

  79. Sumesh says:

    @Dave: That is a good method of opening DAA files – I will update the post to mention it too. However, I should remind that this post shows you how to open daa files for free – without paid or trial software (WinRAR).5

  80. Dave says:

    Here’s a much easier way.Winrar opens ISO and DAA files the same easy way it opens ZIP files.I’ve just done it – I opened – and installed – two 4GB “daa” files without a hitch.I’ve removed Power Iso, Magic Iso, and Alcohol 120% from my systems – who needs them.Winrar handles so many compressed file types – it’s far better – IMHO – than winzip, and it’s a cinch to use.I hope this is of some help.

  81. philip says:

    daa2iso.exe works!

  82. rosdi says:

    Thanks a bunch for this!.. daa2iso is awesome! One comment thought.. IZarc is not really necessary.. if you already have 7zip then you can use that to extract the ISO file, or just burn the iso into a CD.

  83. Sumesh says:

    @Mr.E: I’m not sure what you’re saying, but the possible reasons for it might be a corrupt software install or an incomplete/corrupt file that you’re trying to extract. Try redownloading the file and/or reinstalling the required software (IZArc etc.)

  84. Mr. E says:

    Ok, i’ve done everything as instructed, but while in the prosses of extracting my file to its output, i keep getting an error.

    it stops at 2% of the unpacking and gives me the following error:
    the compressed ZLIB input is wrong or incomplete

  85. Casp says:

    This doesn’t seem to be working. :-(

  86. Gaurav says:

    I dowloaded daa2iso from this site but it didnt work

  87. Dbug says:

    There’s a free utility call DAA Converter for converting .daa files to .iso on Mac OS X 10.3 or later (does not support passworded files).
    It is open source and is available at twilightedge.com

    It is basically a Mac GUI enhanced version of the linux command-line tool daa2iso.

    The resulting .iso files can be mounted by simply double-clicking, and can be burned with Apple’s Disk Utility, or commercial software such as Toast.

  88. Henry says:

    7-Zip can also extract the .iso file.

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