Free DAA to ISO Converter GUI
This tool has been superseded by the original daa2iso converter (© Luigi Auriemna), which now has it’s own GUI. Use that.
A while ago I wrote a tutorial about the DAA file extension, which has gotten a lot of visits ever since. One of the comments on that post pointed me to a free DAA-to-ISO converter by Luigi Auriemna. It’s a nice tool, but it requires that you know how to use command-line utilities (and many users don’t). That’s why I decided to make a simple graphical user interface (GUI) for the converter.
Features
Converter Features (by Luigi Auriemna)
- Converts DAA archives to ISO files. You can then burn the ISO file to a CD or DVD with one of the many freeware tools (e.g. ImgBurn) or whatever. Nearly 100% of CD/DVD software support the ISO format.
- Supports multipart DAA files.
Interface Features (by me, Janis Elsts)
- Takes care of all the command-line stuff.
- Simple Windows interface - two textboxes and a button.
- Drag-and-drop a DAA file onto the application window to select it as the input file.
- Doesn’t require installation - just extract the .zip file somewhere and run daa_converter.exe.
Download DAA to ISO converter
Download : daa2iso_gui.zip (230 Kb) and daa2iso.zip from this page.
Extract both ZIP archives to the same folder and run daa_converter.exe. If that doesn’t work, try daa2iso.exe - it has a different interface, but can be more stable.
FAQ
Wait, do I need to download the converter/interface separately?
Yes. Originally I had them both in the same ZIP file, but Luigi - the author of the converter - asked me to remove the converter executable from this distribution.
When I tried to convert a file something just flashed on my screen and nothing else happened! Huh?
That’s probably because the converter encountered an error. You can try to run it from the command prompt to see the particular error message - feel free to study the beginners guide to WinXP command prompt if you don’t know how.
I tried the command prompt and it still doesn’t work. What now?
In this case you can try to contact Luigi, the author of the converter. Don’t ask me - I only made the window with the textboxes and a button 
I have a question about the GUI part, who do I ask?
Feel free to leave a comment below.
@Hitesh - Maybe it’s a filesystem issue. If the converted file is very large (I don’t remember exactly, but around 4 GB I think) it can’t be stored on a FAT32 filesystem. This shouldn’t be a problem with NTFS.
In any case, my email is whiteshadow at w-shadow dot com.
This is genius software, and I have been looking for this for a very long time. Thanks to both you and Luigi … Brilliant
Nice job!!!
http://www.kunadiuns.tk
Thanks for this great util. I found it very usefull, when I had downloaded an daa file, it worked like an charm, and so did the converter
Keep up the great stuff coming.
Thanks a lot! I have downloaded a daa image with software for my phone(at the moment broken) and i needed the flash file on the daa. you and luigi just saved my phone :)) thanks a lot!
I have downloaded an autocad2007 with a daa extension, this utility is great.. thx a lot..
What does it mean when it says the compressed ZLIB input is wrong or incomplete?
@Spike - Well, the file is probably corrupted?
for mac / apple use
http://www.twilightedge.com/mac/daaconverter/history.html
[...] .DAA File From a quick Google you can use this Free DAA to ISO Converter GUI | W-Shadow.com to extract the files, or 7zip. Both are freeware. PowerIso, apparently, if unregistered will only [...]
Hi, can someone help me please? I was so happy to find this software and when tried to convert a daa file, I get the following error?
the uncompressed size doesn’t match the chunksize
What does this mean? Is there anything that I did wrong?
@Wldboy - You probably didn’t do anything wrong, but the file you’re trying to convert might be corrupted.
i have downloaded dream weaver cs3 & get .daa files but i con’t convert to iso file kindly ans . to my mail.thank you .
Thanks .. will try to download a different file.
hi i trid to convert some books i downloaded from a torrent site, and im getting this error shown below:
- Alert: unknown DAA version (00000110 00000001 00000000)
Error: No such file or directory
Press RETURN to quit
please help me. thnx
[...] Seems Power ISO is the only software to open .daa file extension. Did you tried DAA to ISO GUI daa2iso gui. [...]
so whether version of the software i use i should be able to convert a .daa bootable file and convert it to a iso bootable image or will i have to do some thing else?
@shadow’s shadow? - That’s the idea.
ok. i have a .daa file of two movies in one. i got it from mininova.org what do i do and how do i do it free??? i have no money to pay for a converter for just one freaking movie! I am really annoyed by this. why would someone put up a file that is hard to open? makes no sense to me! uggggggggghhhhh. anyhow, i just want to go ahead a burn it to DVD and get it over with. someone please help. thanks. P.S. i am not very good with computers. not anything too advanced at least. so please no jargon. it will only confuse. lol
@MiriHumi - Short version :
1. Download this
2. Extract to any location
3. Run the .exe and use it to convert the .daa to .iso. Should be pretty easy to figure it out.
4. Find a freeware ISO burner. ImgBurn will do.
5. Burn the ISO file to a disk.
That’s it.
more info on the daa here
http://dotwhat.net/daa/5280/
Good tutz!!
Work perfectly
Now i can open my .daa file
btw how to convert some ISO to .daa ?
bcoz i see that .daa format can compress more size
That’s mean more space for my HD :p
Regards
@ghprod - To convert ISO to DAA, use PowerISO (shareware). I don’t think there are any other programs that can do it.
It doesn’t work. when I select a daa-file to convert it says can’t found daa2iso.exe.
so i changed the name to daa2iso and i tried again but when i pressed conversion it open the program aigain:@
@M@ster - Have you downloaded both files? If not, check the post for the second download link.
I found the first file to convert DAA to iso but I can’t seem to find the link to the second file daa2iso.zip could you em the link to me. I have a multi book collection about 25 medical titles that are in DAA format and I am pretty sure I will need both files that are mentioned. If this is not the case just let me know.I’m pretty sure once I have converted them that I can put more than one title on a DVD otherwise it will take 25 DVD’s which is way to many DVD’s.
Thanks for time and giving the information. If I missed seeing the second link I appologize.
Thank you
JS
@Judy Stanley - Here is the direct link : daa2iso.zip
Sweet - thanks man and thanks to Luigi for this great little tool!! Cheers
DAAs are the blane of P2P noobs who should be banned from the intarwebs.
thank you for re-adjusting the balance in our favour
forever grateful, the IT Pros.
Thanks so so so much..I was a little confused at first because I didn’t know where to look for the 2nd part (daa2iso.zip) but all you have to do is scroll a teeny bit on Luigi’s page. Just converted my first file!! Excellent
Thanks again!!