How to Install ArchLinux from harddriver???

I have downloaded iso image files from Internet. I want to install it from hard driver. How to do it? and where are the vmlinuz and initrd files?

I suppose you can do:
mount -o loop /path_to_.iso /mnt/cdrom
but this would have to be  on a secondary HDD otherwise I'm not sure of the outcome, since you would be writing to the same target as your source.
All files you need will be in the iso.
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