.toast file issue

Hello
I have a .toast file.
I can't burn it to a DVD disc, cause my drive can't burn DVD'S for some reason...
I want to open this file, somehow.!
What do I have to do?
Thanks!!

Do you mean a file with the name ending in ".toast"? This is a Toast CD/DVD burner image file extension which is a variation of an ISO image file (yeah, maybe not clear, but you asked). You may need some version of Toast in order to open or burn it (it probably contains a bunch of other files), or maybe some other CD burning program might be able to burn it. There's a bunch of free ones listed in www.pure-mac.com. I like LiquidCD but I haven't checked specifically it will open ISO. You may also need to change the extension to ".ISO" so another program will even look at it. I don't know if it is truly just an ISO file or if there are things specific to Toast. Conceivably if you change the extension from ".toast" to ".iso" Disk Utility might even open it. I haven't done much playing around with image files.
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I have come across this on another forum but I dont have any idea how to do this? Can someone help please?
So resolve this TIME consuming problem, i had another look at that support page and this is what i did to fix it Thank you for your help 99jon for the link.
Copied the elements folder to the root of the HD, then renamed the folder with the installer files contained within to c:\PSElements9Installer then ran the setup.exe as administrator and hey presto, it worked and fully completed the install grrrrr.
Cheers people of the Digital World, ive now relieved my stress
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    Had the same problem with PSE10 Copying it to kthe root of c and renaming it to PSElements10Installer Worked perfectly.
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