How to Convert an .MDF File to .ISO

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How to Convert an .MDF File to .ISO

May 31st, 2007 4:26:35 pm - Subscribe
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Explains how to convert a .MDF file to .ISO file extension

To do this simply rename the .MDF file extension to .BIN at which point you can burn, or if you like to convert to .ISO. (Yes I know you can burn an .MDF file too) Do the following.

Find software like MagicISO and convert it. At this point there is no easy .BIN to .ISO and if you do know post a comment.

Hope this helps.

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anonymous - August 18th, 2007
Awesome! Thanks!

anonymous - September 02nd, 2007
CD Burner XP pro can convert .bin, and other files, to iso through the GUI.

anonymous - September 23rd, 2007
Thanks for the .mdf info. It answered my question. :-)

anonymous - September 28th, 2007
i'd appreciate if u would tell me how to change MDF file into BIN file, thank u.

anonymous - October 14th, 2007
yeah he did. just rename it .bin, it worked fine for me because I have my programs up and installed because of it...

anonymous - October 19th, 2007
Theres a program I've been using for ages called "BIN to ISO converter"

david - October 23rd, 2007
Yes, but this is how to do it for free.

anonymous - October 28th, 2007
thanx for help

anonymous - November 14th, 2007
winiso New version: 5.3 Will convert .BIN to .ISO and .ISO to .BIN in one click.

david - November 14th, 2007
I prefer magic iso, that is the reason why I posted it. It's simply a better piece of software.

anonymous - November 23rd, 2007
U can use DVD Decrypter to burn the MDF files.

anonymous - November 24th, 2007
I like it when they put onions on my cheese then on my finger tips to messase and eat onions

anonymous - November 24th, 2007
i know i like it to when that happens

anonymous - November 24th, 2007
can you tell me how i can rename MDF to BIN?

david - November 25th, 2007
To rename a file in windows, view this tutorial.

anonymous - November 28th, 2007
help. i have changed the mdf file to bin as suggested and i used power ISO to change it to an ISO file but i still can't extract the files to play on my PC, what am i doing wrong

anonymous - December 05th, 2007
You can change it from .mdf to a .BIN then use ISOBuster as well

anonymous - December 26th, 2007
Do you have to rename the mds file to cue as well?

anonymous - January 09th, 2008
Thank you very much! It helped me a lot!

anonymous - January 30th, 2008
I use iso buster.open mdf with iso buster in list select top listing right click select extract raw bin/iso select folder to dl to click ok.it will extract to a bin file and make cue sheet .burn extracted file or mount.

anonymous - February 13th, 2008
UltraISO easily makes conversion between different images

anonymous - February 26th, 2008
thanks a million

anonymous - March 02nd, 2008
i cant use this fuking magic iso

anonymous - March 08th, 2008
OMG ppl i renamed my .mdf file to .BIN how to convert it back to .mdf original file?

david - March 08th, 2008
Simply rename it again anonymous - March 07th, 2008. lol

anonymous - March 09th, 2008
I Copy a PS2 Game Using Alcohol 120%, when it copied I get MDF file. How can i burn and play it PS2?

anonymous - March 19th, 2008
im trying to rip this dvd onto my laptop
could you give me a software that can do this ?

anonymous - March 23rd, 2008
you know you can just rename it to .ISO

anonymous - March 23rd, 2008
The problem with Magic ISO and some of the other copying programs is that some of the new copy protection on legit software will disable you from using it if Magic ISO and other programs like it are installed. These programs install and run at kernel mode level.

anonymous - March 25th, 2008
Hello

anonymous - March 27th, 2008
there is no '.mdf' with myfile and I already showed hidden file and folders
please help

anonymous - April 10th, 2008
With PowerISO there's no need to change the file name. Just open this tiny app, browse for the .MDF file (not the .MDS) select it, and do a "Save as". PowerISO recognises .MDF files (from Alcohol120%), and when you do the "Save as" it saves the file in .ISO by default.

If you just want to burn the image it is even more easy, just browse for the .MDF file and click the "Burn" icon in the app.

If you want to add files to the original image file is cool too, do it in the app interface before you do the "Save as" operation. If your image is a bootble image it will still be after the procedure, no worry.

If think UltraISO and MagicISO work the same way, but I'm not shore.

Stylus [PT]

anonymous - April 20th, 2008
This is all shite. Tossers that use anything other than Nero and Nero recognised files are arseholes and wankers

anonymous - April 20th, 2008
Hey you're right on man. It's about time the feds did something about cunts that use magic fucking iso or whatever program these losers are on about. The problem is, you download something in good faith, get excited about it, then your heart sinks because you discover it's some dumbass format that you've never heard of. You go onto the web and get to a fucking shit hole like this site full of arseholes and wankers as you put it. We need software on all torrent sites that automatically delete torrents with these types of formats. I'd like to fuck up peoples computers who deal in this smegma...

anonymous - April 24th, 2008
I find it funny how the guy above my comment has clearly answered his own comment with another but pretended to be someone else... nice xD

anonymous - April 29th, 2008
Cine vorbeşte română?

anonymous - April 29th, 2008
Eu nu sunt anonymous!
Eu sunt Ady!
Sunt din Romania-Europa!

anonymous - May 05th, 2008
Thanks dude!

anonymous - May 10th, 2008
Beware, often mdf images are ripped from protected discs using special techniques to preserve the protection, if you convert it to iso keep the original mdf, just in case the programs inside don't work anymore due to the missing copyprotection!

anonymous - May 28th, 2008
as

anonymous - May 30th, 2008
I think MDF is a good file format.

anonymous - June 06th, 2008
>>I think MDF is a good file format.
Who cares what do you think and which format is better, the question is how to convert MDF to ISO.
Better for free, and 100% correct without burning!

anonymous - June 09th, 2008
OKAY PEOPLE, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. YOU'LL NEED ALCOHOL 120%. YOU HAVE 2 FILES: MDF AND MDS. MOUNT THE ONLY ONE THAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO ONTO YOUR VIRTUAL DRIVE. THEN CREATE AN ISO FILE FROM THAT DRIVE. THEN BURN THE ISO FILE ONTO A CD.

anonymous - June 10th, 2008
I found a way by using alcohol to mount the mdf then use winiso to make an iso of the image, then delete then original mdf and mount the iso, iso are also much smaller in size

anonymous - June 10th, 2008
Oh, maybe i should have read the post before my previous one haha

anonymous - June 10th, 2008
this is the programm is very fucking

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anonymous - June 20th, 2008
how do u use magicISO

anonymous - June 25th, 2008
y dont they just zip the file instead of changing the format and make people feeling sick to had a stupid time on changing or convert the file from mdf to iso or bla2..

anonymous - July 02nd, 2008
I got some good tips form here thank you all and some were pretty funny. I am looking into computers as a Job and I like to keep up to date on all the new stuff coming out. Pluse the new file types make it hard to Run my PSX emulator. but the best way I have found to deal with MDF files is to get 120% and mount on Vert drive. then make the Emulator run from CD and put the Vert as you drive. works better that way and also you can just run programs off the Vert.

Thanks for leting me Post
Signed:
Nwahs Dryb

anonymous - July 16th, 2008
thanks a lot if it wasn't for you i wouldnt burn a file -.-' Thanks dude

anonymous - July 19th, 2008
Bin2Iso is free and will convert bin to iso. Small program with NO install. Just run it from the exe.

anonymous - July 31st, 2008
i've downloaded a game which has a MDF and a MDS file. how do i get it work using Nero? i'm trying to avoid mounting the files, any suggestions how to convert the files and burn it.

aaditya - August 02nd, 2008
i just downloaded Silent hill 3, i extracted it through winrar, nw i gt an mdf file of 3.33gb and mds file of 5 kb!! when the original winrar file was 2gb! nw i used poweriso and saved it, it became a magic iso document, i instructed magic iso t convert the magic iso file which was approx 2gb into iso, nw its converted to iso but its 1.5 gb and nero can read it nw, the problem is the size keeps on shrinking and i am going crazy wid all this format bullshit!! plz help, need it badly!

aaditya - August 02nd, 2008
and its a PS2 game!! so plz help, will really appreciate it if anyone could giv sum support!

aaditya - August 02nd, 2008
i just downloaded alcohol 120% and cracked it, nw plz if someone could help me with this method?

anonymous - August 07th, 2008
Yes Magic ISO worked perfect for me.. I already had it but didn't know it could convert images. i converted a psx MDF image file into bin/cue with it..
Just run Magic Iso and in the Tools tab you'll find Convert. when i tried to convert it into an ISO, for some reason the Iso did not work, so i converted it into BIN. Now its working fine.

anonymous - September 21st, 2008
??? why do you need to convert the ifle when you only can change the extension to .iso???

Works for me anyway

anonymous - September 21st, 2008
検討に値する。

anonymous - September 23rd, 2008
よく練られた。

anonymous - October 01st, 2008
ok so can u rename .mdf to .bin and use bin2boot to convert the .bin to a .cdi? trying to make a cdi image. would this work?

anonymous - October 10th, 2008
programme: Bin2Iso - very easy to convert bin to iso

except i don't think its compatible with vista. i'ld post a link but its seemingly not allowed... just do a google search for 'bin to iso' and click on the first result - theres a link to the download from that page.

An answer to your query in the OP

"At this point there is no easy .BIN to .ISO and if you do know post a comment."

anonymous - October 10th, 2008
@ALL: U ARE NOOBS

anonymous - October 13th, 2008
just rename the file to iso !... its that simple and it works

anonymous - October 16th, 2008
An old article, but nevertheless, very resourceful. Thank you!

anonymous - October 17th, 2008
I used MagicISO to convert .mdf file to ISO and also to extract the file and worked fine.

anonymous - October 19th, 2008
thx i did got a mdf file but it did need to put in my cd/dvd drive so i coul not mount it and i could not burn it BUT YOU SAVED MY DAY

anonymous - October 20th, 2008
full all idiots, lamers

anonymous - October 22nd, 2008
this guy looks like a fucking tool. lame. congratulations on your 2 steps you said. damn if i knew it was that easy to be a guru and get priaed on the internet i woudl've created a similar tutorial, how to save a .png file in photoshop. ready?
-open photoshop
-open your picture
-hit save as, select .png
hope that helps

score

anonymous - October 26th, 2008
Wow, just use PowerISO. You don't even have to burn the ISO. You can just extract the contents of the MDF file to a folder. No Burning needed.

anonymous - October 27th, 2008
Great Bro ! 10x a lot !

anonymous - October 31st, 2008
Wow dude 1 little question from a random guy helped me so much! Looks like i'm not gonna lose my job after all! Thank you so much!!!

anonymous - November 08th, 2008
I got a great idea for all you guys wanting to convert from this mdf shite. Why don't you pull your dicks outta your mom's aresholes eh?

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