CD Image File and How They Work

Alright, today's article will be on CD Image file.

Below are a list of file extension used by Image file.

.daa - PowerISO Direct-Access-Archive file

.bin - Binary file

.nrg - Nero-Burning ROM CD or DVD image file

.iso - CD/DVD ISO binary image file.

.mdf - Alcohol 120% Disc Image

.dmg - Apple Mac OS X Disk Image File

.mds - Image file (Media Descriptor File)

.000 - IsoBuster CD/DVD Image File Data Recovery

Excerpt from www.file-extensions.org 

Basically, a CD image file is a CD that is being 'burned' to your hard disk. And you can access them as a CD without the actual disk. Certain software allows you to "mount" them into a virtual drive so that it appears as a CD drive in you computer. Powerful.

 

Why is it useful?

1. Convenient

With more advance technology, we have hard disk that rarely runs out of disk space. So we could just put the CDs into our hard disk and don't have to worry about carrying them around or cluttering up your table space.

2. Save money

Although time consuming we could just send it across the net by uploading the image file over the net rather than mailing or burning the physical CD. Saving on the transportation fee and CD-R costs.

 

MagicDisc (Mounting Software)

Mounts 24 formats of image file into a virtual disc. Run them without the physical CD. Much better than Daemon Tools Lite(supports only 11 format).

 

ISO Recorder (Create and Burn)

Well, it creates and burn image files. Its quite tricky to use, so please read the instructions. Very light and does not take up too much system resources.

 

Alright, hopefully this post helps to make your life better! Have a nice day! And please add in  your comments. =)

Sincerely,
Lam