If you suddenly found an img file unknown to you on your favorite computer (for example, you copied it from a friend’s flash drive or downloaded it from the Internet), but don’t know how to open it, don’t be scared and don't be upset. Of course, you can try to find out from a friend how to open img, however, firstly, it is far from always possible to find a knowledgeable friend, and secondly, it’s better to try to figure it out yourself. And this article will help you in this difficult matter, because it is devoted exactly to the question of how to open the img file.
What is the img file format ?
If you have an img file in front of you in a folder, than to open which you have no idea, first of all, you should figure out what kind of format it is.
The img file , contrary to the opinion of many users, is not at all an image or picture. Of course, for many, img is associated with image, but in this case the word translates as “image”. That is, the IMG file is a disk image, a kind of analogue of ISO, only with slightly different algorithms for reading and, accordingly, recording an image. It should be noted that often a simple change of the img file extension to iso makes it possible to open files in those programs where img formats are not supported.
This format was widely used to create a disk image in the Macintosh environment, but it is also quite common in Windows applications.
On Mac OS X, the .img format has been replaced with the .dmg extension. And if on Mac OS this format can be both the image of an optical disk and the image of a hard disk, then in Windows it is used only for emulating CD / DVD media. Typically, on Windows, files of this format are created by CloneCD. And the full image will be supplemented with .ccd and .sub files with similar names.
But still, we will try to directly answer the question of how to open img. The most popular programs for working with this format are NERO, Daemon Tools and UltraISO.
First, let's figure out how to work with files of this format. As with any other disk image, you can emulate the operation of img in the virtual drive of your computer. In addition, the image can be recorded on a real laser disc and then used in a conventional drive.
UltraISO Disk Image Utility
To download the distributor of this program to your computer, just type its name in any search engine and follow the link. This program is installed and works quite simply. Install the UltraISO program on your computer, following all the prompts, then restart the computer. Everything is ready to go. To just solve the problem, than to open img, you do not need to open the program at all. It is enough just to find the disk image of this format in the folder, right-click on it and thereby call up the context menu. In the menu, select the line “UltraIso”, where in the drop-down menu select the appropriate type of action. You can immediately mount the disk image into a virtual DVD drive or burn the image to a real disk.
To write an image to a disk, you need to insert an empty disk into the drive and click on “burn”. Just be sure to check if your DVD-ROM or CD-ROM is writable. If the device does not have such a function, then, accordingly, you will not be able to write the image to disk. But do not despair, as running a disk in a virtual drive will succeed anyway. The UltraIso program will help you not only open the img file, but also write it to a real disk - easily and universally!
We will not consider working with the NERO and Daemon Tools programs, since these programs will require you to purchase a license. And the free versions are not convenient.
Now you know how to open img on your computer. I hope that more files of this format will not cause you any inconvenience. If you also have iso images on your computer, they open in the same way.