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O.P. How do I use this disk image?
My friend gave me a DVD, and said I would find it "interesting". On the DVD are two files, which are supposed to be a DVD image, containing data files.

The files are:
something.mdf <- about 4 GB
something.mds <- about 36 KB

FILExt tells me that it is an Alcohol image. I dont want to download Alcohol just for one disk.

DVD Decrypter says that it can open something.mds. My question; can it? Can I burn this image using DVD Decrypter? Or, does DVD Decrypter use the same extension, for a different type of image file?
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RE: How do I use this disk image?
i use nero for things like that. i add the mdf to the 'write image to disc' and burn, it burns the .mds file afaik its a bit like .cue and .bin

alternatively i like to use Alcohol 120% which can make a virtual drive where you can mount the image and view it from there...

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RE: How do I use this disk image?
you can use iso buster www.isobuster.com and then take them out and put it on your desktop and never actually have to burn it
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O.P. RE: How do I use this disk image?
Nero can't open it. It won't show in the Browse ... box, unless I choose All files (*.*). When I do force it to show, I get the error "Unexpected file format."

I don't have Alcohol, because it wasn't the most reliable for me. I already said that I don't want to download it just for this.

I do want to burn it to a disk, not just extract the files.

Did I mention that there is also a something.nfo file? ;)

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RE: How do I use this disk image?
.nfo are normally text from my experience open it in notepad....

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O.P. RE: RE: How do I use this disk image?
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Did I mention that there is also a something.nfo file? ;)

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.nfo are normally text from my experience open it in notepad....

Notice the wink? ;)

I guess I'll just try using DVD Decrypter, and have a new coaster if it doesn't work. Wait, I never use coasters, damn!

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RE: How do I use this disk image?
http://www.daemon-tools.cc
The best and simplest program to mount virtual CD/DVD drives.
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O.P. RE: How do I use this disk image?
I wanted to burn, not emulate.

I tried using DVD Decrypter, and it worked :D.
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RE: How do I use this disk image?
why dont you do what i said and extract it out of the image and then burn those files
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O.P. RE: How do I use this disk image?
Why I didn't just extract, then burn manually:
  • The files will not be in the same location on the disk
  • The disk wont have the label it had
  • It takes twice as long
  • I'm too lazy to put in the effort

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