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[Bakkenez]

Hi alcoholics

Is it possible to unpack MDF files? with some kind of software or something? i dont want to burn the image to CD but just unpack it and run it from my HD... I have a MDF and a little MDS file... can anyone help me out here???



greetz Robin

[Robbo]

Hi alcoholics

Is it possible to unpack MDF files? with some kind of software or something? i dont want to burn the image to CD but just unpack it and run it from my HD... I have a MDF and a little MDS file... can anyone help me out here???



greetz Robin

why not mount them in the virtual drive from Alcohol then you can run it so to say from your harddrive.

[Bakkenez]

How do i do that???

[ToMMeR]

In Alcohol rightclick the virtual drive (AXV CD/DVD-ROM) and click "Mount Image" then just just select the mds file and u have a virtual drive with the virtual cd / image on

[Bakkenez]

thank you very much

[ToMMeR]

Your Welcome

[sextorio]

What if you don't have an mds file? can you still someway unpack the mdf?

[Phoenix]

Just recreate your image from the origional and your .mds file will be there with your .mdf file

[sextorio]

it's my buddies copy and he won't let me borrow it again, and all i have is the mdf files.

[Phoenix]

In that case as you don't own the original we can not offer you a solution

[sextorio]

Well in general is there a way to make an image from just an mdf file without the mds file? I bought alcohol and i would like to know if this is possible.And since i did buy this program i think i am entitled to at least know what it can do.

[Andareed]

No. The mdf file just contains raw data. Mds file contains how this data is formatted. Imagine a partioned hard disk except you don't know anything about where/what each partion is. Same problem here.