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Converting UIF Images


November 28, 2009

The Internet is considered to be an all-encompassing source of of info, and for all the right reasons. It’s easy to learn how to convert UIF files to ISO format from the Internet, be skimming one of the posts written on the topic. By using the Net for such articles, you will discover that the ISO format is considered better, as it is recognized by most applications. However, you should not ignore the UIF file format, as it offers a bunch of advantages as well, mostly in regards to its file compression capability.

If you want to find out how to convert .uif to .iso, then you should know that the software used most often is MagicISO. You can conver something by opening the disk image that’s in the .uif format, saving it as .iso (standard ISO format disk image) and typing in its new name. The next step is to simply save the new ISO disk image and the transformation will be over before you even start to realize it. The only annoyance with MagicISO (specifically, the trial version) is that you are only allowed to convert disk images that are under a certain dimension (300 Mb).

You can also use this application to burn files that are in the UIF format – one just has to find the tools menu and click to burn either a CD or DVD. Alternatively, you can first convert your UIF files to .iso, and then use the same tool or a free one in order to achieve successful burning. You can choose which of these two possibilities is best suited for your needs, depending on the amount of experience you possess in dealing with the computer and similar types of applications.

So what occurs if, on top of needing an .uif extractor, you also figure out you need to to mount files that are in the UIF format with MagicISO? No need to worry as that can also be easily solved. Once you have successfully mounted the disc image on the virtual drive, you will be able to use and copy data from the disc easily. To do this, the software needs an extension known as MagicDisc(freeware). The tutorials describing how to mount UIF files are abundant online as well, allowing all Internet users to accomplish it easily. In particular, you just select one of the virtual drives created by MagicISO and mount the UIF files onto it. It’s that simplistic and it won’t take more than a couple of minutes to complete.

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