Support for third party/proprietary image formats

[Shantanu Gadgil]

This is a quick (and basic) 'howto', to convert proprietary image formats like daa, uif, isz, etc to plain old ISO.

 

First things first ... please stop bothering the author with (silly) requests for the "newest and best" image format for the warez that you have just downloaded!

 

The solution is this ...

 

1) get the "virtual device creator" from the manufacturer of that file format; .daa -> PowerISO, .uif -> MagicDisc (from MagicISO), etc, etc.

2) Mount the (usually warez) image in a newly created virtual drive of that tool (PowerISO, MagicDisc, etc).

3) Use ImgBurn to "READ" from this virtual drive and save to ISO.

4) Unmount and delete the unwanted image file ... enjoy the .ISO file.

 

I have mentioned a straightforward and tedious method of doing this, there are, ofcourse, other methods too, which Google can help with.

 

Oh, and did I mention, please stop bothering the author, he has better things to do than keep saying "No" to every such request!

 

Regards,

Shantanu