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This How.com.vn teaches you how to open a disk image file (.img) on Windows or macOS. An .img file is exact image of a file system—you can either mount it as a drive or open it in an app like WinZip.
Steps
Press ⊞ Win+E. This opens the Windows File Explorer.[1]
Open the folder that contains the .img file.Advertisement
Double-click the .img file. Windows will mount the .img as a disk and display its contents.- To copy a file from the .img to another folder on the computer, drag it to the desired location.
- When you’re finished, unmount the .img file. To do this, scroll down the left panel of the File Explorer, right-click the mounted .img “drive,” then click Eject.
Open WinZip on your PC. You’ll usually find it in the All Apps area of the Start menu.[2]- If you don’t have WinZip on your computer, you can download it for free from https://www.winzip.com/en/.
Click the Open icon. It’s the open blue folder near the top-left corner of WinZip.
Select Disk images (*.img, *.iso, *.vhd, *.vmdk) from the drop-down menu. It’s at the bottom-right corner of the window.
Navigate to the folder that contains the .img file.[3]
Select the .img file and click Open. A confirmation message will appear.
Click Yes, unzip the files to (folder name). This extracts the files to the specified folder (which will be created in the folder where the *.img file is saved).[4]
Press ⊞ Win+E. This opens the File Explorer.
Browse to the folder where the *.img is saved. A new folder (with the name of the .img file) now appears in this folder.
Double-click the new folder. The contents of the *.img file now appear. You can now double-click any of the files to open them in their default apps.
Open Finder. It’s on the Dock, which you’ll usually find at the bottom of the screen.[5]
Browse to the folder that contains the .img file.
Double-click the .img file. This will mount the file as a drive (shown on your desktop). It also opens a window that contains the files inside the *.img.[6]- To copy a file from the .img to another folder on the computer, drag it to the desired location.
- When you’re finished, unmount the .img file. To do this, go to the desktop, then drag the new drive (the .img) to the Eject icon at the bottom of the screen (where the Trash is usually located).
Open WinRAR Or Any other file which opens in WinRAR.[7]
Then Browse to the IMG file.
Right Click on the IMG file, Now click on the "Show archive contents".- Now you can open the files inside the IMG file
- To copy a file from the .img to another folder on the computer, drag it to the desired location.
Community Q&A
- QuestionWhen I try to open the file, I get an error saying that "it does not appear to have a valid archive". What should I do?
The coding catCommunity AnswerThis issue may require an in-depth look, so contacting Microsoft support and explaining your issue to them. Hopefully they can be of assistance.
Tips
References
- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-and-open-file-explorer-ef370130-1cca-9dc5-e0df-2f7416fe1cb1
- ↑ https://www.winzip.com/en/learn/file-formats/img/
- ↑ https://kb.winzip.com/help/help_extract_7.htm
- ↑ https://www.winzip.com/en/learn/tips/extract-files/#how-to
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201732
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-hk/guide/mac-help/mchlp1700/mac
- ↑ https://www.rarlab.com/
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