How do I Open or Mount a Bin File Without a Cue File?

Contributed by AlexTheBeast

May 14, 2005

Tagged: Windows

You downloaded a CD image in a bin format. However, nothing will read it. Here’s what you do.

You just downloaded the latest, baddest program from some torrent somewhere. However, it’s just a bunch of bin files. You realize these are CD images or ISOs… but you don’t know how to run them.

You just create a text file that is named the exact same thing as your bin file except with a cue extension. In this text file you need this information:

Step-by-step:

1. Right click on a blank space in the same folder
2. Select new text document
3. Double click to open your New Text Document.txt
4. Paste this into the file:
FILE "gameiso.bin" BINARY TRACK 01 MODE1/2352 INDEX 01 00:00:00

Make sure you edit gameiso.bin to the exact name of your bin file.

5. Click File menu
6. Click Save
7. Click the Red X to close it
8. Right click the New Text Document.txt and select Rename
9. Rename it like your bin file except with a cue extension:
[gameiso.cue

10. Now any program that can read CD-rom ISOs (nero, alcohol, etc) should be ready to read the file.

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Anonymous

How do you know what MODE information to include in that text file?

mojo jojo

Not all CD's start where you have pointed, infact some have more points of entry for certain things.

Not trashing the idea, it has some bits which would not work on some cd's/dvd's.

Anonymous

This just didn't work for me, dunno why, just my cue file wasn't a real one.

Anonymous

works like a charm : well done!!! :lol:

Anonymous

Thanks for sharing but I have a question... What if you have multiple BIN files but they all go towards a single game. I downloaded the Sims 2 Complete and there are like 6 BIN files and no Cue file, only a .exe file. I'm confused as to if I create 6 cue files or just 1... Please help.

Anonymous

toy with mode settings in daemon tools... if MOUNT it successful then its safe to burn

or play with one of these
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~glabr047/cueator.html

this recipe is WOEFULLY INSUFFICIENT given the complexity of cue syntax
http://digitalx.org/cuesheetsyntax.php

Anonymous

I'm perplexed. I created the text file exactly as described. I right click the file name and clicked RENAME. I typed TCNYC CD1.CUE. My resulting file was a text file named TCNYC.CUE 1KB Text document. The file type did not change.

KAI

why do [list]

davak

The [list] text was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out. The tutorial has been updated.

KAI

i dont get why u put [list]

nono

Sometimes what it takes is to rename from name.bin to name.iso and no amount of .cue knowledge will help.

dsfsd

u can also extract the bin using win rar then create another image using magic iso

fsd

Yes it works for .bin files!!!

Thanks alot

mithu

thank-u-so-much
it-works

zappo23

Easy way to do it. DON'T rename the file AFTER you save it. When you go to save it, simply save it as .cue and it will work. I've done this several times and it has not failed me once. This is how I saved it.
*.txt >>> /you see this in the save box
Delete that and insert "gameiso.cue"
Save it, and you have your new image file.

chelsea the best

that's not working i tryied to install emergency 4 wich has a bin file and it didn't work

hhh

Kick ass dude , i didnt knew it was this simple.

Anonymous

You are a life saver, Thanks

Keikaku

Honestly, if you're using Daemon Tools, you can just mount the BIN file~
No need for a CUE.

time2retire

Thank you.

francisco

great solution, congratulations!!

Smiffy

in control panel - folder options make sure u have unslected hide file exstentions etc......

hytham

thank you
thank you
thank you
:-)
after i download 4.5 giga
it was a BIN file which did not open
i look on the net
nothing
until i found this
and it worked
thank you
thank you
thank you

Ax

open notepad Write all that he says then Save as Gameiso.cue
BUT REMEMBER THE OPTION UNDER THE NAME, TO SAVE IT AS ALL FILES NOT AS .txt
AS .CUE

miki [ro]

at " FILE “yourbinfilenamehere.bin” BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00 " please remove the " " from “yourbinfilenamehere.bin” . some peoples can include the " " in the text file and with them doesn't work.

crax

THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!! :D

rizz

didnt work, it named my file playboymansion-1.cue.txt

rizz

saved it as all types, playboymansion-1.cue, but mounting it just freezes my pc, thanks for the bullshit post.

sadf

do in ANSI it will work

Thank you

wow, you are amazing thanks :D:D:D:D:D

Mel slade

Thank you so much this worked a treat. Thank you thank you thank you.

B

Putting .cue doesn't actually change the file type. Therefore Daemon tools won't read it. Is there some way to change the actual file type?

B

NVM, I went into my control panel and un-hid file types so I could really change it to .cue instead of of just naming it .cue.txt ;) works great. Thank you!

Ryan

If you have Daemon tools installed you can just mount the .bin. Change file type to "all files" so you see the .bin and double click it, it will mount.

anonymko

thx very much, dude...

adeev

thanks u brother

anik

thank you very much......................it works..........................:D

anonumous

thanx man , u rock

Leishtek

sorry, but NOT all bin/cue files will have a single mode. so data CDs, for instance, will have multiple lines because the image MUST be written to certain sectors. This is because of copy protection! Keep that in mind. Look up cue on 'wikipedia.org' site.

Charter

If I have renamed my bin file and forgot the original name can this be done by matching both files name or I need to find the original name of my bin file to fit with my .cue text document ? =/

Francis

Hey you a hell of a good taught. May god bless you with more for us

MIKE.UA

Thanks a lot, its work ;)

X32WaysToDie

lol well i downloaded civcity rome... and you dont even have to do any of this... lol i just used daemon tools, and the window that youre using from daemon tools has a little drop down bar in the lower right corner asking which files to display, well just click that and change it to all files or whatever it says, then when you see the bin file just double click it and it works. lol thanks to whoever originally put this on here, but it didnt work for me, so i experimented and found that you dont evn have to go through this lol

andrewxx

lol:))...thx help me a lot

guest

great thanks

Moiz

This was extremely helpful. Thanks!

Efras

this is in case your missing your cue file....dudes!!! and it willl WORK

andy

this method works perfect for me, thanks people

yanniz

If you have problems do like said above remove the "tags".

Thank you very much! Good job!

to save as cue file just open file, press save as then change "save as .txt file" to "save as all filetypes"

Then it should work even on vista!

Good luck all and Thank you!

gwilym1971

worked great for me. thanks. Great tip for the future.

Name

Thanks.

rayragas

great help. works like a charm

celia26

Thank you! :)

celia26

Thank you! :)

khi_dot_mama

Thanks so much. You're a great help.

videep

I tried doing thist it didnt work for me....
I have windows 7...And Nero 7..

Shiju David

i cant open bin files

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