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

Contributor Icon Contributed by AlexTheBeast Date Icon May 14, 2005  
Tag Icon 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:

    FILE “yourbinfilenamehere.bin” BINARY
    TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

Step-by-step:

    Say you have a file called gameiso.bin

    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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