File extension BIN
| File type | CD/DVD Binary Image Format |
| Developer | N/A |
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What is a BIN file?
The extension .BIN belongs to the files of the type Binary Disc Image. This is a disk image file created from an optical disk and stores the data in binary format. This file can be mounted as a virtual physical drive using virtual drive management software.
The file structure of the binary disk image files allows the users to store metadata of the disk image along with the data related to the disk. Moreover, the .BIN file itself can be a part of a larger file like a .cue file which holds metadata along with the data in a single image.
Program(s) that can open the .BIN file
Mac OS
How to open BIN files
If you cannot open the BIN file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports BIN among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the BIN file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the BIN format files
The inability to open and operate the BIN file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the CD/DVD Binary Image Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a BIN file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the BIN file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the BIN from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the BIN format
- The BIN file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the BIN file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a BIN file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the BIN file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the BIN file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the BIN file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
Similar extensions
| .adz | Amiga Emulator Compressed ADF Format |
| .aff | Advanced Forensics Format Disk Image |
| .ashdisc | Ashampoo Disk Image Format |
| .atr | Atari 8-bit Disk Image |
| .avhd | Microsoft Hyper-V Differencing Disk Format |
| .b5i | BlindWrite Image Format |
| .b5t | BlindWrite Image Format |
| .b6i | BlindWrite Image Format |
This extension
can be converted to:
- BIN to IMG
- BIN to B5T
- BIN to C2D
- BIN to CCD
- BIN to DAA
- BIN to DMG
- BIN to ISO
- BIN to ISZ
- BIN to NRG
- BIN to UIF
- BIN to VCD
- BIN to AA
- BIN to ASHDISC
- BIN to B64
- BIN to B6I
- BIN to CDI
- BIN to PDF
- BIN to RAR
- BIN to ZIP
- BIN to MDF
- BIN to BWS
- BIN to BZ2
- BIN to DAO
- BIN to DSK
- BIN to GI
- BIN to GZ
- BIN to IMA
- BIN to LHA
- BIN to MGX
- BIN to UDF
- BIN to UIBAK
- BIN to VDI
- BIN to 000
- BIN to B01
- BIN to B5L
- BIN to DEB
- BIN to DXF
How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.BIN) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected BIN file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program", then click "Browse" and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the BIN file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. BIN) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.