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This is an article on how to open a drive file (.img) on a Windows or macOS computer. The .img file is a representation of the file system – you can mount it as a drive or open it in an application like WinZip.
Steps
Mount to drive (on Windows)
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Press ⊞ Win + E . This is the operation to open Windows Explorer on Windows.
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Open the folder where the .img file is saved.
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Double-click the .img file. Windows will mount the .img file as a drive and display the data.
- To copy a file from the .img to another folder on your computer, you’ll drag it into the optional folder.
- When done, you need to unmount the .img file. To do this, drag the scroll bar to the left pane of File Explorer, right-click the installed .img “drive”, and then click Eject .
Extract in WinZip (on Windows)
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Open WinZip on a Windows computer. You can usually find it in the All Apps section of the Start menu.
- If you don’t have WinZip on your computer, you can download it for free from http://www.winzip.com/win/en/ .
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Click the Open icon. It’s the blue open folder near the top left corner of WinZip.
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Select Disk images (*.img, *.iso, *.vhd, *.vmdk) in the drop-down list. You will see it in the lower right corner of the window.
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Access the directory where the .img file is saved.
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Select the .img file and click Open . The screen immediately displays a confirmation message.
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Click Yes, unzip the files to (fpder name) (Yes, unzip the file to (folder name)). This will unzip the file to the specific directory (created in the directory where the *.img file is saved).
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Press ⊞ Win + E . This is the operation to open File Explorer.
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Find the directory where the *.img file is saved. The new folder (with the name of the .img file) is already visible in this folder.
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Double-click the new folder. The data of the *.img file is displayed. You can now double-click any file to open it in the default application.
Mount to drive (on macOS)
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Open Finder 
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. This is the program displayed on the Dock that you usually find at the bottom of the screen.
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Find the directory where the .img file is saved.
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Double-click the .img file. This will mount the file as a drive (shown on the main screen). Besides, the screen also appears a new window with the files in *.img.
- To copy a file from the .img to another folder on your computer, you’ll drag it into the optional folder.
- When done, you need to unmount the .img file. To do this, return to the home screen, and then drag the new drive (.img) to the Eject icon at the bottom of the screen (where the trash icon is usually located).
More action for Win7 with WinRAR
Open WinRAR or any file that can be opened in WinRAR
Find the IMG file.
Right click on the IMG file, and click “Show archive contents”.
- You can now open files in IMG . files
- To copy a file from .img to another folder on your computer, you need to drag it to the optional folder.
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