How to open UIF file

Posted on August 19, 2008 at 5:28 am

Have you recently downloaded a UIF file and now want to mount it so that you can view the contents? A UIF file is actually a MagicISO CD/DVD image file. In order to view the contents, you have to first mount the UIF image file.

There are many formats for creating images files of CD/DVDs, but UIF is used because it provides better encryption and also has better compression. The most common format is ISO.

Unfortunately, MagicISO is not free, but you can still use the trial edition to decompress UIF files. First download the software and then start it up. Then click on Tools and Decompress UIF Image.

uif image

Choose the source file and the destination location for the ISO file. The nice thing is that MagicISO will convert the UIF file to ISO format, so you can then mount it using any virtual disk manager software.

decompress uif image

Now download MagicDisc, which is a free program, and install it. This program supports a large range of virtual disc formats including BIN, CIF, NRG, IMG, VCD, C2D, PDI, and lots more. It’s a great tool for managing virtual CD/DVD drives.

Now right-click on the MagicDisc icon on your desktop and expand Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, choose X: No Media and then choose Mount.

magicdisc mount

Find the decompressed ISO file on your computer and click Open! You should now be able to go to My Computer and browse the CD like a normal Windows drive. Enjoy!

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54 Responses to “How to open UIF file”

  1. About Online Tips said on : August 19th, 2008 at 6:25 am

    Did not knew about UIF..Thanks for updating my knowledge.

    –Chris


  2. G.D. said on : August 19th, 2008 at 9:57 am

    I’ve always used MagicDisc to mount the UIF files directly, without converting them to ISO first.


  3. Joe said on : August 19th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    The latest version (046) of Pismo File Mount Audit Package can mount UIF files, and there is a ptiso command line tool that can convert them to ISO or Compact ISO.

    pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/

    An undocumented feature in PFMAP allows you to do on-the-fly conversion of UIF (or DAA, ISZ, CISO) to ISO. For example, this allows you to use the free command line cdburn.exe and dvdburn.exe tools from Microsoft without having to first create the uncompressed ISO file on your hard drive.

    pfm mount c:\somefile.uif
    dvdburn c:\somefile.uif\.$media\image.iso


  4. Paul said on : September 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Hey your instructions worked very nice thank you so much!


  5. GhostRiderrr said on : September 9th, 2008 at 3:34 am

    very good website , Great knowledge ! Thanks alot


  6. katrhik said on : October 23rd, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    thank u very much. . . . .i was really troubling with an important UIF file. . . . .thanks 4 this piece of information…..


  7. Jeff said on : November 16th, 2008 at 5:48 am

    Stunning Mate!

    This info wasn’t available anywhere else and worked a treat!

    Thank You

    :-)


  8. Shana said on : December 3rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Worked like a charm! Many thanks.


  9. mougy said on : December 5th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    thnxx man,thats some good information.:D


  10. Komaravolu said on : December 6th, 2008 at 9:47 am

    only one word Thanks ….a .. lot


  11. suresh babu said on : December 16th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    very much thankful to you.
    Just because of this information I have opened around 50 books.
    Once again thanks for your great service.


  12. Robert Glover said on : January 6th, 2009 at 7:25 am

    Hi
    Is there a program for managing iso files that works in windows xp professional, no service packs installed? I need to mount and burn a dvd from an iso file. Everything you have said about iso files fails to work in xp pre-service packs, especially when iso is too big to burn to a cd.
    RG


  13. Mr M said on : March 1st, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Thanks!


  14. Smikius said on : March 18th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    thanx very much, helped a lot =]


  15. reniel said on : April 21st, 2009 at 11:00 pm

    thanks .. i learned a lot!


  16. tara said on : June 15th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    or you could just use this app on a mac.. simple and easy…

    http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/27409


  17. LIFESAVER101_aka_jd said on : October 17th, 2009 at 1:10 am

    Thankz man,…..u r guidance was awesome….Btw i will suggest to all the other readers that if they encounter any problem while opening .uif images with magic iso…den itz cuz the version is old…download the latest version of magic iso built 5.5….dat otta solve all your problems & ENjoy!!!!!!


  18. Bikash said on : October 26th, 2009 at 12:47 am

    Thank you very much. It really worked. Nice site. I will keep visiting.


  19. Lari said on : October 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am

    Thank you!
    It helped me a lot! Now I can view my files without any trouble at all!
    cheers!!!


  20. karthick said on : November 27th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    great site!! I was able to open my UIF file with your help!


  21. Vaidotas said on : December 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    There is also a tool to convert from UIF to ISO:

    aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm


  22. tejinder said on : December 14th, 2009 at 6:25 am

    thanks u sir :) I was able to finally open my UIF file.


  23. Tanise said on : December 18th, 2009 at 6:17 am

    Thanks! I had received a UIF file via email and didn’t know what to do with it!


  24. Padmanaban said on : December 25th, 2009 at 5:46 am

    Thanks!. I got a UIF file and didn’t know what to do with it!


  25. Dron Rathore said on : December 29th, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    That is great, but I need to open the UIF file on Linux! Can you tell me how to open it in Arch or Backtrack-4?


  26. vinod said on : January 23rd, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    Thanks for the info! I was wondering what a UIF file was!


  27. manikanta said on : January 26th, 2010 at 3:03 am

    Hi, I downloaded a UIF file. But when i opened .uif file to .iso (i.e., to decompress) its showing “the source file is not a valid UIF image!”. How can I open it?


  28. The Mac said on : February 4th, 2010 at 8:50 am

    You can use this software below to convert a UIF file to ISO. Then you can load up the ISO image or burn it to CD/DVD.

    http://www.crystalidea.com/free-uif-to-iso-converter-convert-uif-to-iso


  29. SAMRED said on : February 7th, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    HI , MAC ……… i downloaded the software u suggested (uif-to-iso) and tried to convert it ……. but it says “23:45:37 – Error: cannot seek to UIF header” and then “23:45:37 – Error: conversion failed”

    why is this happening ……….. ?!?!?!
    wht is the solution …….. ?!?!

    AHHHHH – by the way…my .uif file is a E-BOOK file…not cd/dvd file


  30. Akad said on : February 7th, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    Hay man thnx alot for this knowledge … this have helped me a lot … since I have downloaded a “.uif” file and I couldn’t mount it…now I can cuz it’s “.iso” image :D


  31. Sahil said on : February 8th, 2010 at 2:02 am

    I’m very indebted to you for learning how to open a UIF file! Thanks a loooot!!


  32. Delyana Teneva said on : February 11th, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    Hi ,

    You are a genius. Thank you very much. Every piece of the program was successfully installed and I’ve even tried it out. :)


  33. Uttan said on : February 13th, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    thanx…now able to open my UIF file…


  34. Siba said on : February 19th, 2010 at 5:02 am

    Thanks for this, very clear instructions. happy that I’ve learnt something new…..keep up the good work


  35. Casey said on : March 7th, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    Great post! I downloaded some UIF files from a torrent site and didn’t have a clue how to open them. This was a cinch! Thanks.


  36. Telia said on : March 17th, 2010 at 12:43 am

    Thanks for the clear info on what a UIF file is! My colleague sent me a few UIF files and I couldn’t figure out how to open them. Thanks!


  37. M kabir salihi said on : March 29th, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    thank you very much, this helped me with my work very much.


  38. M kabir salihi said on : March 29th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Dear Telia and Casey you can open the file by decompressing the file and you can do this by following this path
    click the (Tools) option on the task bar and go to the decompress uif image will solve ur problem

    Note (u can do this by installing magicIso software)


  39. Abhi said on : April 5th, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    thankx a lot…I was able to open my UIF file.


  40. rodel said on : April 7th, 2010 at 8:13 am

    Thanks a lot. That’s a great help.


  41. greg said on : April 27th, 2010 at 10:53 am

    great help. worked down to the T. perfect instructions. thanks very much!


  42. Charles said on : May 31st, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    Thanks a lot, I had never heard of a UIF file till today!


  43. balaji said on : June 17th, 2010 at 3:28 am

    Great post! I downloaded some UIF files from a torrent site and didn’t have a clue how to open them. This was a super content ! Thanks.


  44. Farid Gauhar said on : June 18th, 2010 at 4:51 am

    Thanks, guys. It worked. I have downloaded magicISO and according to the instructions, I have extracted my files.

    Thank you.


  45. no said on : June 22nd, 2010 at 1:47 am

    Very useful. thanks


  46. Lucy said on : July 21st, 2010 at 11:45 pm

    Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. You are a life saver!


  47. ben said on : September 4th, 2010 at 1:10 am

    Thanks a lot, I had never heard of a UIF file! Thanks


  48. Prabhu said on : September 6th, 2010 at 1:49 am

    Appreciate your inputs. I got to open my file in UIF format using the instructions given in the site.


  49. yasitha said on : October 26th, 2010 at 8:04 am

    thanx a lot…I tried many ways to open my UIF file, but couldn’t. This worked!


  50. prabhakar said on : November 2nd, 2010 at 6:40 am

    thanks buddy! someone sent me a UIF file and I had no clue what it was. till now.


  51. Lucky said on : November 9th, 2010 at 8:03 am

    thank u so much! before i didn’t know what a UIF was. Thanks for helping me.


  52. Sourav said on : August 25th, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    Many many thanks for giving suggestion that how to open an UIF file.


  53. Trifon said on : August 27th, 2011 at 6:44 am

    Unfortunately (after search “How to open *.UIF file” on Internet have found this article and comments) – I have Magic ISO version 5.2 (Build 0191) and it is not supporting the mentioned option -Tools-’Decompress UIF immage’ or some related with managing UIF files. Where I am wrong?


  54. Nightray Break said on : August 28th, 2011 at 2:58 am

    I am overwhelmed after downloading around 70 books but I was like “what the hell” when I saw it in one file… the so called “UIF” and I don’t know what to do with it >_<
    Luckily I saw your instruction, great help! Thanks!! ^^


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