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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18 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.

    http://www.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. 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!!!!!!


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

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


  18. 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!!!


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