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How do u open .SMI.BIN files in Win

Original Message
Name: El-Trucha
Date: March 15, 2004 at 11:38:13 Pacific
Subject: How do u open .SMI.BIN files in Win
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 1.4 GHz/224 MB
Comment:
Can someone PLEASE tell me how to open .SMI.BIN Mac files in Windows???
Also, what are those files for???
Thanx! ;)

El-Trucha


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Response Number 1
Name: balance
Date: March 15, 2004 at 17:01:56 Pacific
Subject: How do u open .SMI.BIN files in Win
Reply: (edit)
A .SMI.BIN file is a MacBinary encoded Macintosh disk image file. Self Mounting Image (SMI) files are usually used to distribute Mac OS programs, and MacBinary is used to preserve Mac OS metadata when files are transferred over the Internet.

On a Mac, we would first use Stuffit Expander (to get rid of the .BIN encoding) and then Disk Copy (to mont the .SMI image) with these files. I don't know of any way to open them under Windows, and there may not be much point, since it's probably a Mac application (which won't run under Windows, anyway.)


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Response Number 2
Name: El-Trucha
Date: March 15, 2004 at 18:02:40 Pacific
Subject: How do u open .SMI.BIN files in Win
Reply: (edit)
Yeah...ur right, because I can't open it with StuffIt Expander in Windows...so the only way to open it is in a Mac...and I don't have one!!
Do you know where to download a version of MacOS that doesn't come encoded in .BIN??
Because I also have some thing that is .IMG.BIN...so maybe if I get it without the .BIN, I can do the images...
Thanx!

El-Trucha


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Response Number 3
Name: asheATL23
Date: March 25, 2004 at 23:57:39 Pacific
Subject: How do u open .SMI.BIN files in Win
Reply: (edit)
.BIN -> Macbinary II Encoded File... (MacOS)

Not sure what content is in the .bin file.. game, program, images? But if it's on a CD this might work: VirtualDrive CD/DVD Emulator v.7.11

VirtualDrive emulates your computer`s CD/DVD-ROM drive, which enables you to run CD and DVD programs, such as games, music CDs, and DVD videos directly from your hard drive without the use of the physical CD/DVD-ROM drive or the actual disc. VirtualDrive copies the CD or DVD image directly to your hard drive.

Download here:
http://www.softaward.com/688.html
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Or if it's a .bin file saved on your PC and it's a game? Try this:
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/portal/daemonhelp.php

DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running Backup Copies of SafeDisc (C-Dilla), Securom, Laserlock, CDCOPS, StarForce and Protect CD (and many others) protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive (Generic DVD-ROM) enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD! DAEMON Tools works under Windows9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with all types of CD/DVDROM drives (IDE/SCSI) and supports nearly any CD protection.

DAEMON Tools needs a 1:1 Copy to run!!
DAEMON Tools is used to RUN GAMES, NOT TO BURN THEM!!! Means emulation must be active while you want to play a game, not while burning the copy (except for you want to use DAEMON Tools' "fastdump" feature on a safedisc protected CD).
If you want to run a copy protected application from an image mounted to a Generic DVD-ROM enabling the copy protection emulation(s) is NOT necessary!!
Generic DVD-ROM is able to run nearly every protected or unprotected CD image (Safedisc®, Securom®, Laserlock®, Lockblocks® etc.) like it was the original CD! Just do an image file using one of the supported burning programs and mount it with Daemon Manager!
DAEMON Tools supports the following image files:

cue/bin
iso
ccd (CloneCD)
bwt (Blindwrite)
mds (Media Descriptor File)
cdi (Discjuggler)
nrg (Nero)
pdi (Instant CD/DVD)
b5t (BlindWrite 5)


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Or try these conversion tools?


Info on type conversion - http://www.imagemontage.com/Docs/DOSSuffix.html


MagicISO download - http://www.softaward.com/2083.html

MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file editor, CD burner, and CD/DVD backup tool. It can directly create, edit, extract and burner ISO files, It also can convert almost all CD/DVD image formats to ISO/BIN/CUE. With MagicISO, you can handle DVD image up to 10GB; make cd image files from CD/DVD-ROM; also can burn ISO files and another CD/DVD image files (BIN, IMG, CIF, NRG, BWI,VCD and so on) to CD-R/RW;burn CD image files in ISO9660, Joliet, and UDF format; edit properties of CD/DVD image files; it has the ability to correct volume serial number after editing original CD/DVD image file.can search files or directories with wildcard characters in CD/DVD image file; can extract, rename, delete, open the found files; improved CD/DVD image file detecting engine; supports burning CD on USB connection CD-R/RW driver; fixed some minor error.
Features:
1.Process almost all CD-ROM image file(s) including (ISO,BIN,NRG,CRF,BWI,IMG,etc).
2.Ability to directly add/delete/rename/extract file(s) within image files.
3.Convert image files to the standard ISO format(Include Convert BIN to ISO,NRG to ISO,CIF to ISO etc).
4.Backup CD to your hard disk.
5.Burn CD with most of CD image file(include ISO,BIN,NRG,CIF etc)
6.Supports ISO 9660 Level1/2/3 and Joliet extension
7.Duplicate disc to ISO file from CD-ROM.
8.MagicISO embed with Windows Explorer.
9.You can convert almost all image file formats, and save it as a standard ISO format file.
10.Edit ISO file in many format(such as Nero burning ROM, Easy CD Creator, CDRWin, CloneCD, BlindWrite, etc).
11.Select some files or directories, and then create the ISO based on these files.
12.Make bootable ISO file.
13.Because of its file associations, you can simply double click an ISO file in Windows Explorer to open it.
14.Very easy to use interface but powerful enough for an expert.


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If the above prog doesn't work.. try this one--> StuffITExpander - For Windows - I know you said you tried this, but I think it you buy it instead of using the trail version - it should work.

A MacBinary file (.BIN) is similar to AppleSingle in that it combines the data and resource forks in a single file. This isn't a normal attachment encoding but rather is used when transfering Macintosh files via another operating system as in storing on a file server or web site. There are utilities for extracting the data fork including StuffIt Expander

http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/index.html


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Response Number 4
Name: Scottbomb16
Date: April 4, 2004 at 10:56:39 Pacific
Subject: How do u open .SMI.BIN files in Win
Reply: (edit)
how do you make system 7.5.3 disks in windows? (note: i have a mac with system 7.5.3, i want to reinstall the os)


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