What is the MDF format and what file MDF file opens with

　　What is the MDF file

MDF (Mirror Disc file) is a kind of optical disk image files, usually we use BT or other peer-to-peer software to download games or large documents, especially on the internet, the spread of game files often in MDF files, in fact MDF files and MDS files to use.

Open MDF files commonly used software: Daemon Tools, alcohol 120%, Winmount, Oriental CD-ROM, such as the Magician. The mirrored file is inserted into the virtual CD drive, and the file is automatically run, so you do not need to burn the disc.

　　What's the MDF file for?

You can use the latest WinRAR decompression to open and so on. What is the use of this format file, in fact, it is easy to think, it will be a specific series of files in a certain format to create a single file to facilitate users to download and use, such as a beta version of the operating system, games and so on.

Not only does the mirrored file have the "compositing" feature of the ZIP compression package, its most important feature is that it can be identified by specific software and can be burned directly onto the disc. In fact, the common sense of the mirror file can be extended again, in the mirror file can contain more information. such as system files, boot files, partition table information, etc., so that the mirrored file can contain a partition or even a hard drive all the information.

The classic software for using such a mirrored file is Ghost, which also has the ability to burn, but it only keeps the mirrored file itself on the disc, and the usual burning software can burn the contents of the supported mirror files directly onto the disc. The purpose is only one, user-friendly installation, save space and so on.