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DOSgamercrazy

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    How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
    « on: September 26, 2010, 12:43:46 PM »
    I have a whole bunch of games, they were in .IMG format, each file size is around 1.4MB, I assume they are the old Floppy image file ?

    How do you unpack them ? I have tried dcf5, winimge, none worked. I remember I used to be able to unpack them all using some kind dos command (or may be 3rd party) back in 1994, 1995, but it's been too long.

    All help appreciated.

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    Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
    « Reply #1 on: September 26, 2010, 12:59:01 PM »

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      Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
      « Reply #2 on: September 26, 2010, 01:00:26 PM »
      Yeah I tried that, it does'nt work, It won't recongize the file.

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      Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
      « Reply #3 on: September 26, 2010, 01:11:05 PM »
      Are the files on the original floppy disks?  If so, the media tends to degrade over time and may be unuseable.

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        Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
        « Reply #4 on: September 26, 2010, 01:16:33 PM »
        I remember there used to be some kind dos command to be able to unpack those IMG files. No windows program was needed. I am sure I can still find it somewhere on the internet, but I just can't remember the name of that command.

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        Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
        « Reply #5 on: September 26, 2010, 01:46:59 PM »
        The computer you are attempting to unpack them on is using what version of Windows?
        There is no DOS since Windows 2000.

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          Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
          « Reply #6 on: September 26, 2010, 02:30:31 PM »
          I think those .IMG are not the normal Floppy IMG files, There's some kind of tool that I found on another 1996 CD ROM, it's called UNDISK, apperently it's designed to open those .IMG and .DDI files.



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            Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
            « Reply #7 on: September 26, 2010, 02:49:18 PM »
            actuallly HD-Copy will do, but that requires a floppy drive which i don't have. sucky.

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              Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
              « Reply #8 on: September 26, 2010, 02:53:56 PM »
              Yay, I used Undisk successfully unpacked all of the .IMG files for 3Ds, some old games and other goodies. This is so awesome !!!

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                Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
                « Reply #9 on: April 12, 2018, 03:37:59 PM »
                What Dos program can extract an xxx.img file? I only use Linux.
                I only ASK question if I don't know and I want to know.

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                Re: How do I unpack the old DOS .IMG files ?
                « Reply #10 on: April 12, 2018, 04:26:32 PM »
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