alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .IMG

File description

These extensions store raw images of floppy disks, hard drives, and optical discs.

What are they? - 1. Floppy disks are a medium sized storage device composed of thin, flexible magnetic storage that is sealed in a plastic carrier; 2. Hard drives are data storage devices used for storing and retrieving digital information; 3. Optical discs are a flat, circular disc that encodes binary data.

This file extension was originally used only for floppy disks images. Since then, the IMG file has been greatly extended. The typical file size of the raw disk image is 512 bytes, but there are other sizes such as 128 bytes and 1024 bytes.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .IMG file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .IMG extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .IMG file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .IMG file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

Disk Image Files

Developer

Apple

Popularity

File name: Macintosh Disk Image

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

All Image

Floppy Image

Mac OS

Apple Disk Utility

Category

Disk Image Files

Developer

N/A

Popularity

File name: Disc Image Data File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

CloneCD

ImgBurn

IsoBuster

MagicISO

UltraISO

Virtual CD

Category

GIS Files

Developer

ERDAS

Popularity

File name: ERDAS IMAGINE Image File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

ArcGIS Desktop

ERDAS IMAGINE

GDAL

Category

Game Files

Developer

Rockstar Games

Popularity

File name: Grand Theft Auto Data File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Grand Theft Auto 3

Grand Theft Auto 4

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

IMG Tool

ImgEd

OpenIV

SparkIV

Category

GIS Files

Developer

Garmin

Popularity

File name: Garmin Map File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

cGPSmapper

Garmin Mobile PC

GPS Map Manager

MapSetToolKit

MapUpload

Sendmap

Linux

cGPSmapper

Category

Disk Image Files

Developer

N/A

Popularity

File name: Floppy Disk Image

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

DiskCopy

RawWrite

Linux

RawWrite

Category

Raster Image Files

Developer

Novell

Popularity

File name: GEM Image

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Adobe Photoshop

CorelDRAW

GEM Paint

PaintShop Pro

Ventura Publisher

WordPerfect Offic

Mac OS

Adobe Photoshop

Remember!

The .IMG file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .IMG extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .IMG file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .IMG file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .IMG file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .IMG file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .IMG file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .IMG file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.