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    Default HELP i download a game but its in .MDF & mds format?

    I download a psx game and the big file is .MDF and the other file is .mds

    it doesnt work at all with epsxe,any ideas?

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    Use Daemon Tools, (it will create a virtual CD-DVD drive in your comp) and mount the mds file with it. Now run the emu and play the game as if were in the virtual drive.

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    Alcohol 120%'s native image format. Mount it with that program, and run as disc. Or you could mount it an re-rip it into BIN/CUE so it'll work with ePSXe natively.

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    Mount the game with Daemon Tools and the run it in ePSXe from File > Run CDROM

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    ok thanks guys,sorry im a Daemon tools noob,ok i want to make it into a BIN/CUE,how would i do that? ive got Daemon tools and iso buster

    edit-dont worry i made it into a iso with alcohol120%
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    Just out of curiosity, is there a way to directly convert a MDF into an ePSXe-readable format with Alcohol 120%? What I've been doing is mounting the MDF to a virtual drive and then making an CCD using that virtual drive as the source, but I wonder if there is a more direct way.

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    why not just mount it in the virtual drive and run it as a cd. anyway the way your doing it is quite direct and takes about the same amount of time as any other way.

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    I use isobuster to convert images to bin/cue. IMO bin/cue is the way to go, for emulation or straight up burning.
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    What DementedLullaby said

    Quote Originally Posted by Zorlon
    Using ISOBuster open your PSX CD image with ISOBuster right click on CD then move your mouse over Extract CD then move your mouse to RAW (*.bin, *.iso) and click it, give the *.bin a filename and click on Save


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