Go to the directory containing the file you want to view. You can change directories by typing "cd" followed by the full directory name. If you want to return to the default directory you were in when you first opened PowerShell, type:.
In general the command to view a file called say "file. However, if you do that, and your file is larger than a few bytes or so, the contents will be dumped in one fell swoop onto the screen, scrolling off at great speed, until the entire file has been displayed. As such, you will probably want to send the output to a program called "more" which will let you see the contents one screenful at a time. To do that, type the following instead:. As always, when working on the command line, you will need to type the ENTER key after the command before PowerShell will act on your instructions.
If your filename has spaces in it, put quotation marks around it, like this:. The " " character, called a "pipe" in this context, sends the output of format-hex as though through a pipe hence the name to another program called "more".
The latter lets you page forward through the file, one screenful or one line at a time. To see the next screenful, type the space bar on your keyboard. There is no way to scroll back. If you actually need to go back to an earlier screen, one way is to quit the program and redo the command again. To terminate the program before you reach the end of the file eg, if you have already found what you were looking for, or if you accidentally paged forward past the part you wanted to see and needed to start again , type "q" without the quotation marks to quit.
Alternatively, you can also click the "x" button on the top right hand side of the window in the usual way. While "more" is generally useful for viewing a file one screenful at a time, if you need to page up and down repeatedly, its inability to scroll back can be very frustrating.
In such a case, it may be worth the effort to save the output that "format-hex" produces as a text file, so that you can use a normal plain text editor like Notepad to view it. This produces a file called "file. You can of course name the file anything you want.
Both "file. Then open "file. This allows you to page up and down through the output as much as you like. Windows 7, 8, 8. Such a text file can then be viewed in any plain text editor , including Notepad, which comes with Windows.
Click the Start menu and type "cmd". The words "Command Prompt" should appear at the top. This opens a command prompt window. The exact words will be different on your computer, since you are unlikely to have the same Windows account name as me.
If you want to return to the default directory you were in when you first opened Command Prompt, type:. To view the contents of say "file. Actually, you can name the temporary text file anything you want. Open the folder with the BIN. Create a CUE file if one does not exist. Click Burn. Test the disc. Did this summary help you? Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers. Please log in with your username or email to continue. No account yet?
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Download Article Explore this Article methods. Related Articles. Article Summary. Method 1. Find your files. Create a CUE file if you don't have one. Keep the quotation marks. Save the file to the same folder as the BIN file. CUE extension.
Click the "Save as type" drop-down menu and select "All Files". Give the file a. Open your burning program. Load the image file. Once the image file is loaded, you should see a readout showing how much space the image will take on the disc.
Start burning. Once you've verified that the image has loaded correctly, insert a blank disc and start burning. Once the burn is complete, test the disc by inserting it into the device you burned it for. Ensure that everything loads correctly, and that any tracks are in the right spot.
Method 2. Install virtual drive software. A virtual drive will emulate a physical optical drive in your computer, and will allow you to "mount" the image file in it. This tricks your computer into thinking a disc has been inserted, and the image is loaded just as if it was running from a disc. There are several virtual drive options available. WinCDEmu is one of the most popular ones available for free.
Mounting the image will only work if the image is designed to run on a computer. For example, mounting an image of an old console game will not load anything, because the disc originally only works on that console. Mount the image. Right-click on this icon, hover over one of the fake drives, and then select Mount Image.
Browse the CUE file on your hard drive. Once you've found the CUE file, load it to mount the image. Open the disc. Once the image is mounted, your computer will act as if a physical disc has just been inserted.
This means Autoplay might open, or you might be asked what you want to do with the disc. The messages you receive depend on the contents of the disc as well as your system settings. Method 3. Download a conversion program. Once you change it to an ISO file, you will be able to mount or burn the file with many more programs.
One of the most popular free conversion programs is MagicISO. Open the converter tool. Convert the file. This may take a few minutes. Mount the ISO file. Once the file has been converted, you can mount it using a virtual drive. Burn the ISO file. You can burn ISO files to discs using most burning programs. See this guide for more details.
Explore the ISO file. You can use programs like MagicISO to explore the contents of the ISO file, allowing you to copy specific files from within the archive. Luigi Oppido. Open it in a simple text editor like WordPad or Notepad.
It's just going to be a lot of unreadable data in programmer's English.
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