alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .MDF

File description

An MDF file is a Mirror Disk File, a proprietary disc image file format which is now recognized by multiple disc authoring and imaging tools. The MDF file is an image of an optical disk on a computer hard disk drive. ISO image files and MDF image file contain a raw image of the optical disk, a bit-for-bit copy of the information on the disk. Disk reading programs can read the MDF file on the computer HDD as if it a real optical disk. Unlike an ISO image, the MDF image can contain multiple layers and multiple disc tracks.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .MDF 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 .MDF extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .MDF 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 .MDF 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

Alcohol Software

Popularity

File name: Media Disc Image File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Alcohol 120%

AnyToISO

Blindwrite

DAEMON Tools

IsoBuster

MagicISO

PowerDVD

PowerISO

UltraIso

Virtual CD

Category

Database Files

Developer

Microsoft

Popularity

File name: SQL Server Database File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Visual Studio

Category

Data Files

Developer

N/A

Popularity

File name: Measurement Data Format File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

CANape

MDF Validator

Category

Misc Files

Developer

SDL

Popularity

File name: Translation Memory Data Find File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

SDL Trados

Remember!

The .MDF file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .MDF 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 .MDF file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .MDF 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 .MDF file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .MDF file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .MDF 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 .MDF 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.