Tips to open HDI file
Can't open the HDI file? You are not the only one. Thousands of users face similar problems every day. Below you will find tips on how to open HDI files as well as a list of programs that support HDI files.
HDI file extension
The HDI file is supported on 1 operating systems. Depending on your operating system, you may need different software to handle the HDI files. Below is a summary of the number of programs that support and open the HDI file on each system platform.
What is HDI file?
The file in the HDI format belongs to the Disk Image Files category. Disk Image Files consists of 203 similar files. Hard Disk Image appears on 1 operating systems as a functional file. Although it can be found with greater or lesser success on any operating system, it will only be useful on Windows. There are also 1 alternative programs to handle the HDI file. You can use T98-Next in case Anex86 cannot be used.
How to open HDI file?
An often recurring problem with Hard Disk Image is that HDI is not associated with the correct program file. This causes the file HDI to open by system applications not designed for this purpose, or to display a message that there is no associated program. How to solve such a problem?
The first thing you should do is just "doubleclick" on the HDI file icon you want to open. If the operating system has an appropriate application to support it and there is also an association between the file and the program, the file should be opened.
Step 1. Install Anex86
An often overlooked issue is to make sure that Anex86 is installed on the computer. This can be achieved by typing Anex86 into the operating system search engine. If it is not, installation may solve the problem, as most applications create file associations during installation. Later in this article you will find a list of programs that can open HDI files.
Programs to open HDI file
Remember to download programs supporting HDI files only from verified and safe sources. We suggest using the websites of software developers.
Step 2. Create association of Anex86 with HDI files
If the application is or has been freshly installed, but the HDI file still does not use the Anex86 program, it means no association. It is most convenient to call the context menu with the right mouse button and select Properties. The displayed window will contain information about the program that supports this type of file. Changes can be made using the "Change" button. It may happen that in the next window there will be no appropriate program - however, this can be corrected with the "Browse" option where you should manually indicate the program location. The "always use the selected program ..." field will set the Anex86 application as the default for handling the HDI file.
Step 3. Update Anex86 to the latest version
If, despite the association of the Anex86 program with the Hard Disk Image file, the file still does not open, check the program version and possibly update it to the newest version.
Step 4. Check for the following problems with the HDI file
If the above steps do not help, you can assume that the file itself is not correct. This could be due to the file itself, the cleanest issues are:
The affected file may be 0 KB or smaller than expected. This suggests truncating the HDI file contents when downloading or copying. The file should be downloaded again, making sure that the process has finished correctly.
The most common cause here is computer viruses. A quick virus scan using an up-to-date antivirus program should clear up any doubts. Some antivirus vendors also provide free online scanners. The scan should cover the entire computer, not only the HDI file that we want to open. As a result of the scan, sometimes it is not possible to recover HDI files, which are deleted if there is a backup of this file, then after restoring it, it must also be scanned.
This can happen especially when the program is dynamically developed and the structure of the HDI files changes over time. These problems are known and are often very easy to fix using the software developers's website.
There can be many reasons for this. The repair method must be adapted to the type of file and damage. Some programs offer the ability to automatically repair HDI file corruption.
The program indicates that the file is encrypted or corrupted. The encrypted file HDI except for the special designation, works normally, but only on the device where it was encrypted, before transferring it to another machine, decryption is required.
The operating system protects files in some locations (e.g. the root of the system partition) against unauthorized access. The problem is only writing to the file, not reading it. It is best to move HDI to a different directory.
This can happen on a file that does not support multiple access. In this case, the HDI file is blocked by the first application to open it. Closing other programs should help. If the error persists after closing other programs, wait for a while. However, some background programs may block the HDI file while scanning. If the problem persists, restart the machine.
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