# BIN without CUE

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-without-cue/246316 "2004-05-21T04:43:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-without-cue/246316/1 "2004-05-21T04:43:31Z")

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How do I burn a BIN in Nero without the accompanying CUE?

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**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-without-cue/246316/2 "2004-05-21T06:18:59Z")

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Well, Alcohol 120% can open a BIN file and mount it in a “virtual” CD-ROM drive, so you never need to touch a CD-R. If you actually want to burn it, Alcohol can convert it to a different format or you can open it with WinISO can convert it to an ISO.

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**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-without-cue/246316/3 "2004-05-21T06:31:25Z")

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Ah, I found a “workaround”… thankfully, the BIN was meant to be written as a single track, so Burn Image -\> the BIN file -\> Foreign Format - Track 2 format worked just fine.