Files with IMA extension contain disk images. IMA file can be treated as a form of special data archive. IMA files are used by dedicated applications to mount virtual disks on system. Virtual disk can be accessed by the system just as it were a standard physical disk.
Files with the BIN extension contain images of data carriers – discs, CDs, flash drives, or memory cards, stored using a binary method. It is usually an exact copy of all the raw data contained on such physical drive.
After converting the file to the new format, you will be able to use other programs to support it. Keep in mind, however, that the IMA file after converting to BIN may differ slightly from the original. The most important information should be kept, but if you want the file after conversion from IMA to BIN to be the same, you have to do this carefully and choose the proper application from the list below.
There is no guarantee, of course, that the conversion will come up to all your expectations, but it will certainly help you. If, after all, the effect of converting IMA to BIN does not meet your expectations, you can simply try to find on the Internet a different version of your file in IMA format, properly converted to a BIN file by someone else. If this fails, use the information provided in the further part of the website.
Unfortunately, if after performing the two previously described steps (trying to find your IMA file converted by someone else, and the attempt to convert it to BIN on your own) you still have a problem with your file, then there are only a few solutions left. You can once again try to find and install an application that can open the IMA file in its original format (without conversion to BIN file). Such a solution will be difficult to implement, but it certainly will give the best result.