Prassi CD disk image
File type: Disk image (ISO) binary file
Files with gcd file extension can also be old disk images created with Prassi burning software. This file type is rather rare, but some programs still support it.
Found 6 different file type records with the same gcd filename suffix.
File type category:
Disk image (ISO) binary file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The gcd file extension was in the past used for older disk image format created by Prassi burning software (like Prassi Global-CD), a program distributed with some professional CD/RW burners.
Prassi also licensed and later sold the product, so it is highly likely that programs with different name used the same file format. Such programs like Sony CD Extreme, Veritas My CD, My CD Pro, or Sonic RecordNow! were often bundled with various DVD/RW drives.
In 2001 Veritas acquired Prassi and the company is now defunct, the original software no longer sold or supported. However some 3rd party software still support GCD format.
DVD images created in Prassi software typically had gi instead.
Various 3rd party programs like ISOBuster, PowerISO or UltraISO support Prassi GCD format and its clones and are able to open and burn *.gcd files.
Typically, programs that can open and burn .gcd images, can also convert them to other formats, including common ISO format.
Software apps that burn gcd files to disc:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: October 30, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The gcd file extension is associated with the picture image file format, developed for C64, an 8-bit computer, developed by Commodore company.
The gcd file contains picture image (320x200, mono).
Use RECOIL to open *.gcd files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: August 14, 2019
The gcd file extension is related to the Fallout 2, a role-playing video game from post-apocalyptic world, developed for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The gcd file contains character profile from Fallout 2, including character statistics, skills, etc.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Mobile ringtone file
Date updated: September 28, 2026
The General Content Descriptor format provides information about mobile content that can be downloaded to a phone. It is used for content such as ringtones and pictures rather than for J2ME applications.
A GCD file is a plain-text file, so its contents can be created or edited with a simple text editor such as Windows Notepad. When a phone supports this format, the GCD accompanies or describes the content download. A corresponding GCD file is needed when setting up a picture for download through a system that uses this format.
Open a GCD file with any plain-text editor, such as Windows Notepad. The file is not intended to be viewed as the ringtone or picture itself; it contains the descriptor for that download.
On a compatible mobile phone or download service, the GCD file is normally processed as part of the content download rather than opened manually.
There is generally no useful conversion between a GCD file and another format. A GCD is a text descriptor, not the ringtone or picture it describes.
To change its contents, edit or recreate the plain-text file with a text editor. The associated mobile content must be handled separately.
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: July 8, 2019
The gcd file extension is also used for somewhat older Generic CADD drawing format used in General CADD software.
It appears that this format has pretty limited support and only General CADD can work with it reliably.
As far as we know, this CAD format is only supported in the original software.
General CADD can export the GCD drawing to DWG or DXF formats.
Software applications that can open gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that export gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: March 30, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The gcd file extension is associated with the Groove, a software for Microsoft Windows, developed by Microsoft.
The gcd file is component download.
Most likely some old format without support. No further information could be found.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving gcd files:
Microsoft Windows
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