Extract text from LVI files
To convert your LVI file to another format, you need Lazesoft Recovery Suite or other Backup software.
To convert other file formats to the "Disk Image Index" file type, you need software like Lazesoft Recovery Suite or a similar tool.
The .lvi extension is a dual-purpose format that most commonly functions as a Linux Virtual Image or backup index file associated with system recovery tools like Lazesoft Recovery Suite and Macrium Reflect. In this context, the file acts as a map or container for disk snapshots, allowing users to restore operating systems or extract specific data partitions. These files are typically binary, large, and completely inaccessible to standard text editors or file viewers. A less common but significant variation is the LabVIEW Video or Leica Virtual Image file, used by scientific equipment to record optical data or experimental footage.
Users often face a "black box" problem with .lvi files: they contain critical data (either system backups or research footage) but require expensive, niche software to open. If you are dealing with a backup file, you cannot simply "convert" the entire system image to a PDF; instead, the goal is often to extract specific documents or convert the file list to TXT for auditing. If you possess the video variant, the proprietary codec prevents playback on standard media players like VLC. For these cases, converting the raw stream to standard MP4 or AVI is essential for viewing and sharing data without requiring the original National Instruments or Leica Microsystems software environment.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LVI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ISO files.
If you want to convert LVI file to ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW, VBOX or OVA, you can use Lazesoft Recovery Suite or similar software from the "Backup & System Recovery" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to LVI, try Lazesoft Recovery Suite or another comparable tool in the "Backup & System Recovery" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LVI converter.