- Extension
- .arc
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- System Enhancement Associates
- Microsoft
- Description
- An ARC archive is a compressed file archive from the MS-DOS and bulletin-board era, made by SEA's ARC program; unrelated to Norton backup files that also use .arc.
- It is a file-based disk image format created by Microsoft for its latest Windows OS releases, Windows Server 2008 and the Windows Vista. Windows Imaging Format (wim), is used for the standard installation method of the OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-arc
- application/x-ms-wim
