What is the difference between .mbr and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .mbr
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- IBM
- Tukaani
- Description
- MBR was introduced by IBM PC. It is called Master Boot Record as it's a unique boot sector found at the beginning of a drive. It stores the OS boot loader and information on the drive's logical partitions.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-msdos-program
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .mbr on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia