What is the difference between .qcow and .esd?
- Extension
- .qcow
- .esd
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Disk Image
- Developer
- QEMU
- Microsoft
- Description
- Qcow is a disk image file format used by the QEMU virtual machine software. It is a copy-on-write format that allows users to take snapshots of a virtual machine and save them to a file. Qcow files can be used to store operating systems, applications, and data, and they are compressed and support encryption.
- A file with the ESD file extension is a file downloaded using Microsoft's Electronic Software Download application, so the file itself is called a Windows Electronic Software Download file. It stores an encrypted Windows Imaging Format (.WIM) file.
- MIME Type
- application/x-qemu-disk
- application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
- Wikipedia
- .qcow on Wikipedia
- .esd on Wikipedia