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Convert qcow to tar

  1. Download and install the latest version of Filestar.

  2. Right click on one or more Qcow file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.

  3. Type convert to tar in the search box.

  4. Press Convert.

convert qcow to tar

What is the difference between .qcow and .tar?

Name
QEMU Copy On Write Disk Image
Consolidated Unix File Archive
Extension
.qcow
.tar
Format
Binary
Binary
Category
Disk Image
Other
Developer
QEMU
Jean-loup Gailly
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.
Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
MIME Type
application/x-qemu-disk
application/x-tar
Sample
sample.tar
Wikipedia
.qcow on Wikipedia
.tar on Wikipedia

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