What is the difference between .qcow and .wim?
- Extension
- .qcow
- .wim
- 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.
- 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-qemu-disk
- application/x-ms-wim
- Wikipedia
- .qcow on Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia