- Extension
- .rar
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- Eugene Roshal
- Microsoft
- Description
- A RAR file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed with RAR compression. It uses a higher compression ratio than typical ZIP compression and incorporates a proprietary compression algorithm that is now used by other compressors, including 7-Zip for its .7Z files. RAR files may be extracted using a variety of programs.
- 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-rar-compressed
- application/x-ms-wim
