What is the difference between .tar.gz and .wim?
- Extension
- .tar.gz
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Microsoft
- Description
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- 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/gzip
- application/x-ms-wim
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia