What is the difference between .tar.z and .wim?
- Extension
- .tar.z
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Microsoft
- Description
- A TAR.Z file is a Unix TAR archive compressed with a standard Unix compression algorithm to save disk space. It contains one or more compressed files. The file is commonly used on Unix operating systems to archive groups of files.
- 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-tarz
- application/x-ms-wim
- Wikipedia
- .tar.z on Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia