What is the difference between .wim and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .wim
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Tukaani
- Description
- 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.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-ms-wim
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia