WIM file extension
Microsoft Windows Imaging
Format (WIM extension) is a bootable file-based disk image
format
developed by
Microsoft for superseding CAB package
format
in software components / updates distribution
on MS Windows
platform, from Windows Vista onward, marked by .wim extension.
SWM extension is conventionally used for spanned Windows
Imaging
Format files. WIM format uses fast LZX compression, a LZ77 family
algorithm.
PeaZip fully
support working with Windows Imaging Format
format both for writing
(create, update) and
reading (view, browser, extract), both on Microsoft Windows and GNU /
Linux operating systems, unlike most other image formats which
are read-only supported, as Apple
DMG, ISO, UDF, and VMDK formats
Uses of the WIM
file type
As analogy of scope, not file format features or specifications, WIM
type for modern Windows platforms has a role rather similar to TAR file format on
Unix/Linux
platforms, rather than to ISO files and other disk image formats, even
if in modern computing the bonduaries between archives, packages, and
disk image containers are now blurrying - learn more about definition
of what is an archive file.
Read more: create, open, and extract WIM
files, open, and extract CAB
files, open and extract DMG ISO UDF
files.
External online resources about
.wim
archives: WIM
Windows Imaging file format specs on Microsoft Technet, LZX
compression algorithm on Wikipedia.
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SPEED 
WIM format features usually high creation / extraction speed, due fast
and lightweight LZX compression algorithm.
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COMPRESSION
RATIO 
WIM features usually moderate compression ratio, for most input data
types, as LZX algorithm is
employed, making it suitable for compression or backup of large pools
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ADVANCED
OPTIONS N/A
WIM format is usually employed as distribution format for software
packages,
cannot
be evaluated in terms of pure archiving options.
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Synopsis: What is WIM file type, Microsoft Windows
Imaging Format disk images extension. What are Wim and Swm files
features and specifications. What WIM extension
stands for? What are WIM files?
Topics: wim extension,
Microsoft Windows Imaging Format specs
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