Extract Tar Files Windows 7
Hi Friends.This video tutorial is about 'How to Extract.tgz or.tar File in Windows Operating System 2019' #extract.tgzfile #extract.tarfile #opentgzfile. You can also use WinRAR to extract.tgz and.tar.gz files however WinRAR is not a free software. You can use PowerArchiver 6.1 (freeware) or 7-zip (freeware). I'd go with the previously mentioned 7zip, but you can also use WinZIP. I always have the UnxUtils GNU utilities in my PATH on a Windows box.
Short for Tape Archive, and sometimes referred to as tarball, a file that has the TAR file extension is a file in the Consolidated Unix Archive format. A program or command that can open archives is needed to open a TAR file.
How to open TAR-GZ files. Save the tar.gz file to the desktop. If your compressed file was downloaded from a website, it may be saved in the Downloads folder in your Documents or user directory. Launch WinZip from your start menu or Desktop shortcut. Open the compressed file by clicking File Open.
Because the TAR file format is used to store multiple files in one single file, it's a popular method for both archiving purposes and for sending multiple files over the internet, like for software downloads.
The TAR file format is common in Linux and Unix systems, but only for storing data, not compressing it. TAR files are often compressed after being created, but those become TGZ files, using the TGZ, TAR.GZ, or GZ extension.
TAR is also an acronym for technical assistant request, but it has nothing to do with the TAR file format.
How to Open a TAR File
TAR files, being a relatively common archive format, can be opened with most popular zip/unzip tools. PeaZip and 7-Zip are two of the better free file extractors that support both opening TAR files and creating TAR files, but check out this list of free file extractors for a number of other choices.
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B1 Online Archiver and WOBZIP are two other TAR openers but they run in your browser instead of through a downloadable program. Just upload the TAR to one of these two websites to extract out the contents.
Unix systems can open TAR files without any external programs by using the following command, where 'file.tar' is the name of the TAR file:
How to Make a Compressed TAR File
What been described on this page is just how to open, or extract files from a TAR archive. If you want to make your own TAR file from folders or files, the easiest way would be to use a graphical program like 7-Zip.
Select all the files and folders you want in the TAR file.
Right-click one of the highlighted items and click Add to archive.
Choose tar from the Archive format drop-down menu.
Another option, so long as you're on Linux, is to use a command-line command to build the TAR file. However, with this command, you'll also be compressing the TAR file, which will produce a TAR.GZ file.
This command will make a TAR.GZ file out of a folder or a single file, whichever you choose:
This is what this command is doing:
- -c: Create an archive
- -z: Use gzip to compress the archive
- -v: Enable verbose mode to show the progress of the creation process
- -f: Lets you specify the name of the archive
Here's an example if you want to 'TAR a file' (make a TAR file) from a folder named /myfiles/to make it called files.tar.gz:
How to Convert a TAR File
Zamzar and Online-Convert.com are two free file converters, both web services, that will convert a TAR file to ZIP, 7Z, TAR.BZ2, TAR.GZ, YZ1, LZH, or CAB. Most of these formats are actually compressed formats, which TAR is not, meaning that these services act to compress the TAR as well.
Keep in mind that if you use one of those online converters, you'll need to first upload the TAR file to one of those websites. If the file is large, you might be better off with a dedicated, offline converting tool.
All things considered, the best way to convert TAR to ISO would be to use the free AnyToISO program. It even works via the right-click context menu so you can just right-click the TAR file and then choose to convert it to an ISO file.
Considering that TAR files are single-file collections of multiple files, TAR to ISO conversions make the most sense since the ISO format is basically the same sort of file. ISO images, however, are much more common and supported than TAR, especially in Windows.
TAR files are just containers for other files, similar to folders. Therefore, you can't just convert a TAR file to CSV, PDF, or some other non-archive file format. To 'convert' a TAR file to one of those formats really just means to extract the files out of the archive, which you can do with one of the file extractors mentioned above.
Is Your File Still Not Opening?
The simplest explanation for why your file doesn't open like described above is that it doesn't really end in the .TAR file extension. Double-check the suffix to be sure; some file extensions are spelled very similarly and it can be easy to mistake them for other file formats.
For example, a TAB file uses two of the three file extensions TAR has but is not related to the format at all. They're instead either Typinator Set, MapInfo TAB, Guitar Tablature, or Tab Separated Data files — each of those formats open with unique applications, none of which are file extraction tools like 7-Zip.
The best thing to do if you're dealing with a file that isn't a Tape Archive file is to research that specific file extension on Lifewire or elsewhere on the internet, and you should be able to find which applications are used to open or convert the file.
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If you do have a TAR file but it doesn't open with the suggests from above, it's likely that your file extractor doesn't recognize the format when you double-click it. If you're using 7-Zip, right-click the file, choose 7-Zip, and then either Open archive or Extract files.