#What is a .7z file extension how to#

The easiest way how to convert complete 7-ZIP multi-volume archive is to decompress the 7-ZIP archive with the use of Z-Zip and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice. Only complete 7-ZIP archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format.

How to convert:It is not possible to convert only one part of 7-ZIP multi-volume archive. Open the first part of 7-ZIP multi-volume archive in 7-Zip application and extract files from the 7-ZIP multi-volume archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the 7-ZIP multi-volume archive. How to open:The *.7z.003 file is only one part of 7-ZIP multi-volume archive. The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive. In order to unpack the multi-volume 7-ZIP archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume (7z.001). The SFX 7-ZIP archive has the common EXE file extension.

Note, that 7-ZIP executable archives cannot be made as multi volume archives. Compressed archives are common on internet, especially on sharing or torrent sites. Like other archives, 7-ZIP files are data containers, which store one or several files in a compressed form. 7z is added to the file name of the archive file to distinguish it as 7z multi-volume compressed file archive.Д§-ZIP is the native format of 7-Zip archiver. Its one part of a multi-volume compressed 7-ZIP archive. The 7z.003 file extension is associated with 7-Zip.