Have you ever downloaded a file from the web or BitTorrent and found out you can’t open it? In this post I’ll describe some common file formats used in BitTorrent and how to open them.
RAR files
A RAR file is a compressed archive that can contain other files. The RAR extension is often used when putting files online because RAR makes files smaller (and downloads faster). A single large file can also be split up in a number of .rar files, which is great for movie downloads and the like. To open a RAR file you will need a RAR extractor.
DAA Files
DAA files are disk images. This means that a .daa file contains an exact copy of a CD or a DVD – whether it be a movie, a game or simply a few gigabytes of accounting data. These are not as popular as ISO disk image files but are used because they have some unique features that .iso files lack. See this link on how to open them – DAA file.
ISO and BIN files
As mentioned above, .iso files contain a copy of a CD or DVD. BIN files are similar, and most applications that can open ISO files can also handle .bin files. The ISO is pretty much the standart disk image format and is very common. There are many different tools that can open .iso files, yet I prefer Nero.
Now you know how to open those strange files.
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