Editing List of file formats (section)

=== Physical recordable media archiving ===
* [[Amiga Disk Format|ADF]] – for archiving [[Amiga]] floppy disks
* ADZ – The GZip-compressed version of ADF.
* B5T – BlindWrite 5 image file
* B6T – [[BlindWrite]] 6 image file
* BWT – BlindWrite 4 image file
* BIN – Raw binary format, often paired with CUE
* CDI – [[DiscJuggler]] image file
* [[CDRWin|CUE]] – CDRWrite CUE image file
* CIF – [[Easy CD Creator]] .cif format
* [[Roxio Creator|C2D]] – Roxio-WinOnCD .c2d format
* [[Direct Access Archive|DAA]] – PowerISO .daa format<!--
* CCD,SUB,IMG – [[CloneCD|CCD,SUB,IMG]]: CloneCD image file removed because CCD and SUB are a file extension for a mapfile for creating and reading .IMG, .IMG is not specific to CloneCD, is already on "Physical recordable media archiving"  -->
* D64 – An archive of a [[Commodore 64]] floppy disk.
* DAA – [[Direct Access Archive|DAA]]: Closed-format, [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]-only compressed disk image
* [[Apple Disk Image|DMG]] – Macintosh disk image files
* [[Disk Masher System|DMS]] – a disk-archiving system native to the Amiga.
* DSK – For archiving floppy disks from a number of other platforms, including the [[ZX&nbsp;Spectrum]] and [[Amstrad CPC]].
* ESD – [[Electronic software distribution|ESD]]: Electronic Software Distribution, a [[Data compression|compressed]] and [[encrypted]] WIM File
* FFPPKG – FreeFire Profile Export Package
* GHO, GHS – GHO [[Norton Ghost]]
* IMG – Raw disk image, for archiving [[DOS]] formatted [[floppy disks]], hard drives, and larger optical media.
* [[ISO image|ISO]] – Generic format for most optical media, including [[CD-ROM]], [[DVD-ROM]], [[Blu-ray]], [[HD DVD]] and [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]].
* [[MDS file|MDS]] – [[Daemon Tools]] native disc image format used for making images from optical CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, HD DVD or Blu-ray. It comes together with MDF file and can be mounted with DAEMON Tools.
* [[MDX file|MDX]] – Daemon Tools format that allows getting one MDX disc image file instead of two (MDF and MDS).
* [[NRG (file format)|NRG]] – Proprietary optical media archive format used by [[Nero AG|Nero]] applications.
* [[System Deployment Image|SDI]] – used for archiving and providing "virtual disk" functionality.
* SWM – Splitted WIM File, usually found on [[OEM]] [[WinRE|Recovery Partition]] to store preinstalled Windows image, and to make Recovery backup (to USB Drive) easier (due to FAT32 limitations)
* TIB – [[TIB (file format)|TIB]] [[Acronis True Image]] backup
* WIM – [[Windows Imaging Format|WIM]] A compressed disk image for installing [[Windows Vista]] or higher, [[Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PC]], or restoring a system image made from Backup and Restore ([[Windows Vista]]/[[Windows 7|7]])