.QCOW2 File Extension

Are you having difficulty opening a file that ends with .QCOW2? Such files can be executed only by certain programs. If you cannot open the .QCOW2 file, it can be due to the following reasons: either you do not have an appropriate program to open it, or your file association is corrupted. For more information about this extension, please read the article below.

What is a .QCOW2 file?

.QCOW2 file belongs to the category of Disk Image Files used in operating systems such as Windows 11, 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

qcow2

Developer: N/A

File Type: QEMU Copy On Write Version 2 Disk Image

Category: Disk Image Files

Format: Binary

.QCOW2 file is associated with QEMU Copy On Write Version 2 Disk Image developed by N/A, has a Binary Format and belongs to Disk Image Files category.

QCOW2 files are disk images used with virtual machines run by the QEMU application. They hold compressed data and can be mounted on various operating systems.

Additional information

QEMU is an open-source processor emulator used to launch different operating systems, test software, etc. When creating a virtual machine, users should mount a disk image which QEMU will use as a hard drive for the guest machine. QCOW2 files are saved in the second version of QEMU's Copy on Write disk image format.

One of the second version's benefits is better compression meaning that more disk space can be saved. This makes QCOW2 files ideal for use with virtual machines, as they take up less disk space and can be easily moved around. QCOW2 files can be opened and worked with using the QEMU application or other apps supporting the format. Some specific conversion tools can convert QCOW2 to other formats.

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