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Split Multi-volume ARJ compressed file archive (part 4)
File type: Archive and compressed file
An a02 file extension is related to the Split Multi-volume ARJ compressed file archives (part 4).
Found 2 different file type records with the same a02 filename suffix.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 25, 2025
The a02 file extension is associated with ARJ archiver. A *.a02 is one part of a multi-volume compressed ARJ archive.
Some arj files can be parts of a multi-volume sequences. In ARJ you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.
ARJ archiver does use the following sequence:
In order to unpack the multi-volume ARJ archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume (.arj). The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.
The *.a02 file is only one part of ARJ multi-volume archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the ARJ multi-volume archive. Open the first part of ARJ (e.g *.arj file) multi-volume archive in ARJ application and extract files from ARJ multi-volume archive.
It is not possible to convert only one part of ARJ multi-volume archive. Only complete ARJ archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format. The easiest way how to convert complete ARJ multi-volume archive is to decompress the ARJ archive with the use of ARJ or any other supported archiver and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.
Software applications that can open a02 files:
Software apps that create a02 files:
Microsoft MS-DOS
Software apps that record to a02 files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: November 25, 2010
The A02 file suffix is associated with the ALZip. It is one part of a multi-volume compressed alz archive.