How to open and convert files with .R01 file extension

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File extension R01 - Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 3)

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type

r01 file icon:

File extension R01 description:

The R01 file extension is associated with WinRAR. Its one part of a multi-volume compressed RAR archive.

RAR file extension is used for the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR files are data containers, they store one or several files in the compressed form. Compressed archives are common on internet, especially on sharing sites. After you have downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use it. Comparing to ZIP file format, RAR provides a number of advanced features: more convenient multipart (multivolume) archives, tight compression including special solid, multimedia and text modes, strong AES-128 encryption, recovery records helping to repair an archive even in case of physical data damage, Unicode support to process non-English file names and a lot more.

Some RAR files can be parts of a multi-volume sequences. In WinRAR you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.

Older versions of WinRAR used either:

.rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
.r01, r02, r03 .... etc. for any additional volumes

Or:

.rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
.001, .002, .003 .... etc. for any additional volumes

The newer versions of WinRAR are using:

.rar or exe (SFX) .... etc. for first volume
.part1.rar, .part2.rar, part3.rar for any additional volumes

In order to unpack the multi-volume RAR archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume. The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.

The default software that works with r01 file format:

WinRAR

Company or developer:
Eugene Roshal

WinRAR is a popular file compression and archive utility. Along with WinZip and 7-Zip is one of the most common compression programs for Windows. Its native format is as the name implies RAR and uses rar file extension.

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. WinRAR is also able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs. WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface.

RAR for Mac OS X

Company or developer:
Eugene Roshal

RAR for Mac OS X is command line tool used to create and extract RAR archives.

RAR for Linux

Company or developer:
Eugene Roshal

Rar for Linux is command line utility used to create and extract RAR archives.

Help how to open R01 files:

The .r01 file is only one part of RAR multi-volume archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the RAR multi-volume archive. Open the first part of RAR multi-volume archive in WinRAR application and extract files from RAR multi-volume archive.

How to convert file with extension R01:

It is not possible to convert only one part of RAR multi-volume archive. Only complete RAR archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format. The easiest way how to convert complete RAR multi-volume archive is to decompress the RAR archive with the use of WinRAR and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.

Mistyped R01 file extension name search strings: ro1

List of software associated to the .r01 file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, Mac OS X etc.) and possible program actions
that can be done with the file: like open r01 file, edit r01 file, convert r01 file, view r01 file, play r01 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Open r01 file
Create r01 file
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Programs that open r01 file - Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 3)

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Microsoft Windows platform:

Main software associated with r01 file by default:
WinRAR
Other suggested software:
ZipZag
StuffIt Expander
7-zip
IZArc

Apple Mac OS X platform:

Main software associated with r01 file by default:
RAR for Mac OS X
Other suggested software:
StuffIt Expander for Mac
The Unarchiver

Linux/Unix platform:

Main software associated with r01 file by default:
RAR for Linux
Other suggested software:
Xarchiver
File Roller

Multiplatform:

PeaZip