There are 10 other file types using
the DSK file extension!

empty icon.dsk - Delphi project desktop

empty icon.dsk - Novell NetWare disk driver

dsk icon.dsk - Disk image

empty icon.dsk - VMware virtual disk

empty icon.dsk - MSX-DOS disk image

empty icon.dsk - Lotus Notes design elements

empty icon.dsk - SHARP MZ-series emulator data

empty icon.dsk - Simple IDs database

dsk icon.dsk - Microsoft Windows XP system restore backup

empty icon.dsk - WinImage disk image file

DSK file extension - ZX Spectrum emulator data

What is dsk file? How to open dsk files?

File type specification:

Emulator file type icon Emulator file type

The dsk file extension is associated with emulators of ZX Spectrum, a family of 8-bit home computers developed by Sinclair Research and popular in the 1980s.

The dsk file perhaps stores floppy disk, or cassette image.

This dsk file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

The default software associated to open dsk file:

XZX-Pro icon

XZX-Pro  Linux/Unix software

Company or developer:
Erik Kunze

XZX-Pro is a portable emulator of ZX Spectrum 48K/128K/+3 and Spectrum clones, for machines running UNIX and the X Window system.

Help how to open:

You should be able to open these files using some ZX Spectrum compatible emulators.

How to convert:

Emulator files are rarely converted to anything else, so a conversion of this file type is unlikely.

Related links:

World of Spectrum - Archives, Emulators, Utilities, Documents, all about Sinclair ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum emulators website

List of software applications associated to the .dsk file extension

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

Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting dsk files.

Software that open dsk file - ZX Spectrum emulator data

Programs supporting the exension dsk on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about XZX-Pro for open dsk file action.

Linux/Unix:

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