NBA

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Nero BackItUp archive

File type: Backup file

Nero BackItUp software uses .nba files as the main backup archive formats. These are essentially ZIP archives with changed extension.

Found 3 different file type records with the same nba filename suffix.

What is nba file?

File type category:
Backup file

Date updated: December 24, 2024

File extension nba is probably best known for its use by the Nero BackItUp utility.

Nero BackItUp is used to backup users' important data and operating system. The Nero NBA file contains backup compressed archive of user data in the computer.

The nba files can be also protected by password encryption.

NBA backup archives use ZIP compression file format and can be extracted by compression utilities that are able to extract zip archives, just rename the nba file extension to zip.

Nero BackItUp was distributed as a part of Nero Suite. Nero BackItUp is now a standalone backup solution for Microsoft Windows.

How to open nba file?

Use Nero BackItUp utility to open and extract backup data from the Nero BackItUp archive file.

How to convert nba file?

To extract backup data from NBA Nero archive file rename the file extension NBA to ZIP and open file in compression utility that is able to extract ZIP archives.

Technical details

File signature
HEX 50 4B 03 04
ASCII PK..

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Associated software actions with the nba file

Software applications that can open nba files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that create nba files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that extract nba files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that recover nba files:

Microsoft Windows

NBA game data file

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: October 26, 2026

The .nba file extension has been used in several basketball games in the NBA LIVE series from EA Sports. These files can contain game resources such as graphics and text.

The files form part of the game's installed data and are read by the relevant NBA LIVE title during operation. Their exact contents can vary between games.

This is a proprietary game-data format associated with older Windows releases of NBA LIVE, rather than a format intended for general-purpose software.

How to open nba file?

Open an .nba file by running the compatible NBA LIVE game on Microsoft Windows. The game normally reads the file from its installation or data folders.

An .nba file is not generally designed to be opened or viewed separately. Removing or editing it may prevent the game from working correctly.

How to convert nba file?

An .nba file is not normally convertible to another standard format because it is proprietary game data.

Specialist extraction tools may be available for modding particular NBA LIVE titles, but any extracted graphics or text would need to be converted separately.

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Associated software actions with the nba file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving nba files:

Microsoft Windows

Nota Bene configuration information

File type category:
Configuration file

Date updated: February 9, 2019

The nba file extension is associated with the Nota Bene, a word processor includes the most flexible text-entry and editing functions.

The nba file contains configuration information data used by Nota Bene.

How to open nba file?

Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.

How to convert nba file?

Probably cannot be converted to anything else.

Suggested software to open nba file:

Associated software actions with the nba file

Software apps that manage or store settings in nba files:

Microsoft Windows

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