Files with the .RAR extension contain data archives compressed with a proprietary algorithm. This format was developed in its initial version in the year 1993, by a Russian programmer – Eugene Roshal, and currently it is being developed along with the WinRAR software.
Files with the .7Z extension contain archived data, which can be compressed and encrypted. It enables to use pre-processing algorithms - BCJ, BCJ2 and Delta Encoding. An archive can be divided, and in such situation extensions of specific elements of a package are complex: name.7z.001, name.7z.
After converting the file to the new format, you will be able to use other programs to support it. Keep in mind, however, that the RAR file after converting to 7Z may differ slightly from the original. The most important information should be kept, but if you want the file after conversion from RAR to 7Z to be the same, you have to do this carefully and choose the proper application from the list below.
There is no guarantee, of course, that the conversion will come up to all your expectations, but it will certainly help you. If, after all, the effect of converting RAR to 7Z does not meet your expectations, you can simply try to find on the Internet a different version of your file in RAR format, properly converted to a 7Z file by someone else. If this fails, use the information provided in the further part of the website.
If after converting the file RAR the desired result was not achieved, you can try to change the format of RAR file to other than 7Z. On our website you will find more information on the following conversion options
Unfortunately, if after performing the two previously described steps (trying to find your RAR file converted by someone else, and the attempt to convert it to 7Z on your own) you still have a problem with your file, then there are only a few solutions left. You can once again try to find and install an application that can open the RAR file in its original format (without conversion to 7Z file). Such a solution will be difficult to implement, but it certainly will give the best result.