ZIP extension is currently the most popular format used for archiving and compressing files and folders. Creating archives utilising the ZIP compression method is lossless, and it enables to reduce size of chosen files and folders. ZIP format enables compression utilising a compression method.
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 ZIP 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 ZIP 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 ZIP to 7Z does not meet your expectations, you can simply try to find on the Internet a different version of your file in ZIP 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 ZIP the desired result was not achieved, you can try to change the format of ZIP 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 ZIP 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 ZIP 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.