The Tape Archive format concatenates files into a single stream without compression, commonly paired with gzip or bzip2 for compressed tarballs on Unix systems. Converting to VMDK produces a document file that stores data in the VMDK format. This extracts the document from the archive so it can be opened directly. Metadata such as creation date and embedded colour profiles is preserved where the target format supports it. This makes VMDK the practical choice when the destination system requires it or when the original format is not supported by the target application. 1converter runs this conversion on the server: your file is uploaded encrypted over HTTPS, converted using trusted open-source libraries, and the output is held for 24 hours before automatic deletion.