Container File Expansion

Technical Note Subject   

Container/archive file expansion

Technical Note Details

The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) expands container files as part of many eDiscovery processing services.  Container files are defined as certain compound file types that can be separated into parts and reassembled without losing data as part of the conversion process.

File types that expand automatically:

File types that do not expand automatically:

This list is not all-inclusive.  There are many other container files types.    

Non-supported container files are excluded as part of processing and will not be searched or converted automatically.  Many of these files can be converted and expanded as part of a manual conversion process performed by Professional Services (billable hourly).