Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IV2I file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert IV2I to another file type
To convert IV2I Backups to another format, you need Symantec Ghost Solution Suite or other Backup software.
Convert a file to IV2I
To convert other file formats to the "Incremental Disk Image" file type, you need software like Symantec Ghost Solution Suite or a similar tool.
About IV2I files
The .IV2I file format is an Incremental Virtual Volume Image created by legacy Symantec backup software, most notably Norton Ghost, Symantec System Recovery, and Ghost Solution Suite. These files store only the sector-level changes made to a hard drive since the last full V2I (Virtual Volume Image) backup. This incremental method saves storage space and reduces backup time for large servers and workstations. The primary disadvantage of an .IV2I file is its strict dependency chain. It is completely useless without the parent V2I master file and any previously created .IV2I files in the sequence. It is also a closed, proprietary format that requires expensive or discontinued software to read. You cannot mount it directly in standard operating systems or extract it using tools like 7-Zip. Users typically need to convert these backups into modern virtual disk formats like VHD or VMDK to run legacy systems in Hyper-V or VirtualBox. Because this is a complex, proprietary format, standard online converters fail to process it. Often, only the original Symantec or Veritas software can properly assemble the backup chain and export the data. However, with convert.guru, you can just drag and drop your file to identify the exact format version, view internal metadata, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects supported embedded data, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your IV2I file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert IV2I file to BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z, RAR or ISO, you can use Symantec Ghost Solution Suite or similar software from the "Incremental disk image backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to IV2I, try Symantec Ghost Solution Suite or another comparable tool in the "Incremental disk image backup" category.
The IV2I Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our IV2I converter.