WSI Converter

Extract text from WSI files

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How to extract text from your WSI file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WSI file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert WSI to another file type

To convert your WSI file to another format, you need CyberLink PowerRecover or other Backup software.

Convert a file to WSI

To convert other file formats to the "Disk Image Index" file type, you need software like CyberLink PowerRecover or a similar tool.

About WSI files

The .WSI file extension represents two distinct, mutually exclusive formats that cause significant confusion for users.

1. CyberLink PowerRecover Index (Most Common):
Approximately 35% of these files are XML-based index files generated by CyberLink PowerRecover. This software is often pre-installed on OEM laptops (like Medion, Acer, and HP) to manage factory reset partitions. The .WSI file does not contain the backup data itself; instead, it acts as a catalog pointing to split archive files (often 001, 002, or DSI) stored in the same directory.

Practical Constraints: Users typically encounter this file when trying to manually recover data from a dead laptop's hard drive. Because the format is a proprietary index, you cannot simply "convert" a .WSI file to an ISO or VHD disk image. It is useless without the accompanying numbered data chunks.
Conversion Tip: Since the file is XML, you can change the extension to XML or open it with a text editor to view the backup structure and locate the actual data files.

2. Wise for Windows Installer Project:
About 20% of files are legacy project files created by Wise for Windows Installer or Wise Package Studio (formerly by Symantec, now discontinued). Developers and SysAdmins use these files to author Windows Installer packages (.MSI).

Friction Points: Wise software reached End-of-Life (EOL) in 2013. Modern Windows systems cannot open these project files natively, and the original software is difficult to license or run.
Conversion Targets: The primary goal is to compile the .WSI project into a standard MSI installer for deployment or to migrate the project logic into modern tools like AdminStudio or WiX Toolset.

Convert.Guru analyzes your WSI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert WSI file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use CyberLink PowerRecover or similar software from the "System Backup Image Index" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to WSI, try CyberLink PowerRecover or another comparable tool in the "System Backup Image Index" category.

The WSI 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 WSI converter.