# volume has Gz archive files

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/volume-has-gz-archive-files/23270>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/volume-has-gz-archive-files/23270 "2022-05-03T21:49:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pmabz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pmabz/32/13777_2.png) [@pmabz](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pmabz)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/volume-has-gz-archive-files/23270/1 "2022-05-03T21:49:49Z")

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Operating system: ubuntu  
Slicer version:5.1.0  
Expected behavior: read files  
Actual behavior: no DICOM data  
i have 514 fo;es, of type Gzip archive and one test file thus

\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?\> -921167223 20.546511810615367 1.9429095730933224E-05 29.573675835020598 13.884745762711864 -3.3146820809248556 3 1.5 0 512 2945 0.16 0.08 {19962BC9-2744-4642-ACEA-4F1CA3EDB043} 0000292ed04ea9f3 202204261135

i have spent hours looking for a solution …

many thanks

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/volume-has-gz-archive-files/23270/2 "2022-05-03T23:13:00Z")

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You need to start with unzipping the archive files. If they contain DICOM files then you can load them as described [here](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/data_loading_and_saving.html#dicom-data).