I don't know where you heard that a DAT file can contain other files i.e. like a ZIP, but last I knew it can't so obviously some info passed hands and got mixed up, because DAT files arent archives, If they were they would be a WinDAT or something for one, just like ZIP and RAR and TAR etc...

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