Questions tagged [wim]
Windows Imaging Format files used in installing Windows Vista/Server 2008 and newer
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How to integrate Windows-10 WIM file [closed]
How do I integrate Microsoft Office 2013 to Microsoft Windows 10 WIM? Request you to help me step-by-step please.
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WinRE not enabled after applying newly generated .WIM file
I am trying to generate an reference image of Windows 10 pro. Everything works fine but the recovery tools are not enabled by default in the OOBE after applying the image despite the recovery tools ...
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When mounting a WIM file, does the performance of the disk containing the mountpoint matter?
Let's say I am mounting a WIM image on Windows using dism:
dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:D:\work\sources\install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:E:\work.tmp
Here, D:\work is the "source" directory (...
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Swapping the install.wim in Windows 11 installation media would not let me get past first boot
Whenever I swap the install.wim of any Windows 11 installation media I got with a WIM file I captured of my Windows install, it would not get past the first boot, right after copying the files:
I don'...
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Applying different images in install.wim during the installation setup
I have images captured of my C: & D: & I want these two images applied to C: & D: during installations henceforth. So I was thinking, I would replace the install.wim in the \sources of a ...
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Appending more images to install.wim. Would it be applied as well?
I'm appending an image of another drive, D:, to install.wim (an install.wim that already contains a slightly customized Windows). The additional image of D: is of course at index 2. When I run the OS ...
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Custom Windows 11 installation media made by swapping install.wim with a WIM captured from my system
So, I have a WIM captured from my Sysprep-ed, customized Windows 11 install + additional programs. The system drive, C:, basically. I want to be able to deploy this custom install to any of my desktop ...
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Which version of Windows 10 is on my USB flash drive installer?
I have a Windows 10 InstallUSB and I'd like to know which version of Windows 10 it is. Searching online, I found this technique in many places, with the file [install.<esd||swm||wim>, boot.wim] ...
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Creating a clean WIM/ESD file out of my current Windows Server 2012 installation
Here's my scenario:
We have an old Dell PowerEdge Server with an OEM Windows Server 2012 Foundation license. The machine is working perfectly and there's currently an OS deployment running on it, ...
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Install Windows from Linux using wimapply
I am looking for way to install Windows 10 from the Linux (I am currently using Arch Linux here) without having to create the bootable USB disk.
I noticed that there are an utility called wimapply ...
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WinRe.wim what do i do with it?
I bought a brand new Razer Blade Advanced 2021 and it won't boot.
Razer tech support sent me over a ZIP file (as a link to my email).
After downloading and extracting it, it's a bunch of SWM, WIM ...
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DISM restore capability removed from WIM copy, using original
Suppose I was over-eager in pruning my Windows install image:
FOR /f %I ('DISM /Image /Get-Capabilities /Format:Table') DO DISM /Image /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:%I
Can I restore individual ...
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how to edit windows 10 iso to exclude other versions
I have been going through the process of slimming down my windows 10 ISO file, but have been unable to get it below the 3.5 gb mark; Removing the windows components is not something I am hoping to do. ...
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How to modify a WinPE iso to also have the ability to install Windows from the WinPE
I want to use an existing WinPE.wim to troubleshoot problems and run Windows' install's setup.exe, with a desktop shortcut linking to it.
Is this as simple as adding a desktop shortcut to folders ...
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Adding powershell and other packets to winre.wim doesnt work (0x800f081e)
as the question tells im trying to add powershell as a feature to a pxe bootable winRE.wim. I get the errorcode 0x800f081e and it says the packet is not valid for this image. For a better look, you ...
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