Yes, on capture the size down to 4.10 GB. Still larger than a single dvd. Any idea how to reduce more?. A reasonable size is about 3.9 GB (i think)
i integrated all 35 updates into windows 8 pro and iso has now 4.43GB it is ok ? i use win toolkit but i dont know how integrated all into AIO cos i have all version win 8 x86 win 8 x64 win 8 pro x86 win 8 pro x64 win 8 pro WMC x86 win 8 pro WMC x64 win 8 ent x86 win 8 ent x64
Make sure that if you integrate updates you integrate them into every index, this also keeps the size down.
Hello , @sukinsin88 to minimize a bit the size of the final wim ... First sort your image indexs in the Wim, prefer all x86 then all x64, then export all to a new Wim file with imageX or Dism (win8 version) with option /compress maximum ... My 14in1 AIO Wim with all updates is now 6 GB
so i use this cmd. MD %~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x86" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x64" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:3 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x64" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:4 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x64" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:5 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x86" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:6 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x86" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:7 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x86" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:8 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x64" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit cos i have 8 index in wim. but i have problem with injecting some updates x86 and x64 when i choose win toolkit click all in one integrator so now where is add updates ? where i must click cos i want all updates downloaded x86 and x64 integrated into this iso so i want on all wim have updates so wim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
You're right, that's probably the best way. My way was probably unnecessarily too complicated. Still, I like trying out different things just for learning. I *do* know that manual 1-by-1 installation of the offline updates is probably the worst idea (tested that, and will never do it again). I know, using a script is the normal way of doing it, but as I said, just testing... BTOR, thanks!!! One follow up question: I know this thread is about applying updates into your .wim using DISM, but this audit mode is pretty cool as well. What are the most important pros and cons of the two?
BTOR, thank you very much for taking the time to reply. Very much appreciated!!! I'm looking forward to learning a lot more about all this... Until now, I mostly used WinPE_SE, customized with extra portable aps, then WinNTSetup (by JFX) to setup my OS('s). I use Grub4dos to boot 3 OS's on 1 PC (and for booting multiple ISO's from USB). I use XP, W7 and W8 on 3 seperate partitions (invisible from eachother). This is great for "fooling around" with different OS's etc. etc. But I also would like to learn the "official" way of doing things, with DISM, audit mode, etc. etc. THANKS for all your info!!
Quick question about the "reference computer". Can I leave this system unactivated? What if want to keep a backup image of this reference install, can I reuse this backup in (say) 3 months, to only add the new updates? Or should I do a complete reinstall of the reference computer then, and start the updates from the beginning? (Am I making any sense?)
1.YES activating is not necessary. 2.In windows 7 there were limits of syspreping no more that 3 times (due to rearm count set to 3 by MS),but now in win8 the rearm count is 1000 so i think there wont problem, if you use the same image. But not sure as i did not try to sysprep more than 2 times. will try and tell.