I've looked around but I haven't found an answer to this. Can the latest Win11 Pro iso be modified to fit a 4.7 DVD, Can the language packs, or something else be removed to allow it to fit. Thanks to all in advance.
Doesn't fit DVD5: Source ISO: Code: Name: en-us_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_23h2_x64_dvd_8ea907fb.iso Size: 6705289216 bytes (6394 MiB) CRC32: 4F40226C CRC64: 748F65B53DEDCFA9 SHA256: 71a7ae6974866603d366a911b0c00eace476e0b49d12205d7529765cc50b4b39 SHA1: 9d18f7814564421381c94e13c09a9c427baf8018 BLAKE2sp: 74cb1bc1a260f6455ab49c74fb675aa56673c523b2a572e8436290fcd514e686 Result: Code: Name: en-us_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_23h2_x64_dvd_8ea907fb_ESD_2023_11_20.ISO Size: 5359306752 bytes (5111 MiB) CRC32: E83C945C CRC64: B13FABD4155081C4 SHA256: 2f0d724434d533f7efc753d2b2b799590680e3e3567dc385200f03d80c7a1910 SHA1: d1a84e1f9bdca1bbed40276dba5f674e5b76b7bd BLAKE2sp: 49e2b09996e1d8bb20968783a0f8af24ef9950fa82aecd474b014181aaf2e67f Spanning the ISO over multiple DVDs can work but using ESD files with ESD>ISO also should work (testing), or create an ISO at uupdump.net with full resetbase and install.esd should work too. Best is to use USB.
I tried it yesterday with the ESD>ISO and no, ISO with install.esd still >4.37GB. Code: ============================================================ Running ESD -> ISO v64 ============================================================ ============================================================ Checking ESD Info . . . ============================================================ ============================================================ Creating Setup Media Layout . . . ============================================================ ============================================================ Creating boot.wim . . . ============================================================ Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 1087 MiB of 1087 MiB (100%) done Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 100 MiB of 100 MiB (100%) done ============================================================ Creating install.esd . . . ============================================================ Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 9 GiB of 9 GiB (100%) done ============================================================ Creating ISO . . . ============================================================ OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 43 directories) Scanning source tree complete (948 files in 86 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 5245501440 bytes (before optimization) Writing 948 files in 86 directories to 22631.2715.231109-1754.23H2_NI_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH_CLIENTPROFESSIONALVL_VOL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 4 files, 24576 bytes (0% of image) After optimization, image file is 5247574016 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 24576 Done. Press 0 or q to exit. Code: Name: 22631.2715.231109-1754.23H2_NI_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH_CLIENTPROFESSIONALVL_VOL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Size: 5247574016 bytes (5004 MiB)
Back in the day when I used optical discs, the DL (dual layer) blank discs cost quite a bit more than the regular, single layer discs. And it took quite a bit longer to record them, as the write speed was always quite low. And I had more failures as well. YMMV Generally, if I'm working with a computer too old to boot from a USB flash drive, I settle for Windows 10. I have on occasion, rare occasion, used a DVD DL disc, but I try to avoid that, quite a bit of trouble.
Better try to solve the problem in another way? You could try using the program Plop Boot Manager on the CD/DVD/RW, it can transfer the boot to the USB flash drive. If you can temporarily connect the HDD/SSD to another PC you can use the program WinNTSetup to install the Windows system to it. Or just start the Windows setup (in MBR mode of course) in the other PC and just shutdown and swap the drive back at the first reboot of the installer.
The problem with trying it on DVD is that for first tries I always use DVD±RW. Dual Layer DVD RWs were unfortunately never readily available. That's why I prefer them to fit on Single Layer, to actually fit on the RWs I have. Using a BD-RE is possible, but I don't have BluRay drives everywhere.
I wonder about a real DVD and 64 bit operating system. There are USB storage, mounting a ISO file and simulating a DVD drive. Boot from the DVD drive. Anyway another work arround can be: A bootable CD with PE bootfiles, core files \boot\boot.sdi and \sources\boot.wim. There is not a setup.exe and not a \sources\install.wim. And a bootable Windows 11 installation USB Stick with setup.exe and \sources\install.wim The USB Stick can be used to install Windows 11 directly, boot from the USB stick. And there is a hybrid usage: boot the CD, load the PE. And read install.wim from the USB stick, setup finds the files by default.
I have a dual layer DVD with Windows 11 on it, made about a year and a half ago. I have used it 2 or 3 times, when I encounter some obstinate system that I just can't get to boot from a USB flash drive. Normally I prefer to install an up-to-date (or at least close to up-to-date) system, but creating a good dual layer DVD is so much trouble that I prefer to install the older version of Windows and then let Windows update itself. Less trouble than creating another, more up-to-date dual layer DVD. Or, as an alternative solution for the OP -- why not take the official 22621 ISO and compress the install.wim to install.esd. The resulting ISO should fit on a single layer DVD, you can do your install from that, and then let Windows update itself to the latest and greatest.
Canary builds contain same version of Edge variants in "\Windows\System32\Microsoft-Edge-WebView\" and "\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\" therefore, payload files are hardlinked inside install.wim/install.esd 22H2/23H2 ISO/ESD contain different versions = double payload