Dear, its cd key which you bought for $40. Microsoft recognize Cd Key and not the ISO you used. so instead of getting upset just understand the technical point here and use the MSDN copy of ISO and use your CD KEy which you bought for 40 USD. you can download from anywhere and for your kind infoormation all MSDN iso downloads has same hash info, I mean every one is downloading the same copy of ISO from MSDN. there are thousands subscribers at MSDN and Technet and each one is downloading the same ISO of win8 but using different and unique CD key So if you download win8 iso from any source but you use your legitimate cd key then its nothing wrong, not a single percent. for your second query, now the MS has increased the period of getting free wmc upgrade key from 24 hours to 72 hours excluding holidays and weekend. so just wait and you will get your wmc key.
Thank you very much Hello i have 2 questions : 1) where do you find the new data.dat 2) The Win 8 DVD can boot in UEFI mode, with this do you know if UEFI works with the created DVD ? Found twice; but now i'd like remove Win 8 Pro setup (for just have Win 8 With WMC)
AIO possible with Windows 8 Pro with Media Center images? Thanks for the great tutorial. I used Windows 8 Professional with media center to start with. It showed error with SourceIndex:2. Worked fine with SourceIndex:1.So I could only integrate 32 and 64 bit Windows 8 Pro with Media Center. Is it possible to have AIO(except enterprise ofcourse) using only windows 8 Pro with media center images. Perhaps one can mount and change edition to core and pro with set-edition? Or do I need to have Windows 8 images(without media center one's)? One more thing, there is no link to data.dat file anymore.
Thanks s1lave77 but the software is for converting windows 8 Professional to Windows 8 ProfessionalWMC(which the tutorial itself achieved beautifully) and not vice-verse. I have Windows 8 ProfessionalWMC through torrent x86 and x64(not Windows 8 core or Pro). I want to make a 6 in 1 iso.(Core,Pro& ProWMC; x86 and x64). I cannot do so as there is only one index in the isos I have-ProfessionalWMC for both 32 and 64 bit. I repeat, I DO NOT need help converting Professional to ProfessionalWMC but the opposite. Is there any way or i need to download a windows 8 iso? Thanks. and the data.dat file, i did see your post above. just that i assumed you posted the link and it got removed again. Sorry, i am new here.
Sorry buddy no way to downgrade the edition of windows u must download another iso... that is y people here always recommend to use msdn isos and also custom isos are prohibited
Thanks. Its what i feared...but hope dies last. Downloading through one of torrent posted somewhere in mdl forum. Hope they turn out to be msdn. wish I could know beforehand if the torrent was msdn/technet isos (all isos combined is 62GB in size, thank god i can skip files to download).
Hello, Do you know how to remove, the Win 8 WITHOUT WMC in the ISO (i just want an ISO with Win 8 Pro WITH WMC) ?
Hello and thank you very much everyone. With the assistance of, ambidav (page 1) / kelorgo (page 31) / FaiKee (data.dat of her friend), i created (with MSDN ISO, of course) a win8aio, with these editions (x86 & x64)… Windows 8 Windows 8 N Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro VL Windows 8 Pro N Windows 8 Pro with Media Center Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 8 Enterprise N And (please) i would like to know what must be written in file EI.CFG (C:\win8aio\win8\sources). I put inside : [Channel] Retail Being given the presence of, Windows 8 Pro VL x86/x64, in this win8aio, it would have been necessary to put… [Channel] Retail [VL] 0 or [Channel] Retail [VL] 1 ? --- :edit: Or, it would have been necessary to put : [Channel] VOLUME or [Channel] VOLUME [VL] 0 or [Channel] VOLUME [VL] 1 ?
Supposing you have three subfolders (ISO, Mount and Wim) in a folder 'Win8' in C drive. copy the contents of windows 8 DVD to ISO folder and then move the install.wim file from C:\Win8\iso\sources to Wim folder. (works for both 32 bits and 64 bits but this will create separate dvd for each architecture) Here is your code: Code: Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win8\wim\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:C:\win8\mount Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Get-TargetEditions Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\win8\mount /commit imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info C:\win8\wim\install.wim 1 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8\wim\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim /compress:maximum oscdimg -bC:\win8\iso\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN8-PRO-WMC C:\win8\iso C:\win8\ProWMC.iso If you want wmc edition for both architecture (x86 and x64 bits) in single ISO/DVD then follow this: create a Win8 folder in C drive and 4 subfolders in this viz. ISO, Mount, x86 and x64. now copy the all contents of x86 version of windows 8 DVD to ISO subfolder. then move the install.wim file from C:\win8\ISO\Sources to x86 folder. now copy the install.wim file from x64 bits win8 DVD to x64 folder. Now your all codes are as follows: Code: Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8\x86\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" /compress:maximum Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8\x64\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" /compress:maximum Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:C:\win8\mount Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Get-TargetEditions Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\win8\mount /commit imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info C:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim 1 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim /index:2 /mountdir:C:\win8\mount Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Get-TargetEditions Dism /Image:C:\win8\mount /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\win8\mount /commit imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info C:\win8\iso\sources\install.wim 2 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center " "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" oscdimg -bC:\win8\iso\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN8-ProWMC-AIO C:\win8\iso C:\win8\Win8_ProWMC_aio.iso the above code is simplified so that you can replace the original data.dat file with the modified one. each time before unmounting the image (code in blue color)replace the data.dat file. you will find it here: C\win8\Mount\Windows\system32\spp\store. (please note that this data.dat file is hidden so you know how to see it) further, do not forget to add ei.cfg file before making iso at here: C:\win8\iso\sources
u donot need to commit the wim twice... u can just all things and then add the data.dat file and then commit it
dear adit123tya, I think we need to commit it twice each for both architecture as in the mount directory we can't have both architecture combined. so first mount the x86 architecture and then unmount and commit to clean the mount directory and export the image to win8 folder. now mount the x64 architecture and do the same. both architecture can not be mounted at the same time.
Thank you very much I have twice 'Win 8 Po and Media Center" (i just made it for x64). I don't know where i made an error. Regards
Sorry bro, you did not make any error. It was me who did blunder. Earlier I messed up codes wrongly. Now I have corrected those codes there at post# 535. please follow that and this time you will get everything right. have a nice day.
Hi! I got an error "a blocking operation was interrupted by a call to wsacancelblockingcall. rofessionalWMC" at step "Dism /Image:h:\win8aio\mount /Get-TargetEditions" (first). Any problem with the ISO finally created? I used only Win 8 Pro x86 and x64 + Media Center (did not use Enterprise editions) Thanks in advance.
what source Index number you used in that case. Supposing that you want to have following editions; Windows 8 x86 Windows 8 Pro x86 Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x86 Windows 8 x64 Windows 8 Pro x64 Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x64 then you have total 6 sourceindexes. then your codes are as under: Code: Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8aio\x86\install.wim /SourceIndex:2 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8" /compress:maximum Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8aio\x86\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8 Pro" /compress:maximum Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8aio\x86\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" /compress:maximum Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8aio\x64\install.wim /SourceIndex:2 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8" /compress:maximum Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8aio\x64\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8 Pro" /compress:maximum Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:c:\win8aio\x64\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:c:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /DestinationName:"Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" /compress:maximum Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /index:3 /mountdir:C:\win8aio\mount Dism /Image:C:\win8aio\mount /Get-TargetEditions Dism /Image:C:\win8aio\mount /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\win8aio\mount /commit imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info C:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim 3 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center " Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim /index:6 /mountdir:C:\win8aio\mount Dism /Image:C:\win8aio\mount /Get-TargetEditions Dism /Image:C:\win8aio\mount /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\win8aio\mount /commit imagex /flags "ProfessionalWMC" /info C:\win8aio\win8\sources\install.wim 6 "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center"
Yes, I did the same. And the two statements "Dism /Image:C:\win8aio\mount /Get-TargetEditions" got the same error
please mention here all the commands lines you used from beginning to end. so we could see where you are wrong. it is better you start from the fresh. delete the 'Win8' folder and create it once again. your Mount folder should also be empty. then just use copy and paste to the commands i mentioned. it will sure work.