I wanted to keep apps & setting,files in win 8.1 pro iso downloaded through windowssetupbox.How it can be done? Also I am having win 8.1 pro iso so can I create an iso containing win 8.1 core,pro prowmc ? If yes then plz guide me creating aio iso containing menu with 3 options. Thanks.
I tried to make win 8.1 pro with media center only according to instructions given on 1st page.But I am stuck at the very 1st step "Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win81\wim\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:C:\win81\mount" as in my win 8.1 pro iso there is no install.wim file in sources folder, there is only boot.wim file .The biggest files in that folder is install.esd.Hence I wanted to ask that how to prepare win 8.1 pro with media center only from this iso?As previously I downloaded WZOR setup file in that there was install.wim file but in this legitimate setup this file is absent!!!Plz help me somebody.I am very frustrated.
You can't use dism to service install.esd file and there is no tool to convert .esd to wim format. either you have to install the install.esd to system and sysprep it and make a install.wim image or you have to stick with WZOR or MSDN ISO's
Can u guide me how to "you have to install the install.esd to system and sysprep it and make a install.wim image "?
I am currently using win 8.1 pro wmc(upgraded through store).One simple doubt how to add the option of "keeping apps,settings and files" to this created iso?
I am confused about step 4 and step 5 of the mentioned link by you in ur post. Can u explain it in detail.I am having doubt about attaching virtual drive in disk mgmt.I created VHD on c drive and after attaching the vhd new drive K: has been formed.I want to know that what is the use of sysprep in this case? Also do I have to stop the virtual box machine while capturing with Imagex command? Plz explain
The purpose of sysprep is to generalize the install os so that all the user created settings and accounts will be removed and the os will be prepared for fresh deployment. Once the Sysprep is done, the OS in VirtualBox will shutdown automatically. Then you are attaching Virtualbox vhd in disk management and it will assign a drive letter (in your case K: ), now you can have access to the VHD drive. Now, using imagex you are capturing the image of the VHD Drive (VirtualBox OS Drive) to install.wim image. so that when you copy this install.wim to your windows 8.1 sources folder and remove install.esd file then it will be able to install windows 8.1 in the same way like other windows 8.1 ISO's.
Yipee successfully got install.wim now.I just wanted to ask u that whether the option of "Keep files,setting and apps" will be there or not in the created aio iso.And if not then what modifications required for keeping apps,settings and files? And I tried to create aio using WZOR setup with win 8.1 core,pro,pro wmc but the menu was not there.Directly product key screen was appearing.Suggest me in this also.Finally what should be the format of ei.cfg for win 8.1 aio with win 8.1 core,pro,pro wmc? Thanks
How to delete unnecessary files from install.wim? It is giving following message: C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools >Dism /Image:C:\win81\mount /Get-TargetEditions Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.3.9600.16384 Error: 0xc1510115 The specified image is invalid. Unmount the image or clean up the Wim and then try again. Plz help
Is there any gui program that can do exactly that more easily without needing of typing so many commands?
My captured install.wim from windowssetupbox working fine for win 8.1 pro with wmc only but not working for aio with all editions!!! Giving error that check whether command line arguments allowed or not???
By default ImageX will skip these folders from adding to the image you are creating. Code: [ExclusionList] \$ntfs.log \hiberfil.sys \pagefile.sys "\System Volume Information" \RECYCLER \Windows\CSC [CompressionExclusionList] *.mp3 *.zip *.cab \WINDOWS\inf\*.pnf if you wish to remove any other files which you don't want, like the temp files inside windows\temp folder and windows\software distribution\download folder and user\administrator\appdata\local\temp folder you can delete. Note: when you are capturing the virtualbox vhd image don't include boot information and boot files In the wim image.
I wanted to ask that I am currently having win 8.1 pro iso downloaded through windowssetupbox but I wanted to create aio iso containing win 8.1pro,win 8.1pro wmc.But when I try to use the script from 1st page for win 8.1 pro it works fine but for win 8.1 pro wmc it gives error message "Check ur wim images".Whether its not possible to create such an AIO?Also I deleted the virtual m/c and I am currently having install.wim.Now how can I delete the boot info and boot files ? If it is not possible now then how to give option of not include the boot info and boot files in vhd? Thanks.
ok I think the wim flags settings is missing, use imagex to export the install.wim you have created to new image like this Code: imagex.exe /compress maximum /check /flags "Professional" /export old_install.wim 1 new_install.wim "Windows 8.1 Pro" "Windows 8.1 Pro" then try to make a prowmc then use 7-zip to open the install.wim you created and then in that see whether there is boot folder and bootmgr those stuffs if its there then you need to mount the install.wim file to a directory and the remove those files and again save the image.
I found the following output : C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools >imagex.exe /compress maximum /check /flags "Professional" /export old_install.w im 1 new_install.wim "Windows 8.1 Pro" "Windows 8.1 Pro" ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved. Version: 6.3.9600.16411 IMAGEX [FLAGS] /EXPORT src_file src_number | src_name dest_file dest_name Exports a copy of the specified image to another WIM file. src_file - The path of the WIM file that contains the image to be copied. src_number - The number that identifies the image within the source WIM. src_name - The name that identifies the image within the source WIM. dest_file - The path of the WIM file that will receive the image copy. dest_name - The unique name for the image in the destination WIM. Accepted FLAGS: /BOOT Marks a volume image as bootable. Available for Windows PE images only. /CHECK Enables WIM integrity checking. If not provided, existing checks are removed. /COMPRESS [maximum | fast | none] Specifies the type of compression used when exporting to a new WIM file. /REF splitwim2.swm Enables the reference of split WIM (SWM) files. splitwim2.swm - Path to additional split file(s). Wild cards are accepted. /TEMP Specifies the path where temporary files are stored. Comments: If src_name is "*" then all images are exported to dest_file. Example: imagex /export d:\imaging\data.wim 1 d:\imaging\newfile.wim "Exported Image" C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools > What to be done?
C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools >Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\win81aio\win81\sources\install.wim /index:3 /mountd ir:C:\win81aio\mount Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.3.9600.16384 Error: 0xc1510113 The specified image does not exist in the WIM. Check the WIM first for existing images. The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools > Plz give me step by step method .I have given install.wim as name to captured wim file.
you have entered the index no as 3 it should be 1 as the image you capture contains only 1 index. run this command in a folder with imagex.exe and install.wim file Code: imagex.exe /compress maximum /check /flags "Professional" /export install.wim 1 install1.wim "Windows 8.1 Pro" "Windows 8.1 Pro" This command will create a install1.wim file which you can later rename to install.wim by deleting the old one.
C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools >imagex.exe /compress maximum /check /flags "Professional" /export install.wim 1 install1.wim "Windows 8.1 Pro" "Windows 8.1 Pro" ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved. Version: 6.3.9600.16411 IMAGEX [FLAGS] /EXPORT src_file src_number | src_name dest_file dest_name Exports a copy of the specified image to another WIM file. src_file - The path of the WIM file that contains the image to be copied. src_number - The number that identifies the image within the source WIM. src_name - The name that identifies the image within the source WIM. dest_file - The path of the WIM file that will receive the image copy. dest_name - The unique name for the image in the destination WIM. Accepted FLAGS: /BOOT Marks a volume image as bootable. Available for Windows PE images only. /CHECK Enables WIM integrity checking. If not provided, existing checks are removed. /COMPRESS [maximum | fast | none] Specifies the type of compression used when exporting to a new WIM file. /REF splitwim2.swm Enables the reference of split WIM (SWM) files. splitwim2.swm - Path to additional split file(s). Wild cards are accepted. /TEMP Specifies the path where temporary files are stored. Comments: If src_name is "*" then all images are exported to dest_file. Example: imagex /export d:\imaging\data.wim 1 d:\imaging\newfile.wim "Exported Image" C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools >imagex.exe /compress maximum /check /flags "Professional" /export C:\win81aio\x 86\install.wim 1 C:\win81aio\x86\install1.wim "Windows 8.1 Pro" "Windows 8.1 Pro " ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved. Version: 6.3.9600.16411 IMAGEX [FLAGS] /EXPORT src_file src_number | src_name dest_file dest_name Exports a copy of the specified image to another WIM file. src_file - The path of the WIM file that contains the image to be copied. src_number - The number that identifies the image within the source WIM. src_name - The name that identifies the image within the source WIM. dest_file - The path of the WIM file that will receive the image copy. dest_name - The unique name for the image in the destination WIM. Accepted FLAGS: /BOOT Marks a volume image as bootable. Available for Windows PE images only. /CHECK Enables WIM integrity checking. If not provided, existing checks are removed. /COMPRESS [maximum | fast | none] Specifies the type of compression used when exporting to a new WIM file. /REF splitwim2.swm Enables the reference of split WIM (SWM) files. splitwim2.swm - Path to additional split file(s). Wild cards are accepted. /TEMP Specifies the path where temporary files are stored. Comments: If src_name is "*" then all images are exported to dest_file. Example: imagex /export d:\imaging\data.wim 1 d:\imaging\newfile.wim "Exported Image" C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools >imagex.exe /compress maximum /check /flags "Professional" /export install.wim 1 install1.wim "Windows 8.1 Pro" "Windows 8.1 Pro" Nothing happens only options are showing??? I used index 3 because as per 1st page it is given under "Win 8.1 Pro WMC" part