I didn't plan on it but I sorta took your advice, it takes literally 3 minutes to make. I do pose a question to you FreeStyler, is there a way to merge DaRT setup into WindowsPE sorta like people did with Windows 7 setup because I tried and was unsuccessful.
Think It should... you need to replace windows\system32\recover\WinRe.wim (have to look up exact filename/location)
@anarchist9027 On win 8 the WinRe.wim seems to be positioned on a slightly different location, eg: 'C:/Recovery{GUID}/winre.wim' (hidden folder)
Lazy? Is everyone asking for modded bios files lazy too? Why not delete those threads. I'd rather download a pre-made iso than waste time and effort downloading and installing 3GB of junk. If someone wants to make a modded version that's their prerogative, but a default version will work for most people and I see no reason why an ISO couldn't be made available. Also, there are cases when you might need access to one in an emergency when you can't download and install all of the tools.
On an installed Win 7 or 8 C:\Recovery\{GUID}\winre.wim, but if you mount a Win 7 or 8 install wim you would place winre.wim in %mount%\Windows\system32\Recovery. As for imbedding Dart in a WinPE, DART essentially is a WinPE, just add the proper dependencies like the setup files to get the best of both worlds. If your WinPE is a Winbuilder project (full desktop environment), there is no current script to embed DART, and if you use a DART wim as your base it won't recognize it. I tried to modify a Win7 DART script to a Win8 DART script with MultiPE 62 but it won't work as some of the dependencies are missing.
Is it lazy? Yes. Is asking for premade bios files lazy? yes. Is WAIK 3 gb of junk? No, its necessary dev files. Do you need to install all 3 gig? NO. Can you use a Win8 ISO as a source instead? Yes. Is DART easy to create? Yes, follow the wizard. What if there are cases when you might need access to one in an emergency when you can't download and install all of the tools? If you can't download and install the tools, you wouldn't be able to download and burn the pre-made ISO. Right? Is a pre-made DART considered warez? Yes. Is there a "default" DART? No, there is a "complete" DART that could be considered default though. Is MDL about teaching you how to do something, or releasing pre-packaged tools? The people that deserve to be on the site prefer to do it themselves, and the noobs who want to be spoonfed are often considered vermin. Is Heidegger lazy? Perhaps.
Not as lazy as people who don't use proper quote code. They're not "necessary" for most people. If you use the installer you do. A source? Yes, but you need the WinPE files installed. Nope. Not if you have other boot wims that allow you to burn discs. So are the MSDart installers. They're culled from the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack which is commercial software. No kidding. Obviously both. Creating a MSDart Iso isn't an exercise in creativity or ingenuity. It's a rote, menial task that could be accomplished by one person and the results shared to save people time and effort to focus on more worthwhile endeavours. Nah, Heidegger just has more important and interesting things to do. Other people... not so much, I guess.
Your are missing the most important reasons (mentioned before) When you build your self you can: Enable/disable specific features Add system specific drivers Include debugging tools Customize the DaRT image
You need the Windows ADK as well, which is 3GB. Freestyler posted inks for a subset of that which is ~1.5GB. This version doesn't work like previous versions where you just needed an install ISO.
I'm not missing those reasons at all - they just don't matter to me right now, and probably to a lot of other people. If they do matter at some point in the future then I can download all the tools and make my own. They're not mutually exclusive scenarios. Another guy posted an iso in another thread and it works fine, as expected.
That's lovely, but I have a dozen custom boot wims like that packed with utilities that I never use. Maybe eventually, I'll slap one together with the Win8 MSDart tools, but all I needed a couple days ago was the basic iso with the hotfix remover so I could repair my fubarred win8 installation. Opera and Windows explorer wouldn't have been of much use.