How to fix WIM size after removing indexes?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by quiggly, Dec 14, 2017.

  1. quiggly

    quiggly Guest

    #1 quiggly, Dec 14, 2017
    I removed all indexes except Home from my Install.wim file, how do I fix it up to now compress it down, like make it smaller that it now only has 1 index? Other than converting to ESD.
     
  2. rpo

    rpo MDL Expert

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    #2 rpo, Dec 14, 2017
    You could export (dism /export-image) the intall.wim, but AFAIK the size decrease is not substancial.
     
  3. s1ave77

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    #3 s1ave77, Dec 14, 2017
    Instead of removing any indices just export the one you want to new WIM. Job done :cool2:.
     
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  4. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #4 Enthousiast, Dec 14, 2017
    After every dism command the deleted/changed files are saved in the wim inside [DELETED] To see how big it is you can open the WIM by using 7zip.

    You can export the index to a new wim and the deleted folder will be gone and the size should decrease a bit (depending on what is done to the wim, many servicing tools call this "rebuilding"):
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    dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:"x:\install.wim" /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:"y:\install.wim" /Compress:max /checkintegrity