MS DaRT Offline Integration Tool (for windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11)

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by Enthousiast, Dec 21, 2023.

  1. Anniyyax

    Anniyyax MDL Novice

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    Is there a direct link to download DaRT_7_81_10_11_v4.6_MDL_2025.zip
     
  2. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Both links at the OP are working fine :)
     
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  3. brinsley

    brinsley MDL Novice

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    works on 26h2 ?
     
  4. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Should work, 26H2 still is 25H2 is 24H2.
     
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  5. yro

    yro MDL Addicted

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    does this tool has the option to integrate dart into the actual recovery partition that already existis on my windows 11 26h2 installed system?
     
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  6. VectorDriver

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    Nice to see 26H1 support added. For that optimize error, it often happens when install.wim is actually an ESD/compressed image or the host DISM is older than the ISO build, so exporting it to a clean WIM with matching ADK usually gets it moving.
     
  7. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    No, ISO modification only.
     
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  8. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Optimizing is done by wimlib-imagex, what error?
     
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  9. yro

    yro MDL Addicted

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    #169 yro, Oct 27, 2026
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    do you know any tool or tutorial to do the integraton on a live system?

    another question: i integrated dart into win 11 26h2 pt-br iso. is it ok if i use ntlite to personalize this iso? is this going to work and dart will still be there?
     
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  10. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Nope, only the manual diy info by @murphy78
    IMO, it's never ok to use that, specially when people have to ask if it can be used;) That will be at your own risk.
     
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  11. W_fantasma

    W_fantasma MDL Senior Member

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    Once i made an in place upgrade with a DaRT integrated iso to do what you want. It went fine.
     
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  12. tech7

    tech7 MDL Novice

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    I intergrate it in 26H2 iso. i boot from usb but when click on repair your computer nothing happen. i intergrate in boot.wim and in
    Winre.wim
     
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  14. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Repair your computer has been broken for quite some time on official MSFT ISOs, when you update the ISO using W10UI then it will be fixed, iirc @abbodi1406 somewhere published a quick fix, i am trying to find it.

    I think i found it: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/windows-11-esd-repository.83747/page-24#post-1922096
     
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  15. yro

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    #175 yro, Oct 28, 2026
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    do you know where can i find his diy?
     
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  16. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #176 Enthousiast, Oct 28, 2026
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    This is one of the threads but it was boot.wim only afaik"https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...-recovery-toolset-dart-7-0.28645/#post-788429

    But you could create the ISO with DaRT integrated, take out the winre.wim (install.wim\1\windows\system32\recovery\winre.wim) and boot the system, using a winpe or other live/boot os, replace the winre.wim and see if that works.

    Or perform an inplace/repair upgrade, as suggested above, with an uptodate ISO with DaRT inregrated.
     
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  17. yro

    yro MDL Addicted

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    thanks. ill see what i can do.
     
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  18. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    I've never modded DaRT into a winre.wim on a live system. I imagine that you would have to mess with a lot of system protections and possibly hidden partition issues. Then you would need to re-enable it, which I'm not sure it would allow.
    The thing about adding DaRT into a bootable ISO is that it can also function that way, although it won't have all of the features. You just have to make sure it is the boot.wim for the same type of install iso that your system was installed from.
    For example: if you installed win 11 26h2 pt-br into your system previously, you want to use that same iso to add DaRT into the boot.wim for the extra recovery features.
     
  19. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    There's also the permissions. I don't know if we could do the typical takeown stuff. I vaguely remember either reading about this stuff or tinkering with it back in the day and coming to the conclusion that it wasn't worth it. On the other hand, MS does it when they update, so it's clearly possible. Leaving the permissions in a modified state could pose a security risk.