Okay, I'm not understanding something here. I need to make a Dell x64 Professional, and a Dell Home Premium. From what I understand, it's just a simple matter of swapping the $oem$ source folders in PowerISO to change the version. I tried that twice with my Dell x64 Ultimate with now luck. Is there something I'm missing here? Help appreciated.
Yes you need to swap the $OEM$ folders, but you also need the correct version or a ALL VERSION $OEM$ folder - and i think the only ALL VERSIONS i have seen is for HP.. For the ULTIMATE $OEM$ folder, you will also need to edit the ef.cfg (in source directory) file to reflect it by putting: [EditionID] Ultimate [Channel] Retail [VL] 0 You also need the correct image in the INSTALL.WIM (in source directory of DVD) file.. So if it only has professional in it thats all you will be able to install.. You can check it by: Imagex.exe /info <path_of_wim_file> Imagex is part of the WAIK toolkit from MS.. if you need PM me and i can send you so that you dont need to download the whole kit - is over a GB
Thanks. So where/how can I get the correct image for the INSTALL.WIM? I also happen to have a virgin retail Win7 CD too. Don't know if that helps the situation or not, but I thought I'd mention it.
You don't need imagex to get info you can just use DISM it comes with windows 7 i,e, DISM /Get-WimInfo Code: C:\>DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:E:\Windows_7_rtm_x86\sources\install.wim Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Details for image : E:\Windows_7_rtm_x86\sources\install.wim Index : 1 Name : Windows 7 STARTER Description : Windows 7 STARTER Size : 7,936,340,784 bytes Index : 2 Name : Windows 7 HOMEBASIC Description : Windows 7 HOMEBASIC Size : 7,992,394,907 bytes Index : 3 Name : Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM Description : Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM Size : 8,432,859,356 bytes Index : 4 Name : Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL Description : Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL Size : 8,313,318,889 bytes Index : 5 Name : Windows 7 ULTIMATE Description : Windows 7 ULTIMATE Size : 8,471,060,645 bytes The operation completed successfully. C:\>
My test install of both ISOs have yet to finish, but it's looking pretty good so far. Thank you both!