Has no relation to the FAT32 max filesize limits and is fixed by the win 11 boot and upgrade fix tool.
Thanks! Turned out my asus laptop does support booting from a NTFS formatted flash drive in full uefi mode with no cms & secure boot. I simply extracted the contents of windows ISO to the freshly formatted NTFS 64GB flash drive & plugged it in type c port & laptop recognized it as bootable device. Now if only Ventoy can somehow manage to get signed from MS for their secure boot program then that would be best though very slim chance of that happening. P.S. Also found out that telemetry level(Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Data Collection And Preview Builds) on win 11 education 22H2 in group policy settings now has only 3 options of diagnostic data off/required/optional instead of earlier 0/1/2/3. @Enthousiast
No relation to this tool. As said many times before, i never use any tool to create a UEFI/Legacy BIOS bootable USB media, never touched ventoy nor freddies tool, i just format my 8/16/32GB USB media FAT32 and it boots all, only for old ancient Legacy BIOS only hardware i use the mentioned official Win 7 USB/DVD tool.
Started updating the script to get these options in: - No need for putting the ISO in a specific folder, next to the script will be sufficient - Contain SKU/Index selection - No compression or install.esd or install.swm Progress: Code: ========================================================= Create ISO with compressed install.esd or multiple 3500MB install.swm v3.0 ========================================================= using amd64 wimlib-imagex Press any key to continue . . . ========================================================== Extracting ISO to ISO folder... ========================================================== 7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26 Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 4554020864 bytes (4344 MiB) Extracting archive: .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_22h2_updated_march_2024_x86_dvd_be8fc3e7.iso -- Path = .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_22h2_updated_march_2024_x86_dvd_be8fc3e7.iso Type = Udf Physical Size = 4554020864 Comment = CPBA_X86FRE_EN-US_DV9 Cluster Size = 2048 Created = 2024-03-07 01:00:00 Everything is Ok Folders: 86 Files: 910 Size: 4548581237 Compressed: 4554020864 ========================================================== Available indexes to be included in the new ISO... ========================================================== {1} "Windows 10 Education" {2} "Windows 10 Education N" {3} "Windows 10 Enterprise" {4} "Windows 10 Enterprise N" {5} "Windows 10 Pro" {6} "Windows 10 Pro N" {7} "Windows 10 Pro Education" {8} "Windows 10 Pro Education N" {9} "Windows 10 Pro for Workstations" {10} "Windows 10 Pro N for Workstations" ========================================================== select index(es) here .... ========================================================== >5 ========================================================== Select the compression type for the "Install" file ========================================================== [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file, longer creation. [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files. [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM. ========================================================== * Type your option and press Enter: 2 Press any key to continue . . . ========================================================== checking install.wim filesize, when <4GB the script will be aborted... ========================================================== ========================================================== The install.wim filesize is <4GB, aborting the script... ========================================================== ========================================================== Cleaning up ISO folder... ========================================================== Press any key to continue . . . Code: ========================================================= Create ISO with compressed install.esd or multiple 3500MB install.swm v3.0 ========================================================= using amd64 wimlib-imagex ========================================================== Extracting ISO to ISO folder... ========================================================== 7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26 Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 5997328384 bytes (5720 MiB) Extracting archive: .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_21h2_updated_june_2023_x64_dvd_e86bc073.iso -- Path = .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_21h2_updated_june_2023_x64_dvd_e86bc073.iso Type = Udf Physical Size = 5997328384 Comment = CPBA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9 Cluster Size = 2048 Created = 2023-06-11 01:00:00 Everything is Ok Folders: 85 Files: 907 Size: 5991883540 Compressed: 5997328384 ========================================================== Available indexes to be included in the new ISO... ========================================================== {1} "Windows 10 Education" {2} "Windows 10 Education N" {3} "Windows 10 Enterprise" {4} "Windows 10 Enterprise N" {5} "Windows 10 Pro" {6} "Windows 10 Pro N" {7} "Windows 10 Pro Education" {8} "Windows 10 Pro Education N" {9} "Windows 10 Pro for Workstations" {10} "Windows 10 Pro N for Workstations" ========================================================== select index(es) here .... ========================================================== >9 10 ========================================================== Select the compression type for the "Install" file ========================================================== [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file, longer creation. [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files. [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM. ========================================================== * Type your option and press Enter: 2 Press any key to continue . . . ========================================================== checking install.wim filesize, when <4GB the script will be aborted... ========================================================== ========================================================== Install.wim is larger than 4GB, continuing splitting the wim file... ========================================================== ========================================================== Optimizing Boot.wim... ========================================================== "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" original size: 662548 KiB Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 1074 MiB of 1074 MiB (100%) done "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" optimized size: 436064 KiB Space saved: 226483 KiB ========================================================== Optimizing Install.wim... ========================================================== "ISO\Sources\install.wim" original size: 4918660 KiB Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 9 GiB of 9 GiB (100%) done "ISO\Sources\install.wim" optimized size: 4884538 KiB Space saved: 34121 KiB ========================================================== Splitting install.wim to multiple 3500MB install.swm files... ========================================================== Splitting WIM: 4766 MiB of 4766 MiB (100%) written, part 2 of 2 Finished splitting "ISO\Sources\install.wim" ========================================================== Deleting install.wim... ========================================================== ========================================================== Creating ISO... ========================================================== File Not Found OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 41 directories) Scanning source tree complete (908 files in 86 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 5728468992 bytes (before optimization) Writing 908 files in 86 directories to ~0,-4ESDSWM%isodate.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 25 files, 14182400 bytes (1% of image) After optimization, image file is 5716367360 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 14182400 Done. ========================================================== Now you have time to copy the content of the ISO folder to a FAT32 formatted USB key, when done copying, press any key to cleanup the ISO folder. ========================================================== Press any key to continue . . . I won't bother you with these very early test versions, once a real usable script is achieved i will publish the beta for it
Code: ========================================================= Create ISO with compressed install.esd or multiple 3500MB install.swm v3.0 ========================================================= using amd64 wimlib-imagex ========================================================== Extracting ISO to ISO folder... ========================================================== 7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26 Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 4554020864 bytes (4344 MiB) Extracting archive: .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_22h2_updated_march_2024_x86_dvd_be8fc3e7.iso -- Path = .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_22h2_updated_march_2024_x86_dvd_be8fc3e7.iso Type = Udf Physical Size = 4554020864 Comment = CPBA_X86FRE_EN-US_DV9 Cluster Size = 2048 Created = 2024-03-07 01:00:00 Everything is Ok Folders: 86 Files: 910 Size: 4548581237 Compressed: 4554020864 ========================================================== Available indexes to be included in the new ISO... ========================================================== {1} "Windows 10 Education" {2} "Windows 10 Education N" {3} "Windows 10 Enterprise" {4} "Windows 10 Enterprise N" {5} "Windows 10 Pro" {6} "Windows 10 Pro N" {7} "Windows 10 Pro Education" {8} "Windows 10 Pro Education N" {9} "Windows 10 Pro for Workstations" {10} "Windows 10 Pro N for Workstations" ========================================================== select index(es) here .... ========================================================== >1 5 ========================================================== Select the compression type for the "Install" file ========================================================== [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file, longer creation. [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files. [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM. ========================================================== * Type your option and press Enter: 1 ========================================================== Compressing install.wim to install.esd with LZMS compression This can take some time, depending on the hardware and used source ISO ========================================================== Using LZMS compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 6217 MiB of 6217 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 108 MiB of 108 MiB (100%) done The system cannot find the path specified. ========================================================== Deleting install.wim... ========================================================== ========================================================== Creating ISO... ========================================================== OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 42 directories) Scanning source tree complete (910 files in 87 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 3674472448 bytes (before optimization) Writing 910 files in 87 directories to en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_21h2_updated_june_2023_x64_dvd_e86bc073__2024_03_23.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 25 files, 14166016 bytes (1% of image) After optimization, image file is 3662381056 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 14166016 Done. ========================================================== Now you have time to copy the content of the ISO folder to a FAT32 formatted USB key, when done copying, press any key to cleanup the ISO folder. ========================================================== Press any key to continue . . . Code: [01] 07/03/2024 en-US x86 10.0.19041.4170 Windows 10 Education | Education [02] 07/03/2024 en-US x86 10.0.19041.4170 Windows 10 Pro | Professional
Current progress: Code: ========================================================== Create ISO with compressed install.esd or multiple 3500MB install.swm v3.0 ========================================================== using x64 wimlib-imagex =========================================================== Extracting ISO to ISO folder... =========================================================== 7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26 Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 5997328384 bytes (5720 MiB) Extracting archive: .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_21h2_updated_june_2023_x64_dvd_e86bc073.iso -- Path = .\en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_21h2_updated_june_2023_x64_dvd_e86bc073.iso Type = Udf Physical Size = 5997328384 Comment = CPBA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9 Cluster Size = 2048 Created = 2023-06-11 01:00:00 Everything is Ok Folders: 85 Files: 907 Size: 5991883540 Compressed: 5997328384 =========================================================== Available indexes to be included in the new ISO... =========================================================== {0} All indexes {1} "Windows 10 Education" {2} "Windows 10 Education N" {3} "Windows 10 Enterprise" {4} "Windows 10 Enterprise N" {5} "Windows 10 Pro" {6} "Windows 10 Pro N" {7} "Windows 10 Pro Education" {8} "Windows 10 Pro Education N" {9} "Windows 10 Pro for Workstations" {10} "Windows 10 Pro N for Workstations" =========================================================== select index(es) here .... =========================================================== >1 =========================================================== Select the compression type for the "Install" file =========================================================== [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file (longer creation). [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files. [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM. =========================================================== * Type your option and press Enter: 2 =========================================================== checking if install.wim filesize >4GB ... =========================================================== =========================================================== Splitting install.wim into multiple 3500MB install.swm files... =========================================================== Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 8845 MiB of 8845 MiB (100%) done Splitting WIM: 4411 MiB of 4411 MiB (100%) written, part 2 of 2 Finished splitting "ISO\sources\install.wim" =========================================================== Optimizing Boot.wim... =========================================================== "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" original size: 662548 KiB Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 1074 MiB of 1074 MiB (100%) done "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" optimized size: 436064 KiB Space saved: 226483 KiB =========================================================== Creating ISO... =========================================================== OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 41 directories) Scanning source tree complete (908 files in 86 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 5356060672 bytes (before optimization) Writing 908 files in 86 directories to en-us_windows_10_business_editions_version_21h2_updated_june_2023_x64_dvd_e86bc073_SWM_2024_03_28.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 25 files, 14182400 bytes (1% of image) After optimization, image file is 5343946752 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 14182400 Done. =========================================================== Now you have time to copy the content of the ISO folder to a FAT32 formatted USB key, when done copying, press any key to cleanup the ISO folder. =========================================================== Press any key to continue . . . Code: ========================================================== Create ISO with compressed install.esd or multiple 3500MB install.swm v3.0 ========================================================== using x64 wimlib-imagex =========================================================== Extracting ISO to ISO folder... =========================================================== 7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26 Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 6792880128 bytes (6479 MiB) Extracting archive: .\en-us_windows_11_business_editions_version_23h2_updated_march_2024_x64_dvd_ff6b444c.iso -- Path = .\en-us_windows_11_business_editions_version_23h2_updated_march_2024_x64_dvd_ff6b444c.iso Type = Udf Physical Size = 6792880128 Comment = CPBA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9 Cluster Size = 2048 Created = 2024-03-04 01:00:00 Everything is Ok Folders: 85 Files: 949 Size: 6787383455 Compressed: 6792880128 =========================================================== Available indexes to be included in the new ISO... =========================================================== {0} All indexes {1} "Windows 11 Education" {2} "Windows 11 Education N" {3} "Windows 11 Enterprise" {4} "Windows 11 Enterprise N" {5} "Windows 11 Pro" {6} "Windows 11 Pro N" {7} "Windows 11 Pro Education" {8} "Windows 11 Pro Education N" {9} "Windows 11 Pro for Workstations" {10} "Windows 11 Pro N for Workstations" =========================================================== select index(es) here .... =========================================================== >8 5 10 =========================================================== Select the compression type for the "Install" file =========================================================== [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file (longer creation). [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files. [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM. =========================================================== * Type your option and press Enter: 3 =========================================================== You have selected to keep the install.wim... =========================================================== Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 9 GiB of 9 GiB (100%) done Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 632 MiB of 632 MiB (100%) done Using LZX compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 131 MiB of 131 MiB (100%) done =========================================================== Optimizing Boot.wim... =========================================================== "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" original size: 525743 KiB Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 1194 MiB of 1194 MiB (100%) done "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" optimized size: 524295 KiB Space saved: 1447 KiB =========================================================== Creating ISO... =========================================================== OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 43 directories) Scanning source tree complete (949 files in 86 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 6511263744 bytes (before optimization) Writing 949 files in 86 directories to en-us_windows_11_business_editions_version_23h2_updated_march_2024_x64_dvd_ff6b444c_WIM_2024_03_28.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 4 files, 24576 bytes (0% of image) After optimization, image file is 6513356800 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 24576 Done. =========================================================== Now you have time to copy the content of the ISO folder to a FAT32 formatted USB key, when done copying, press any key to cleanup the ISO folder. =========================================================== Press any key to continue . . . Code: [01] 03/03/2024 en-US x64 10.0.22621.3296 Windows 11 Pro Education N | ProfessionalEducationN [02] 03/03/2024 en-US x64 10.0.22621.3296 Windows 11 Pro | Professional [03] 03/03/2024 en-US x64 10.0.22621.3296 Windows 11 Pro N for Workstations | ProfessionalWorkstationN
@Enthousiast is this tool better/faster then what is used to create .esd with abbodi1406 W10UI script ??
Code: ========================================================== Create ISO with compressed install.esd or multiple 3500MB install.swm v3.0 ========================================================== using x64 wimlib-imagex =========================================================== Extracting ISO to ISO folder... =========================================================== 7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26 Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 4501397504 bytes (4293 MiB) Extracting archive: .\26100.1.240331-1435.ge_release_CLIENT_ENTERPRISES_OEM_x64FRE_en-us.iso -- Path = .\26100.1.240331-1435.ge_release_CLIENT_ENTERPRISES_OEM_x64FRE_en-us.iso Type = Udf Physical Size = 4501397504 Comment = CES_X64FREO_EN-US_DV9 Cluster Size = 2048 Created = 2024-04-02 02:00:00 Everything is Ok Folders: 87 Files: 960 Size: 4495839613 Compressed: 4501397504 =========================================================== Available indexes to be included in the new ISO... =========================================================== {0} All indexes {1} "Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024" {2} "Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024" {3} "Windows 11 IoT Enterprise Subscription LTSC 2024" =========================================================== select index(es) here .... =========================================================== >2 =========================================================== Select the compression type for the "Install" file =========================================================== [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file (longer creation). [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files. [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM. =========================================================== * Type your option and press Enter: 3 ekb assessment Win_11_26100_x64_en-US pause after ekb assessment Press any key to continue . . . =========================================================== You have selected to keep the install.wim... =========================================================== Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 7592 MiB of 7592 MiB (100%) done =========================================================== Optimizing Boot.wim... =========================================================== "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" original size: 423429 KiB Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 1071 MiB of 1071 MiB (100%) done "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" optimized size: 421229 KiB Space saved: 2200 KiB =========================================================== Creating ISO... =========================================================== OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 45 directories) Scanning source tree complete (960 files in 88 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 4430102528 bytes (before optimization) Writing 960 files in 88 directories to 26100.1.240331-1435.ge_release_CLIENT_ENTERPRISES_OEM_x64FRE_en-us_WIM_2024_04_06.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 25 files, 14342144 bytes (1% of image) After optimization, image file is 4417935360 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 14342144 Done. =========================================================== Now you have time to copy the content of the ISO folder to a FAT32 formatted USB key, when done copying, press any key to cleanup the ISO folder. =========================================================== Press any key to continue . . . Almost ready for publication, just cleaning up the debug code and thinking of a new Crappy Tools name