So can someone be a dear and remake an ISO since everyone is claiming it's corrupt but others seem to have got it working!
those who are facing issues with install.wim extraction, mounting, applying please use latest version of wadk or imagex or dism..
We mounted the WIM and captured the mounted directory... I'll post a torrent link of all 3 indexes + prowmc if I can soon...
Relax everyone. Someone will upload it. Just give them a chance to mess around with it first. It was in Chinese after all
Ok, so I currently have the install.wim from MEGA. Extracted it fine from the 2-part zips. Managed to do that command listed earlier to extract the 3 index into a new .wim file. So now what? I have the Deployment Tools downloaded only (40 MB). Do I have to download the PE (2 GB or so)?
While I'm capturing indexes... Anyone have a better idea of what to use for the boot.wim? I'm using the frankenbuild one from yesterday with the lang.ini set to en-us only instead of en-us and zh-cn
MASSIVE round of applause to those who found the workaround. Still not sure if I'll install the inevitable iso that comes from this or wait for the official one, either way pats on the back all round!
If you mount the wim indexes to a directory one by one and capture them, you can apply the index in a boot image by pressing shift-f10 to open command prompt, navigating to the imagex or dism path and run the extract commands. Don't ask me how to set up the partitions and bcdboot stuff, I never do that manually..
Murphy78, really great work!! Reading this thread has been a lot of fun for the last few hours. For me, the .wim (*your* new .wim) is all I need (no need for a full iso), because I boot with Win8PESE and apply/setup with JFX's WinNTSetup. Thanks again for your work!
I haven't still figure it out, what is 8.1 actually, is it a ISO that you can boot and install Windows, or just an service pack, which you have to split-stream to a Windows 8, or install after having Windows 8 pre installed?