Just curious: What's about to use and DL (Double Layer) DVD and burn the files to that? Would the installation work in that way? DL DVD's having up to 8.5GB!
This was something i looked into ages ago i never actually got around to trying anything because i didnt really find it.. but there was talk of a way to install NTFS drivers into the UEFI bios that would allot booting from an NTFS formatted stick in UEFI mode tho my search ended up into some Mac forums and drivers and even then it was still very experimental...
i have a 16gb USB which I created 2 partitions. One fat32 for all windows setup and boot files and one ntfs partition for install.wim. i was then unable to pull install.wim from the ntfs partition (don't know the commands etc) lol
DVD's are using ISO Standards. That should mean that the filesize didn't matters others than the max of capacity of the Media used. DL Capacity is 8.5 GB (or 7.9GiB) That would be much enough for your 7GB .wim file! From my understanding what I'd read on the Internet, it should be possible for to use DL-DVD's for EFI Installations.
It works 100%.. this is what i did ... Original iso is en-gb_windows_8_x64_dvd_915412 then i took the install.wim file and ran this code to enable netframework 3.5 (*copied the sxs folder from iso to local drive) Code: DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\WMC\install.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\WMC\mount DISM /image:c:\WMC\mount /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:c:\WMC\dotnet35\sxs Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\wmc\mount /commit i then injected the KMS client key using this command Code: cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism /Image:C:\Inject8\mount /Set-ProductKey:*****-*****-*****-*****-J8CK4 Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit pause I then injected all available updates and all drivers required using this code Code: MD %~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%~dp0install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%~dp0x64" Dism.exe /image:%~dp0MOUNT /Add-Driver /Driver:"%~dp0x64-Drivers" /Recurse dism.exe /image:"e:\inject8\Mount" /get-packages /format:table /English /loglevel:2 /LogPath:"%~dp0DISM.log" >"e:\inject8\Injected_packages.txt" Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:%~dp0MOUNT /commit REM Check for errors before closing. PAUSE then i had myself an install.wim totalling 5,087,718, so i split the image within windows 8 as follows Code: Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:e:\wim\install.wim /SWMFile:e:\wim\install.swm /FileSize:2500 the result was that i had 2 files named install.smw, install2.smw i copied these 2 files to the original iso (deleting the original install.wim from the iso first) then copied my $oem$ folder used to install off line updates etc.. i then made the required ei.cfg as follows and placed this into the source folder. Code: [EditionID] [Channel] Retail [VL] 0 extracted new build iso to usb stick formatted to fat32.. installed from usb using UEFI without any issues.
I also have that same iso. I have changed it to core single language. Then I took install.wim from my recovery and it was in Russian language. I changed its language to English and then replaced it with original iso's install.wim then as you suggested, I split it and made 3 parts. Then when I boot via this USB, it gives this error -"windows cannot find the Microsoft software license terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation" (with the above set up, I am able to install with legacy mode).
So I made a win pe USB. Applied install.wim using dism. Now do I need to copy boot files ? If so how ? I have cmd open in winpe and image has been applied using dism.
This is the command, just change for your correct drive letter Code: g:\windows\system32\bcdboot g:\windows then g:\Windows\system32\shutdown /r /t 0
What do you mean? Did you setup your partitions? Below, g: is an example, you will need to find out what drive your computer is using for main install disk. Its not always C: Code: [image.bat] @echo off diskpart /s z:\diskpartrans.txt z: imagex /apply z:\%1 1 g: g:\windows\system32\bcdboot g:\windows g:\Windows\system32\shutdown /r /t 0 [diskpartrans.txt] select disk 0 clean create partition primary size=100 select partition 1 format fs=ntfs quick label=system active create partition primary select partition 2 format fs=ntfs quick label=windows assign letter=g
using disk part - my winpe is D, I am installing windows on H and i applied image which was saved on a partition named G. I have couple other partitions as well.
Then to make you windows boot able type this command H:\windows\system32\bcdboot H:\windows Then restart system...
it said - Failure when attempting to copy boot files. i then used this command - bcdboot H:\Windows /s H: it copied files successfully but windows doesn't start after reboot.
was this the command that you typed to apply the install.wim... Code: Dism /apply-image /imagefile:G:\install.wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:H:\ Then did you type Code: H:\windows\system32\bcdboot H:\windows
exactly. One thing here - this H already had a windows installed before I applied the image. May be I need to format it and start afresh ? I didn't format it before applying the image. p.s - thanks for your valuable time and thanks to others as well for being patient and helping.
I see yes you are better off running diskpart to clean the disk and then create the partitioons use these commands... Code: [diskpartrans.txt] select disk 0 clean create partition primary size=100 select partition 1 format fs=ntfs quick label=system active create partition primary select partition 2 format fs=ntfs quick label=windows assign letter=g *change to correct driver letter