WIM to ISO or what

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• Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:06 PMJoachim NasslanderModerator

   
  

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  You don't make an ISO, you read the documentation:

   

  To create media that contains the discover image
   
   1.  Install the Windows AIK.
   
  2.  At a command prompt, to change to the PETools folder, type:

  Cd C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools
   
  3.  To create a WinPE build environment, type:

  CopyPE <architecture> C:\Winpe
   
  4.  To copy the discover image created in the previous procedure, type:

  Copy /y c:\boot.wim c:\Winpe\ISO\Sources
   
  5.  To change back to the PETools folder, type:

  Cd C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools
   
  6.  To create the bootable ISO image, type:

  Oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe\ISO\boot\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\ISO c:\winpe.iso
   
  7.  Use a utility that can create a CD or DVD to transfer the ISO image to the appropriate media.

  
   
  And you'll find the WAIK here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&displaylang=en

   

  That'll let you boot and discover your specific hardware.

   

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• Sunday, September 09, 2007 1:26 AMRossom

   
  

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  I really appreciate the info.  That should at least get me going.

   

  Its seems weird that MS would have an option to automatically create a discover boot image and have it make it a wim image you can't burn.  What the heck is up with that.  That makes it useless doesn't it?

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• Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:23 AMmb14

   
  

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  hello.

   

  This might sound like a really dumb question but im trying to convert a single wim file to an ISO and havent been able to do it. ive tried following the instructions set above but it dosnt make sense.

   

  Any help?

   

  Thanks

   

  Michael

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• Friday, November 02, 2007 11:53 AMAndrewDu

   
  

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  WIM and ISO are intercompatible, just change the file name suffix and it will work.

   

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• Friday, November 02, 2007 6:18 PMAaron Tyler - MS

   
  

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  AndrewDu wrote:

  WIM and ISO are intercompatible, just change the file name suffix and it will work.

   

  This is incorrect. You'll need to follow the steps posted above to to produce a CD image that contains the WIM file.

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• Friday, September 12, 2008 8:06 PMquan74

   
  

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  Joachim Nasslander said:
  
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  Oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe\ISO\boot\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\ISO c:\winpe.iso
   

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  FYI:
  You'll need to add a -m switch to oscdimg.exe if the image file is larger than a standard cd (e.g. over 700 MB).
  
  
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