Windows 10: WHY SAVING OF CAPTURED IMAGE OF C DRIVE AS INSTALL.WIM TOOKS 58-MINUTES TO COMPLETE

Every two weeks once i take of capture image of C drive and I usually save in other partition say F drive .


I already created windows 10 PE by following window 10 deployment guides from docs.microsoft.com and I shared created iso links to windows users. using same windows 10 PE disk,


I booted with that disk, and I captured windows partition L:\ and I saved the image install.wim in H:\ drive


L:\ drive used 110GB windows partition and the saved image install.wim size is 62.8GB


with using the following advanced command with verbose log details


DISM /Capture-Image /ImageFile:H:\install.wim /CaptureDir:L:\ /Name:Enterprise /logpath:H:\capture.log /loglevel:4 /compress:fast /checkIntegrity /EA


and the time taken to complete the operation is 58 minutes, i uploaded captured log file in onedrive, here is the link Here






Any helps or solutions are welcome

:)

 

How to capture and install .wim file

If you boot with Windows 10 install media on USB or DVD, you can get a Command Prompt by using SHIFT-F10. Then use DISM to capture an image of your Windows partition. You should first create a "Scratch" folder for DISM to use. Often C:\Recycler\Scratch is
used, as \Recycler" is a standardized folder which will never be captured to a Windows image.

If your Windows volume is still on C: (sometimes drive lettering varies when booted from install media):

DISM /Capture-Image /ImageFile:Install.wim /CaptureDir:C:\ /Name:"Windows 10" /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity /Verify /ScratchDir:C:\Recycler\Scratch

Use the applicable drive letter for your Windows partition, if it does not show up as drive C:. You can also add a Path to where you want to save your Install.wim or simply run the DISM command from that folder.

You can read about the DISM commands used by running DISM /Capture-Image /?

 

WHAT'S THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN "Capture-CustomImage" and "Capture-Image" WHILE CAPTURING IMAGE USING DISM

Hi.

/Capture-CustomImage only captures the customization files. It can’t be used to capture installation files into a new WIM.

/Capture-Image

Captures an image of a drive to a new .wim file. Captured directories include all subfolders and data. You cannot capture an empty directory. A directory must contain at least one file.

Info for customimage here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardwa...

Info for Image here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardwa...

 

TAKE BACKUP OF C:\USERS FOLDERS BY USING DISM CAPTURE IMAGE -IT WILL BE USEFUL AFTER REINSTALLING WINDOWS

hello windows users , today i am going to show taking backup of C:\users\ directory for future reference in form of .wim image , it will be usefull

when if you reinstalled windows or did clean installation after gets some problems

I use DISM.exe built in tool to capture users folders in form of .wim

steps i followed it

i booted the windows in to recovery environment , then choosed troubleshoot-- advanced options-- command prompt -- choose the account --enter password --command prompt

command prompt will display

X:\windows\system32>

type diskpart

type list vol

find the windows partition , note the drive letter say D:

find the partition which atleast 5GB free space , note the drive letter say
E:

then type exit

command prompt will display like below

X:\windows\system32>

then type the following command take capture image

DISM.exe /Capture-Image /ImageFile:E:\usersfolder.wim /CaptureDir:\Users\ /Name:users /CheckIntegrity /EA

wait for few minutes to complete , its depends upon speed of the cpu and the datas available in C:\users folders

type exit , restart the windows , boot the windows as normal

find the file "usersfolder.wim" and see the size , don't the delete the file , it will be useful

in my college Hp proone AIO , the file "usersfolder.wim" saved in F drive and its size is 2.84GB

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