Windows 10: How to Extract Files from Windows 10 Installation DVD

There is a Windows 7 tutorial called Extract Files from Windows 7 Installation DVD and it works great.

I need to extract files from a Windows 10 Installation DVD and did not find a tutorial so thought to follow the same process as the Windows 7 tutorial but it fails on step 6 to click on install.wim (there is a file on the Windows 10 installation called install.wim).

It takes a long time to finally complain and the error is:





If there is a tutorial that tells how to extract a file from the Windows 10 Installation DVD I could not find it so maybe somebody will know the solution.

:)

 

how to extract iso file

Why do you want to extract it? In order to make it usable, you need to use a third party tool such as Rufus to copy the files to a USB thumbdrive or DVD:

• How
  to Prepare Bootable Install Media for Windows 10 - DVD, USB or SD Card

If you must extract it, use a third party tool such as 7-Zip:

7-Zip

 

Installing from downloaded ISO

Is it ok to extract the files in the downloaded ISO to an external hard drive and install the upgrade from there or is it necessary to burn the iso to a dvd and install from there?

 

Use 7-Zip: Download

 

So that message could indicate that the version of 7-Zip I have installed is an older version and I should download and install the newer version.

Under Help, About the I has 7-Zip I had was 9.20 so I downloaded and installed the version 16.02 from that link.

Now things are better.

Now it is working.

Much grass.