Windows 10: Install.wim file/folder in recovery drive

My Laptop is 5 years old & was bought with Win 8.1. Am currently running Windows 10 1909 & all is OK. Can I remove or delete the install.wim file/folder dated 2014 (ie pre windows 10) in the recovery drive without harming windows 10 ?

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Compacting a wim file?

Sorry, no idea where to put this. I just recently learned how to use dism. I use it to slipstream all hotfixes and ie10 ect into an AIO install disc. The problem is, it creates a huge install.wim after 8 index mounts and slipstreams. Considering all 8 images use the same darn wim and files, don't know why it has to increase the wim size by 1gig. Either I need to figure out how to use the same wim.install file for all indexes, or I need to compact the wim file which is now 4gbs with ie10 and all updates to April. Any way to do either?

 

difference between windows installiation media and windows recovery drive

As the name suggests,

• WIM or installation media is used to install Windows on to the computer.whereas
• Recovery drive is created to repair your computer in case if it wont start or throw any startup error.

 

Compacting a wim file?

Actually it turns out the answer is the dism that comes with Win8. Using the new Export-Image command, and a simple batch file, was able to compress my AIO wim by several hundred mbs.