Windows 10: Win 10 .WIM ISO copy

Hi,

The second dvd seems to be burned correctly. The "Sources" directory/folder should contain a file by the name of "install.wim".
That's the one that DISM would use if you pointed it to that path.

The first dvd however seems like a "coaster" to me. *Wink

Cheers, *Wink

 

Win10_1511_EN_64 is what I see when I click to download. Is that correct? That is what is says on the bad disc which i cannot expand.

I need the site to download athe file for Win 10 Pro x 64 as .WIM
TY
Peter

 

Tech Bench

 

Hi,

Keep in mind that both MCT and Tech bench will download as .ISO file. The former contains install.esd (which I assume you do NOT want) , the latter contains install.wim (which I take is what you're after.

Cheers, *Wink

 

>>So when the image is downloaded, and the blank disc inserted, I just right click the image and click burn to disc and verify - I do not have to mount or anything else - is this correct?

 

Hi,

Yes, "burn image" is what you'll see in the menu.

Cheers, *Wink

 

I did this twice and got two results so I'll try a third time. I understand when sources is expanded, install.WIM should be there.

 

As long as you download from Tech Bench (link in post # 31), yes. From Media Creation Tool, you'll get install.esd.

 

I wanted to get an ISO with .WIM and just did. I downloaded from tech bench and when I expanded 'sources' it said, install .WIM.

This way, as opposed to .ESD I can utilize the nest DISM command when SFC and the standard DISM Health fail.

 

Right, so now you can mount the iso and point to the drive it's mounted as with the /source parameter when using DISM.

 

Yes Topgundcp was, he has told me that a few times in the past. Its just that simple.

 

>>I thought just downloading the file and burning it to DVD was all I had to do to create the bootable DVD to install and repair Win 10.

I do not understand about mounting except it is done to use a file.

Have I missed something in creating my DVD?

 

That's true.

I don't think so.

I may be confused on your reason for wanting the DVD. You say you want it for install and repair.

With the DVD you can do a clean install by booting from the DVD.

With the DVD, you can also do an in-place upgrade (of the same OS already installed, but perhaps broken somehow) repair by opening File Explorer (with DVD inserted) and double-clicking the setup.exe file in the root of the DVD.

Assuming you have saved the actual .iso file that you downloaded (and burned the DVD from), you could also just browse to it in File Explorer, right-click on it and select "Mount". Then the contents of the .iso will display as a new drive in File Explorer. You can then click on that drive and double click the setup.exe file displayed in the root of that drive to do an in-place upgrade for repair. This option is described in more detail in Brink's Tutorial here: Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

If you're trying to repair the OS using DISM, that's another thing. Even though you don't mention DISM in your opening post, I was getting the impression (especially since DISM was brought up later in the thread) that you had been advised to use WIM instead of ESD after you had problems using DISM to repair. This option would be as described in Brinks other Tutorial found here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...-10-image.html See Option One-Step 6 for using install.WIM (Step 7 would be for using ESD).

I actually had more success using install.WIM for the DISM repair by mounting the ISO as a drive and then using that drive path in the "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:" command. It didn't work well for me by inserting a burned DVD and using that as the ":Full Path to install.wim file" that Brink specifies to use in the Tutorial.

I hope this helps clarify rather than confuse your situation.

 

@Word Man
That's the one thing that kinda bugs me on this subject, as I do not have the "mount" feature displayed by right clicking on any ISO file. I think either my programs like WinRAR or maybe 7-zip removed that option for some reason. *sarc

 

Right click -choose open with- then choose windows explorer that will mount it. And yes 7-zip takes over. You can unmount by right clicking the mounted disk by choosing eject.