Windows 10: Win 11 won't boot, no Install.esd/install.wim file in bootable USB to use DISM offline...

Hi, I am having a problem with Windows 11. After attempting to update my Audio driver, the computer will not load windows. It gets to the lock screen but offers no password box and on any key press just goes lops back to the lock screen continuously. I eventually used Windows Media Creation tool to create a bootable USB to get into recovery mode. Startup Repair does not work says corrupt files cannot be repaired. Then tried to repair using dism from the usb recovery image F: drive on my rig Dism /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /restorehealth /source:f:\sources\install.esd also tried in

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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?

 

Convert ESD file to WIM using DISM in Windows 10

In all its simplicity, here's that step in two screenshots:










BTW, I edited step 2.9 and added step 2.10 just now. Here's how 2.9 it was before edits:

And here 2.9 and 2.10 after edits:

Also worth to remember is that after ESD to WIM conversion, new ISO only contains a single edition which always has index number 1. Using your CODE sample as an example, you made W10 PRO single edition WIM from W10 multi edition ESD. In original ESD the PRO edition is / was index 8, in new WIM file it's index 1.

 

Bootable Vista Installer

I have a friend who has a Vista Home Premium key (from the bottom of his laptop) and his HDD crapped out so he ordered a new one. His repair disks didn't work and neither of us have CD's with a large enough capacity to store the files we 'found' on the interwebz, so I'm trying to install it from a bootable USB.

I got up to the step where I successfully turned the USB into an active partition, but I ran into a problem the moment I needed to access the boot sector.

Can someone kindly walk me through the steps?