How to: Convert ESD to Wim

Situatie

Microsoft often distributes its operating system as an Electronic software download or ESD. Deployment program like MDT and SCCM will only read WIM files. The purpose of this How is to convert ESD to WIM files.

Solutie

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Create a directory in C: called ESD. Ex: C:\ESD

Mount the ISO of the Operating

Copy the install.esd located in G:\Sources
Drive letter will differ depending on devices currently attached.

Paste the install.esd in the ESD folder
Copy and paste the install.esd file in the folder you created in step 1

Open command prompt as an administrator
Run your command prompt as an Administrator.

Run the following command: CD:\ESD
Change the directory from Root to the location of the ESD folder

Run the following command: dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.esd

This will display the Version of the operating system that are contain within the ESD file

Once you make note of the Version you wish to install run the following command:

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:4 /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity

Note SourceIndex will differ depending on the Version you will choose.

Go the newly created .wim and paste it to the Original source.

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