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Hi All..

I've been trying to make a combined version of Windows 7 Enterprise x86/x64 and Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise
but I cant get it to work.
I've then tried to drop Windows 7 but that doesnt work either. it show up blank whenever i need to select the version I want to install. Though i can click em, i cant se the name and choose proceed.
I would say it should be very simple to make an AIO:

Step 1 get WAIK
Step 2 have iso (x86/x64 (and server))
Step 3 imagex.exe /export "D:\x64\sources\install.wim" 1 "D:\x86\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 Enterprise x64" (THIS STEP EXPORTS THE x64 WIM INTO x86)
Step 4 Make it bootable..


So its basicly just 1 line so it should be fairly easy to make it work, but it doesnt..

So where am i going wrong??

I've read that if the Server version should be merged into the x86, I would need to take the license folder in the install.wim and in the source folder and copy it over to the x86 source folder and install wim..

Did you run imagex /info on the wim you created .



What does it tell you?

WIM Information:
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Path: d:\x86\sources\install.wim
GUID: {61e8b2bf-f133-41f3-b654-e259f55fca30}
Image Count: 2
Compression: LZX
Part Number: 1/1
Attributes: 0x8
Relative path junction

Available Image Choices:
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<WIM>
<TOTALBYTES>3792310661</TOTALBYTES>
<IMAGE INDEX="1">
<NAME>Windows 7 Enterprise</NAME>
<FLAGS>Enterprise</FLAGS>
<WINDOWS>
<ARCH>0</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
<PRODUCTTYPE>WinNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
</LANGUAGES>
<VERSION>
<MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
<MINOR>1</MINOR>
<BUILD>7600</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>16385</SPBUILD>
</VERSION>
<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
</WINDOWS>
<DIRCOUNT>9536</DIRCOUNT>
<FILECOUNT>48201</FILECOUNT>
<TOTALBYTES>8802344359</TOTALBYTES>
<CREATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CB0735</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x8BC410B6</LOWPART>
</CREATIONTIME>
<LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CB0735</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x8C0A417C</LOWPART>
</LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
</IMAGE>
<IMAGE INDEX="2">
<NAME>Windows 7 x64 Enterprise</NAME>
<FLAGS>Enterprise</FLAGS>
<WINDOWS>
<ARCH>9</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
<PRODUCTTYPE>WinNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
</LANGUAGES>
<VERSION>
<MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
<MINOR>1</MINOR>
<BUILD>7600</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>16385</SPBUILD>
</VERSION>
<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
</WINDOWS>
<DIRCOUNT>13913</DIRCOUNT>
<FILECOUNT>65880</FILECOUNT>
<TOTALBYTES>12795916145</TOTALBYTES>
<CREATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CB073B</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x33383022</LOWPART>
</CREATIONTIME>
<LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CB0DE9</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x4A1F4643</LOWPART>
</LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
</IMAGE>
</WIM>


It telss me that theres 2 images present, the Enterprise edition, and the Enterprise x64 edition.. but comes up blank when i have to choose the edition to install. :S

Just a potential guess.... if you used the eicfg_removal_utility
You may need to actually extract the ISO and just delete the "ei.cfg" file, you'll have to look around for it.
I did not use this tool when i created mine.

Don't know if this is the issue. May have to start over and try just deleting that file after extracting the full ISO.

Enterprise x32 & Enterprisex64 are one edition only. ENTERPRISE.

So its not possible to combine the to enterprise editions?

NO, only OEM & Retail.

i get a no ei.cfg found error when i try this using my windows 7 iso created with vlite when i run the eicfg removal tool. not trying to combine just trying to make a univeral x64 iso.

Thanks Great Tutorial

What version of WinRE does this load? does it load both 32 and 64 bit versions? or just the 32 bit one.

If you follow that tut, it will be the 32 bit boot .wim if that's what you mean.

You can put lots of apps in there too , which you can't in the 64 bit boot .wim

Otherwise, you can put the 64 bit boot.wim inside as well, and create a boot menu entry for it.