Solved New ISO using wim

[Billcu]

I there a simple tutorial that shows the most basic things you need to do using install.wim and such to create an individualized win7?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Billcu, welcome to Seven Forums,

Is there a simple tutorial that shows the most basic things you need to do using install.wim and such to create an individualized win7?

What sort of customisation and things are you talking about?
There are utilities, such as DISM++, MSMG ToolKit, NTLite, Win Toolkit etc.
Without knowing exactly what you want to do, we can't really recommend a suitable solution!

I hope this helps!

 

[Billcu]

I need to to learn those tools. What I want to do is make a simple win 7 disk as simple as possible that would boot and run. XML files have to be verified, bcdboot might be needed. I know the WIMfiles have different versions of windows. win pro or home I would like to make a bootable ISO, usb or dvd.

 

[Snick]

Do you want to create a Win7 Install USB or run Win7 from USB?
Install USB
Win7 ISO,TechBench download ultimate version, then use eicfg_removal_utility.zip to make all versions available, then burn to USB with Rufus 3.3, or Rufus 3.3 Portable
or
to DVD with ImgBurn

 

[SIW2]

I think he wants to create customized install media.

 

[Billcu]

Do you want to create a Win7 Install USB or run Win7 from USB?
Install USB
Win7 ISO,TechBench download ultimate version, then use eicfg_removal_utility.zip to make all versions available, then burn to USB with Rufus 3.3, or Rufus 3.3 Portable
or
to DVD with ImgBurn

To tell the truth, actually both.

 

[Billcu]

I think he wants to create customized install media.

Yes and I am using adk. The SIM tool. But IDK all those components and such and the settings. I get all kinds of errors and SIM says the XML file will not be verified. I guess MS is using Web markup language files now.

 

[Billcu]

Would anyone know where I can get some kind of virtual machine to run on win 7 ultimate that would allow me to run win 10? Or does it not work that way?

 

[Snick]

SIW2 is the install media person.
Hyper V isn't available, although VMWare Player and Virtualbox have free versions that run on win 7. I have VMWare Workstation Player with is their free version.
You could setup dual boot Win7 and Win10 on your HDD or SSD too!
Download VMware Workstation Player | VMware
Oracle VM VirtualBox
How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Windows 10 - YouTube

 

[Megahertz07]

On the Win XP era I have used nLite and it was very good.
Now there is a nLite version for win7-10. Have never used, so can't say if it's good.
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation

 

[Snick]

I demoed this a while back. Have a look see: Se7en Lite - MajorGeeks

 

[Billcu]

On the Win XP era I have used nLite and it was very good.
Now there is a nLite version for win7-10. Have never used, so can't say if it's good.
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation

I have those tools and it helped. I don't want anyone to think I am leaving them hanging. I am still working with this. I tried to copy a dvd of XP sp2 Pro to an iso and it worked. but I can't seem to get it bootable. The DVD is, but I can't get a bootable USB. Is it not an option?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Billcu,

I tried to copy a dvd of XP sp2 Pro to an iso and it worked. But I can't seem to get it bootable. The DVD is, but I can't get a bootable USB. Is it not an option?

[1] How did you create the XP SP2 Pro ISO from the DVD?
[2] The DVD will of course be bootable because it is a genuine bootable ISO image.
[3] You can't just copy & paste the ISO to a USB because it will not work!
[4] You need to burn it to a USB.
[5] To burn the ISO to a USB, you can either use: Rufus 3.3 or Rufus 3.3 Portable.

I hope this helps!

 

[Billcu]

OK I copied the ISO I made off the DVD through rufus onto the USB. Rufus reported if was creating a MBR. It has an option for MBR or UEFI too. It booted. But when I went to the USB and simply clicked on setup while being on my 7 ultimate that didn't work. Power ISO wouldn't copy the ISO onto a USB as bootable. But that option did exist for DVDs. Perhaps it's because I have the trial version. OK I am going to go a head and mark this solved. I appreciate all the help. And if anyone wants to continue to post to this thread by all means go right a head. It's not "closed"

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Billcu,

Please update your system specifications in your UserCP > Edit System Spec setup. It will help us to help you!

This tutorial [Published by Brink and written by CyberZeus] makes doing this very easy =>
How to See Your System Specs with "System Info"

Thanks.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Billcu, did you manage to sort it out?

 

[Billcu]

No I will get the systeminfo utility and give it a try and keep doing it. If I don't figure it out no big deal. I'll try again later.

 

[Megahertz07]

To open and extract any compressed file like zip, rar and iso, I recommend 7 zip. Fast, small and free
7-Zip