Windows 10: How to convert folder to .wim file

Hi there,I was wondering how you could convert a folder that has all the necessary files for a .wim and convert it into said format. I used 7Zip to extract but it doesn't zip it back into a .wim file extension for it to be read. Device Used: Win10 Laptop

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WIM File

What I see is some kind of Windows Recovery drive or copy of C drive, along with two large .wim files that possibly contain your pictures if the size is about the same as their aggregate size.

TBH Perry I've never seen anything quite this freakish to happen to pictures on a flash stick. I have kept my files on a flash stick before that is also created as bootable installation media or recovery drive and never had them convert. To have them convert to a .wim file which is normally only contains the Windows operating system is perplexing.

However we do know that .wim files can be mounted and have their files extracted. I gave you the steps for this already. So that's what I'd try next.

 

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.