Windows Imaging (install.wim)

Question

Hello! I am coming with Windows Installation Files related question. I have created custom install.wim file which has at least 2 custom windows editions(with apps installed) and My Question is: is there a way to compress install.wim with all editions in it to 4-5 Gigabytes(GB) instead of having 10-20 GB, just like in Original install.wim which comes from microsoft?

Answer 1

Hi.

You can try splitting the install.wim file into two small files. The specific steps are as follows:

Open Windows Powershell as an administrator and enter:

Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:D:\install.wim /SWMFile:D:\install.swm /FileSize:4096

Note:

D:\install.wim: the source file path in the windows image file

D:\install.swm: file path after division

/FileSize:4096: the size of each divided file is 4096MB (4GB), which you can customize.

Hope the information is helpful.

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