Using Dism to capture and apply windows 10 images to a partition


  1. Posts : 2
    windows
       #1

    Using Dism to capture and apply windows 10 images to a partition


    Hi guys, so a few days ago my windows 10 crashed so I had to format and reinstall windows 7 then upgrade to windows 10, a hard work to do. So I started to search about how to capture the image of C: where the windows 10 is running and I found Dism. Now I have a lot of questions about it, let me start with the capture of C: as an image.wim.

    1- Does dism Capture-Image works for windows 10?

    I used the following comand to capture a image:
    Code:
    dism.exe /Capture-Image /ImageFile:D:\Image_of_Windows_10.wim /CaptureDir:C:\ /Name:Windows_10 /compress fast
    It generated a .WIM file with 16 Gb.

    2- Is FAST option better than MAXIMUM? Or should I use NONE instead?

    3- Now with the image of the c: stored in hard drive, if my windows 10 crashes, is this how I should recover it? applying the image file .WIM or should I format the partition first?

    Code:
    dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:D:\Image_of_Windows_10.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:\
    4- After using DISM to apply will windows 10 boot and work like a charm?

    5- Do I have to configure the boot with BCDBOOT?

    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\bcdboot C:\Windows
    That's all folks, please someone could be kind and answer me?
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    Windows 11 Pro
       #2

    Here's the main question...
    3- Now with the image of the c: stored in hard drive, if my windows 10 crashes, is this how I should recover it? applying the image file .WIM or should I format the partition first?

    If your Windows 10 crashes, how do you plan on running the DISM command to restore it?

    A much easier solution highly recommended by myself and a lot of others on this forum is to use Macrium Refelct Free to create a backup image and a rescue USB/DVD.
    Macrium Reflect Free
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  3. Posts : 2
    windows
    Thread Starter
       #3

    NavyLCDR said:
    Here's the main question...
    3- Now with the image of the c: stored in hard drive, if my windows 10 crashes, is this how I should recover it? applying the image file .WIM or should I format the partition first?

    If your Windows 10 crashes, how do you plan on running the DISM command to restore it?


    A much easier solution highly recommended by myself and a lot of others on this forum is to use Macrium Refelct Free to create a backup image and a rescue USB/DVD.
    Macrium Reflect Free
    To capture the image I had to use a bootable cd, so to apply it I would use the same cd, an instalation mídia of the Windows.

    And I'll put the .wim image at the partition RECOVERY, the one the came with the Dell notebook. So I could use it in the future and I will burn it too
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