Install.esd problems

You do not ESD file. Simply remove it from USB and replace with install.wim.

Kari

Part Four in this tutorial will show how to capture WIndows image to install.wim file: Create Windows 10 ISO image from Existing Installation Windows 10 Tutorials

Kari

OK, maybe daft, but if esd is just a compressed wim... would boot.wim still recognise the installation? eg. compressing the sysprep wim to esd..using dism?

Code:

dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:"Sysprepped.wim" /SourceIndex:x /DestinationImageFile:"install.esd" /Compress:recover

Superfly said:

OK, maybe daft, but if esd is just a compressed wim... would boot.wim still recognise the installation? eg. compressing the sysprep wim to esd..using dism?

Code:

dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:"Sysprepped.wim" /SourceIndex:x /DestinationImageFile:"install.esd" /Compress:recover

Yes, of course. The question is why to go through the extra step? If you already have the custom, sysprepped install.wim, why not just use it instead?

Kari said:

Yes, of course. The question is why to go through the extra step? If you already have the custom, sysprepped install.wim, why not just use it instead?

...and if the Sysprep.wim is humongous and needs to fit a small USB? (just doing the devil's advocate thing... btw)

Superfly said:

...and if the Sysprep.wim is humongous and needs to fit a small USB? (just doing the devil's advocate thing... btw)

If it is "humongous" (my deployment images are usually around 16 GB, give or take a few GB), you can split a WIM image to under 4 GB pieces. You cannot split an ESD image. Tutorial: DISM - Split install.wim file Windows 10 Tutorials

Split image can then be copied to a PC where you want to install Windows one by one and Windows deployed from split images.

Kari said:

If it is "humongous" (my deployment images are usually around 16 GB, give or take a few GB), you can split a WIM image to under 4 GB pieces. You cannot split an ESD image. Tutorial: DISM - Split install.wim file Windows 10 Tutorials

Split image can then be copied to a PC where you want to install Windows one by one and Windows deployed using these split images.

Good point! There is a limit to ESDs (compression is evolving though)