Win10XPE - Build Your Own Rescue Media

A stupid question. How can I export ESD to WIN? My ISO obtained by MCT only have Install.ESD (not WIM).

Ok. I am trying a DISM gui called DISM++

PS - Why you can't operate directly with ESD?

ESD is a more compressed format than WIM

Convert ESD file to WIM using DISM in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

Carrying on from earlier posts, I still could not boot from the winpe drive if my secondary drive in a dvd caddy was attached.

I was determined to fix this as Macrium Reflect Winpe drives boot ok with caddy attached.

I tried as @Kyhi indicated earlier by using the add custom driver box. I exported all my host pc drivers, and pasted them into the"add custom drivers" and ticked checkbox to integrate the drivers.

I rebuilt iso, booted from it, and PC came up with the system configuring message i.e. past the spinning circles (great I thought) but it just did not seem to get any further.

I waited about two minutes (I have ssds for both drives) and was just about to reboot pc back to windows when BAM it suddenly booted into the Winpe Desktop, along with all my custom added tools. COOL EH!

I am mega impressed with this Win10XPE tool. It takes a little effort to get started but it is far easier than messing around with mounting boot.wim, customising it, messing around getting shortcuts working etc.

OK, I know I have only scratched the surface of this tool, but it already is a big improvement for me over the old way of working. It really is a cinch now to update apps as well.

I wholeheartedly congratulate @Khyi and his fellow compatriots who developed this tool.

Obviously this tool is not for complete beginners but anybody who has messed around with dism commands should be able to use it at same level as me (basic for sure).

It will be fun trying to take things to the next level but whether I have the skill......

So TFers, give it a crack and enjoy!

Perhaps I may be so bold as to make a suggestion to @Kyhi and @Kari - this really would make a great live Tenforum webinar session.

Kyhi:

I followed your step by step guide at "The Oven" last year and eventually did build my first succesful bootable XPE. I haven't tried the project that you posted here yet, but was wondering if there are any major differences between what you posted in your guide at The Oven, and here at TenForums ? Also, a detailed how-to on how to get the latest Macrium Reflect plugin on the ISO would be really helpful ( I did manage to get last years version of Macrium plugin working, but I had so many mis-steps with trial and error that I no longer recollect exactly what eventually worked ).

Kind regards.

My script I made for win7 pe a while ago looks for the macrium iso first. If found %systemdrive%\Boot\macrium\WA10KFiles\media\sources\boot.wim\Program Files\macrium is extracted. Then the unwanted stuff is deleted e.g. launch.exe, peexplorer.exe,taskbar.exe, textedit.exe. That macrium folder can be popped into the existing wim file using wimlib ( which I have been using for a long while). Only takes a few seconds.

You can knock up a .cmd file to do it. If you want to include a browse to wim function - you use my modified pecmd.exe. You have copies of that. You are using it in your winpe. Look at the help file I painstakingly put in it.

Code:

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┃ │ format │BROW <variable name>, [[* | &] initial path],[prompt text],[extension name],[notation] ┃
┃ ├──┼───────────────────────────────────────────── ─┨
┃ │ │ browse function disk files and directories. ┃
┃ ├──┼───────────────────────────────────────────── ─┨
┃ │ │ ■ variable parameters Name:to save the browse results variable name. ┃
┃ │ │ ■ initial path:the default for the browser window, select the file or directory, when this parameter is omitted navigate to the system default path; leading character "*" for Liu ┃
┃ │ │ browse the directory dialog box, leading "&" to save the file dialog for Open File dialog box preamble omitted. ┃
┃ │ │ ■ Tip Text:can be omitted, the default text is omitted, the default text prompts. ┃
┃ │ │ ■ Extension Name:Browse to specify the file extension, omitting all of the files. ┃
┃BROW│ │ ■ notations:browse the directory dialog interface style is set, the default is "no [edit box], there [New Folder] button does not display files", ┃
┃ │ │ edit box marked as 0x10, no New Folder button flag 0x200, display files marked as 0x4000, to simultaneously ┃
┃ │ │ set a variety of styles, use these flag values "or" operational value or values of these flags. ┃
┃ ├──┼───────────────────────────────────────────── ─┨
┃ │ example │BROW Boot_Ini,C:\Windiws\BOOT.INI,please select a file, INI or BROW Tag,*C:\Windiws, please select a directory ┃
┃ ├──┼───────────────────────────────────────────── ─┨
┃ │ │ ※ selection results will be saved in the specified process environment variable. Example 2 can be referenced by the environment variable %Tag%. ┃
┃ │ │ ※ BROW command must be executed in a desktop or after the INIT command. ┃
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Here is a demo for you

BROWSE-WIM.zip