ESD to ISO - Create Bootable ISO from Windows 10 ESD File

BunnyJ · 03 Feb 2016

I just was able to create the ISO from build 14257 ESD with no issues.

Marc Hufnagel · 04 Feb 2016

thank you for this tutorial.

Kari · 04 Feb 2016

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PLEASE NOTICE:

The tool and the method in this tutorial work without issues with the latest Insider Build 14257 ESD file.

The tool was updated on January 28, 2016; if you have downloaded the tool after the update you don't have to redownload it. If your tool was downloaded earlier, please remove it (delete the folder) and redownload.

Download link in the first post (step 1.3).

Edwin · 04 Feb 2016

Kari said:

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PLEASE NOTICE:

The tool and the method in this tutorial work without issues with the latest Insider Build 14257 ESD file.

The tool was updated on January 28, 2016; if you have downloaded the tool after the update you don't have to redownload it. If your tool was downloaded earlier, please remove it (delete the folder) and redownload.

Download link in the first post (step 1.3).

Confirmed! :)

lx07 · 04 Feb 2016

Did anyone do a clean install yet with 14257 ISO made by this method? I read somewhere there was a bug in this build doing clean install with an ISO containing install.wim and so I made one with winre.wim instead (which worked fine for clean install).

Just curious (especially as the reset functionality doesn't work in this build either according to release notes).

tracit99 · 04 Feb 2016

lx07 said:

Did anyone do a clean install yet with 14257 ISO made by this method? I read somewhere there was a bug in this build doing clean install with an ISO containing install.wim and so I made one with winre.wim instead (which worked fine for clean install).

Just curious (especially as the reset functionality doesn't work in this build either according to release notes).

Hmm. I thought the clean install problem was in the boot.wim not the install.wim. Regardless you got it to work for you and that is what is important.

Edwin · 04 Feb 2016

lx07 said:

Did anyone do a clean install yet with 14257 ISO made by this method? I read somewhere there was a bug in this build doing clean install with an ISO containing install.wim and so I made one with winre.wim instead (which worked fine for clean install).

Just curious (especially as the reset functionality doesn't work in this build either according to release notes).

Worked without a hitch here.

lx07 · 04 Feb 2016

tracit99 said:

Hmm. I thought the clean install problem was in the boot.wim not the install.wim. Regardless you got it to work for you and that is what is important.

Yes, you are quite right, it was boot.wim I meant.

Anyway it works for @Edwin so perhaps no problem any more anyway...

Kari · 04 Feb 2016

lx07 said:

Did anyone do a clean install yet with 14257 ISO made by this method? I read somewhere there was a bug in this build doing clean install with an ISO containing install.wim and so I made one with winre.wim instead (which worked fine for clean install).

Just curious (especially as the reset functionality doesn't work in this build either according to release notes).

Edwin said:

Worked without a hitch here.

Nice video Edwin! Same here, no issues.

cereberus · 04 Feb 2016

Kari said:

Nice video Edwin! Same here, no issues.

Upgraded today, and it went ok, and I shut pc down, intending to image backup as usual when I upgrade.

I had also decided to copy the install.esd file so I could use disk cleanup before doing the image backup, just in case I might get issues later. To my shock horror (annoyance only really

), when I started up the pc, it crashed during start up needing repair.

I could have reinstated previous version and reupgraded, but thought I would try a clean install (only had few apps installed), and converted esd to iso using this guide, and it worked first time.

Incidentally, it feels snappier this new version.