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

ak3d said:

Hi, I've just tried to follow these instructions, when I run ESD to ISO I get a message that this is not an original Microsoft ESD file - it certainly is, I've downloaded it from Microsoft this afternoon :)

Any thoughts?

Can you show us where you got the ESD from? I don't recall MS supplying ESD files.. only ISOs.

Kyhi said:

the tool is looking for a 4-5 index install.esd..

you are using the install.esd from the setup media that was already created from the 4-5 index esd..

you are using this tool incorrectly

What is it you want to do ??? Create an ISO out of the USB Media you created already....

The Media creation either creates USB media or it creates a Media ISO

The downloaded file was a disk image and in the 'sources' folder was a file named 'install.esd'

The "disk image" is the ISO....
inside that Image is an install.esd - which is the wrong esd for this tool...

download your media from here > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/techbench

it contains an install.wim instead of install.esd..

lpaso said:

Thanks for resuming the situation

Download windows 10 preview > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...iderpreviewiso

all somebody has to do is run a command when the new build is downloading to snag the official esd download links.. Then run the newest esd decrypter wimlib v18 - it now support newest build decryption...

Code:

if exist "C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\products.xml" ( 
findstr /c:"<FilePath>" "C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\products.xml" >"%userprofile%\desktop\Windows 10 ESD Download Links.txt"

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PLEASE NOTICE:

The tool and the method in this tutorial work without issues with the latest Insider Build 14366 ESD file, released yesterday.

   Warning

The tool has been updated 10 days ago, on June 5th. In case your tool is older please delete it from your PC simply by deleting the folder it was extracted to and download the updated tool. Download link in the first post (step 1.3).

Although the old version will create a functioning ISO image which will allow you to install Windows 10, there's a bug in ISO creation process that leaves out the repair console, meaning you can not boot to repair options if / when necessary. This bug has been fixed in updated tool.

More information about the bug in previous version of the tool can be read in this post.

A reminder, do this to copy the upgrade ESD file to a safe please:

1.) If Windows Update shows Install now button after downloading the build upgrade, click / tap it to extract upgrade files to $WINDOWS.~BT folder (install.esd file is not ready yet):

2.) When Windows Update shows you the upgrade is ready to be started, Restart now button is shown. Do not click / tap it yet:

3.) In File Explorer, open the C: drive. If the $WINDOWS.~BT folder is not shown, select View > Hidden items to show it:

4.) Open the $WINDOWS.~BT folder, open subfolder Sources, copy install.esd file and paste it anywhere outside the $WINDOWS.~BT and other Windows system folders:

That's it. You can now start the upgrade restarting PC, the install.esd is saved and you can use it after the upgrade to create an ISO image.

Kari

   Note

The tool has been updated today, only change being I have changed the title ESD to ISO decpryption to ESDtoISO because the word Decryption in title caused some people to complain about it (don't ask me why!).

If you have downloaded the tool after the June 5th and do not mind a word apparently not belonging to title being there, you don't need to redownload as the tool itself is the same.

On another note, something very important I want to address:

I was asked if I think I have done injustice to original developers of the ESD to ISO conversion script, taking the credits. Answer to that question is and should have been very clear all the time.

Let's start with a quote from beginning of this tutorial:

   Information

Thanks to our member topgundcp for the idea. This tutorial will use the decrypt script mentioned in his post, according to new information I have found the original authors are users abbodi1406, qad and synchronicityI from the MDL site, complete credits in the Read Me file included in the tool downloadable packet. I have simply edited the script a bit and finally made these step by step instructions.

That notice has been at the very beginning of this tutorial since the day it was published.

Furthermore, the ReadMe file included in this tool begins with what's shown in below screenshot, ReadMe file being unedited and not modified in any way since the tool and this tutorial were published:

I hope the above answers all possible questions about where the credits belong. If some of you geeks still feel I have taken credits from someone else's work, I can't help it; in my opinion I have done everything in my power to give credit where credit belongs.

Kari