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

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The tool and the method told in this tutorial both work without issues with the Insider Build 10565 released earlier today.

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Kari said:

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The tool and the method told in this tutorial both work without issues with the Insider Build 10565 released earlier today.

Thanks Kari!

HippsieGypsie said:

Hello, Brambella82, Welcome to Windows Ten Forums. :)

I believe you changed the Digital Signature of your machine by changing out the HD. That server no longer recognizes your machine. You must first install your qualifying W7 OS and upgrade to 10, which should create a new Digital Signature. Once that's activated you can fresh install. Hope that helps.

As far as I can understand this, a simple HDD / SSD switch does not lose the digital entitlement. The clean install should be OK without entering any product key. However, this is only what I have understood about how the activation works, I have not tested it.

Hi

I upgraded Windows 10 Enterprise build 10240 64 bit to build 10565 through Windows Update (Fast ring) and I installed Windows ADK 10.

Wanting to learn how to create the iso of Windows 10 Enterprise build 10565, I took the <Primary_partition_letter>:\$Windows.~BT\sources\install.esd file and I followed this procedure:

Code:

1) md "<Windows_Files_Path>"
2) md "<iso_Path>"
3) md "<esd_File_Path>"
4) move "<Primary_partition_letter>:\$Windows.~BT\sources\install.esd" "<esd_File_Path>\"
5) dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:"<esd_File_Path>\install.esd"
6) dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:"<esd_File_Path>\install.esd" /Index:1 /ApplyDir:"<Windows_Files_Path>"
7) dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile
:"<esd_File_Path>\install.esd" /SourceIndex
:2 /DestinationImageFile
:"<Windows_Files_Path>\sources\boot.esd" /Compress:Recovery
8) dism /Export-image /SourceImageFile:"<esd_File_Path>\install.esd" /SourceIndex:3 /DestinationImageFile:"<Windows_Files_Path>\sources\boot.esd" /Compress:Recovery /Bootable
9) dism /Export-image /SourceImageFile:"<esd_File_Path>\install.esd" /SourceIndex:<Index_Number> /DestinationImageFile:"<Windows_Files_Path>\sources\install.esd" /Compress:Recovery
10) BCDedit /store "<Windows_Files_Path>\boot\bcd" /set {default} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
11) BCDedit /store "<Windows_Files_Path>\boot\bcd" /set {default} device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
12) del /AH "<Windows_Files_Path>\boot\bcd.LOG*"
13) BCDedit /store "<Windows_Files_Path>\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd" /set {default} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
14) BCDedit /store "<Windows_Files_Path>\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd" /set {default} device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
15) del /AH "<Windows_Files_Path>\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd\bcd.LOG*"
16) oscdimg -o -u2 -udfver102 -l"<Label_Name>" -tmm/dd/yyyy,hh:mm:ss -bootdata:2#p0,e,b"<Windows_Files_Path>\boot\etfsboot.com"#pEF,e,b"<Windows_Files_Path>\efi\microsoft\boot\efisys.bin"
            "<Windows_Files_Path>" "<iso_Path>\<iso_Name>.iso"
17) isoburn /Q <Drive_Letter>: "<iso_Path>\<iso_Name>.iso"

When, however, I will boot it on a computer that has the UEFI, I get this error:



The curious thing is that, even if I will boot it on a computer that has the BIOS, I get the same error. Why?

The two BCD are:

Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>bcdedit /store "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Create_ESDtoISO\Windows_files\boot\bcd"Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
flightsigning           Yes
default                 {default}
displayorder            {default}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {default}
device                  ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
path                    \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description             Windows Setup
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
systemroot              \windows
bootmenupolicy          Standard
detecthal               Yes
winpe                   Yes
ems                     No

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>bcdedit /store "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Create_ESDtoISO\Windows_files\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd"
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
flightsigning           Yes
default                 {default}
displayorder            {default}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {default}
device                  ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
path                    \windows\system32\boot\winload.efi
description             Windows Setup
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
isolatedcontext         Yes
osdevice                ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.esd,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
systemroot              \windows
bootmenupolicy          Standard
detecthal               Yes
winpe                   Yes
ems                     No

How do I fix this?

Thanks

Bye

So, where am I wrong?

Thanks

Bye

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See: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10576 for PC

Please notice:

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10576 was released today 29-OCT-2015. The method told in this tutorial works without an issue with this Build 10576 ESD files.

If you have any issues in creating the ISO file, please post in this tutorial thread.

Kari

You are welcome Edwin :)