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Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-94 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb support for Win11_24H2_English_x64.iso improved so that WiFi Networklist in PENetwork is working

Booting with PE WIM file from RAMDISK is non-persistent. It means the changes are never saved and booting with such Windows 10/11 x64 in PE_*.wim file is always the same. Follow procedure described on page 3 of Manual VHD_Compact.pdf How to use Make_WinPE program - Make PE file boot.wim from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file for Booting from RAMDISK Prepare first your USB Portable SSD as described on page 1 of the Manual by using USB_FORMAT program In Make_WinPE program you can select the USB Boot Drive as Boot Drive for the PE_*.wim file that you are going to create In Make WinPE program you can select USB NTFS Drive as WinPE Drive. The created PE*.wim file is copied to folder WinPE on WinPE Drive. I hope this is what you are looking for, Or do I misunderstand your question. On the other hand If you Install Windows 10/11 x64 in VHD then the changes after booting are persistent. Such Windows To Go in VHD is booting as FILEDISK and behaves just as normal Windows. VHD loaded into RAM for booting as RAMDISK would be non-persistent, but is not supported. Instead use PE_*.wim file for booting from RAMDISK which is reliable and non-persistent.

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-93 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb support for Win11_24H2_English_x64.iso by using boot.wim instead of winre.wim as PE BOOT Source Winre.wim ServicePack Build = 1710 has mismatch with install.wim = 1742 and using boot.wim with SP Build = 1742 solves this issue

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-92 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Update Download: PE_Tools version 3.1 with Portable Apps for WinPE Update Download: Manual VHD_Compact PDF Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file - Using PowerRun instead of AdvancedRun to Launch Make_WinPE_x64.exe as Trusted Installer Enables to reduce program code and to reduce the time to make PE_*.wim file - Double-click Make_WinPE_PowerRun_x64.exe and Run Make_WinPE_x64.exe as Trusted Installer using Power Run

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-92 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Update Download: PE_Tools version 3.1 with Portable Apps for WinPE Update Download: Manual VHD_Compact PDF Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file - Using PowerRun instead of AdvancedRun to Launch Make_WinPE_x64.exe as Trusted Installer Enables to reduce program code and to reduce the time to make PE_*.wim file - Double-click Make_WinPE_PowerRun_x64.exe and Run Make_WinPE_x64.exe as Trusted Installer using Power Run

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-90 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Update Download: PE_Tools version 3.0 with Portable Apps for WinPE Update Download: Manual VHD_Compact PDF Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file

PE_Tools version 2.8 with Portable Apps for WinPE - After booting with PE_*.wim file - Save Info gives HWIDs for Missing Drivers collected in file WinPE_HWIDs_Info.txt in folder PE_Tools\Drivers_Info 1. Run Install_Drivers_from_Export_Folder.exe on PE Desktop 2. Select Drivers Export subfolder e.g. System, MEDIA Or Net 3. pnputil.exe is auto used to Install non-Microsoft Drivers as earlier Exported by WinNTSetup Install_Drivers_from_Export_Folder.exe is used to Install Missing System and MEDIA Drivers - Audio OK

UEFI_MULTI can Add Boot Image files like .wim and .vhd to EFI Boot Manager Menu of Internal SSD Disk. As Example is shown to Add PE_19041_264_US_L_32.wim file to EFI Boot Manager Menu on EFI Drive Z: normally used to Boot Encrypted Drive D: with Windows 11 x64 Here Drive C: is from Windows 10 x64 Installed by WinNTSetup in 65 GB VHD file located on Encrypted Drive D: In this way we have MultiBoot of PE WIM from RAMDISK and Windows 10 x64 in VHD as FILEDISK and Windows 11 x64 in Encrypted Drive. In this MultiBoot configuration WIM and VHD files are located on Encrypted Drive D: of Internal SSD Disk. So even in case booting from USB is Not allowed we have a solution to boot easily with PE WIM file from RAMDISK to escape boot problems. Than we can decide to Repair or Apply an earlier Captured System Backup WIM file in VHD by using WinNTSetup in PE environment. Screenshot After booting with Windows 11 x64 from Encrypted Drive C: Win10_W2.vhd file with Windows 10 x64 in VHD and folder WinPE with PE WIM files are located on Encrypted Drive

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-90 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Update Download: PE_Tools version 2.8 with Portable Apps for WinPE Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF

Best Windows 10 x64 version for Make_WinPE is given in Manual VHD Compact PDF on page 3 Download ISO: Win10_2004_English_x64.iso

PE WIM files are Not meant to be installed in VHD and it is normal that WinNTSetup refuses to Install PE_*.wim files. The normal way of booting PE WIM files is by loading the PE_*.wim file into RAMDISK and then booting with Windows PE. In Make_WinPE you can Select the Boot Drive and the WinPE Drive and then an entry is made in your BootManager Menu. Booting from Internal SSD Harddisk Or from USB portable SSD with your PE_*.wim file are both supported. Also UEFI_MULTI portable app can be used to make Windows BootManager Menu entries for your PE*.wim files. The main purpose of booting with PE_*.wim from RAMDISK is to be in environment where you can use WinNTSetup to Install Win 10 / 11 x64 wim files on your internal SSD harddisk partition or in VHD located on NTFS partition. More Info in Manual VHD_Compact PDF

PE WIM files are Not meant to be installed in VHD and it is normal that WinNTSetup refuses to Install PE_*.wim files. The normal way of booting PE WIM files is by loading the PE_*.wim file into RAMDISK and then booting with Windows PE. In Make_WinPE you can Select the Boot Drive and the WinPE Drive and then an entry is made in your BootManager Menu. Booting from Internal SSD Harddisk Or from USB portable SSD with your PE_*.wim file are both supported. Also UEFI_MULTI portable app can be used to make Windows BootManager Menu entries for your PE_*.wim files. The main purpose of booting with PE_*.wim from RAMDISK is to be in environment where you can use WinNTSetup to Install Win 10 / 11 x64 wim files on your internal SSD harddisk partition or in VHD located on NTFS partition. More Info in Manual VHD_Compact PDF

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-87 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE Credits and Thanks to homes32 aka Jonathan Holmgren for making PhoenixPE - Added more Drivers for support of various Intel Core CPU microarchitectures such as Alder Lake, Tiger Lake and Ice Lake - Add_Drivers folder has separate support folders 10_x64 and 11_x64 for Windows 10 / 11 x64 - Added Portable App Install_Drivers_from_Export_Folder.exe - also available in makebt folder 1. Select Drivers Export subfolder e.g. System, MEDIA Or Net 2. pnputil.exe is auto used to Install non-Microsoft Drivers as earlier Exported by WinNTSetup Make_WinPE - PE with PE_Tools and WinNTSetup Apply in VHD an earlier Captured WIM file Info about Windows To Go VHD - Auto Install of Drivers on other Hardware 1. Enable Updates in Update Blocker and then Reboot computer to Activate Download of Drivers 2. Wait until Auto Download and Install of Drivers has finished 3. In Windows Update Blocker Disable again Updates to prevent the growth of Used Size in VHD

Update: Download PE_Tools v2.6 with Portable Apps for WinPE Update: Download Manual VHD_Compact.pdf

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-83 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE Credits and Thanks to homes32 aka Jonathan Holmgren for making PhoenixPE

Thanks a lot for sharing extensive list of download links for Windows 10/11 x64 ISO files. Indeed Enterprise Evaluation Edition can be used in Make_WinPE to make PE WIM files for booting from RAMDISK. For me most testing was done with Professional Edition of Windows 10/11 x64, but it is very nice that I can also test now the Enterprise Evaluation ISO Edition. Everything works OK for Enterprise Evaluation of 19041.264 Version in my test as shown in these ScreenShots.

It would be very nice if you can share the Final Program Code and the Final Release of WinNTSetup v5.3.5.2 at GitHub for future generations

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-82 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb FinaL Version - Ready for Testing Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE Credits and Thanks to homes32 aka Jonathan Holmgren for making PhoenixPE

Existing Windows Installation can be modified with Additional Drivers and Tweaks by using Setup without having install.wim selected as Installation Source. I was not aware of this useful option and the previous version crashed on this point as Sonic mentioned earlier.

Thanks for the very useful option to use Setup without selecting sources install.wim. It allows to Add Drivers and Tweaks e.g. Disable Windows Defender on existing Windows Installation e.g. Windows_To_Go in VHD

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-68 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE Credits and Thanks to homes32 aka Jonathan Holmgren for making PhoenixPE

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-65 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE Credits and Thanks to homes32 aka Jonathan Holmgren for making PhoenixPE

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-56 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE

Update Download: Make_WinPE_Trusted-50 - E = file Encrypted with pw=bootwimb Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM file from Windows 10x64 ISO file Download Manual VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools with Portable Apps for WinPE Source ISO Windows 10x64 Build 19041.264 Win10_2004_English_x64.iso - Best Source Build Service Pack 2006 and 1288 and 3803 English and Dutch (and Mexican Spanish) OK in testing Not OK - Crash Build Service Pack 2965 English and Win10_22H2_Dutch_x64v1.iso Credits and Thanks to: ChrisR - for making Win10XPE JFX for making WinNTSetup Program for Install of Windows from ISO File

Download: UEFI_MULTI v7.3 - Make Multi-Boot USB-Drive Format USB Drive with MBR and 2 Partitions = Active FAT32 + NTFS USB drive Booting with Windows Boot Manager Menu in BIOS or UEFI Mode UEFI_MULTI van make Boot entry for Windows 10/11 x64 in VHD as FILEDISK UEFI_MULTI van make Boot entry for PE WIM file for Booting from RAMDISK Manual: VHD_Compact PDF - Windows To Go More Info: https://msfn.org/board/topic/186068-vhd_compact-repair-and-install-of-windows-1011-x64/ More Info: https://msfn.org/board/topic/181311-usb-format-tool-and-uefi_multi/ Best Performance: Switch AntiVirus Software e.g. Microsoft Defender Off Credits and Thanks to: ChrisR - for making Win10XPE for Booting from RAMDISK https://github.com/ChrisRfr/Win10XPE JFX for making WinNTSetup Program for Install of Windows 10/11 x64 in VHD https://msfn.org/board/topic/149612-winntsetup-v534/