marcusj0015 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 i remember seeing an option somewhere that basically applied an Unattended.xml to a wim, beofre installwhat is the command line for doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 You can use Dism with /Apply-Unattend:http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-ch/library/dd744522(en-us,WS.10).aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 An important note, only settings in the OfflineServicing pass will be applied. I learned this the hard way a couple days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusj0015 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) oh ok, so that won't remove updates?i installed WAY to many updates (every upatch i could get my hands on, now my WinSxS folder is suffering, IT'S HUGE!) Edited April 20, 2011 by marcusj0015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) You can shrink a little the file install.wim rebuilding this one: imagex /export /compress maximum "<path _to >\install.wim" 5 "<path_to_different_place>\install.wim" You can specifie only one image or all images using "*" to export all images. Edited April 20, 2011 by myselfidem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusj0015 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 i'm using a custom WIM, using the install control shift f3 method, not a retail wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I was talking about reduicing size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Rebuilding/Re-exporting your wim will make it slightly smaller (use * instead of a image number if you want to rebuild all)imagex /export /compress maximum "<path _to >\install.wim" * "<path_to_different_place>\install.wim" Edited April 20, 2011 by ricktendo64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusj0015 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 YEAH, I KNOW ABOUT EXPORTING, I USE GimageX to export my wims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) i'm using a custom WIM, using the install control shift f3 method, not a retail wimWhen you have captured the image, you can use imagex to compress a new time the install.wim file, IF YOU ADD UPDATES OR PACKAGES and use DISM to mount and unmount/commit, using the same compression!*Edit: my post wasn't clear enough Edited April 27, 2011 by myselfidem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusj0015 Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 your saying you can capture an install as a wim, then compress the first wim, in another wim?that would = amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Yes, using sysprep method (capture) or after you have customized the install.wim file (adding packages, updates), you can shrink the size with the command above, like ricktendo64 saidThe install.wim file is saved inside another folder and you can set the new install.wim compressed inside your Windows 7 folder distribution: %Systemdrive%\%DVD%\sources\install.wimYou can do the same procedure for boot.wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusj0015 Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 your just talking about replacing the wim on the DVD, i'm confused now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) It's the same file install.wim but reduced (a little shrink), and you can replace the first one inside your folder location DVD Windows 7 customized for an silent installation! Edited April 21, 2011 by myselfidem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 your saying you can capture an install as a wim, then compress the first wim, in another wim?that would = amazing!Yes this is definately possible, in fact you probably have seen it already. As you know inside the Install.wim (let's say index 4) already has another WIM in it already! It has winre.wim inside of it. MS Best Practice says that you should capture your first WIM with no compression, then your "wrapper" WIM can use the compression you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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