March 15, 20242 yr VHD_Compact - Repair and Install of Windows 10/11 x64 - Windows To Go How to make USB Portable SSD booting with PE 10/11 x64 WIM file from RAMDISK and with Windows 10/11 x64 in VHD as FILEDISK How to Reset Windows Password on BitLocker Encrypted Drive Download: VHD_Compact PDF and USB_FORMAT and PE_Tools and Make_WinPE and WinNTSetup Credits and Thanks to: - JFX for making WinNTSetup Program for Install of Windows from ISO File Edited October 14, 20241 yr by wimb
March 18, 20242 yr Author WinNTSetup Capture in running Win11_23H2 in VHD is Fast - 10.2 GB WIM file Captured in 3 min Update VHD_Compact PDF Switch AntiVirus Software like MS Defender Off for Faster Capture and Apply (= Setup) with WinNTSetup Procedure simplified to have less steps. Make USB Portable SSD that can be used for Repair and Install of Windows 10/11 x64 Edited March 18, 20242 yr by wimb
March 19, 20242 yr Author Update: VHD_Compact PDF and WinNTSetup_Settings-2 Update WinNTSetup.ini as to make only UEFI Boot Entry in BCD, which is OK for booting from ESP drive. BCD Setting ALL is auto selected in case of USB Boot drive to allow both UEFI and MBR BIOS booting. Edited March 27, 20242 yr by wimb
March 27, 20242 yr Author Fast Capture: Switch AntiVirus Software like MS Defender Off for Faster Capture and Apply (= Setup) with WinNTSetup Fast Apply: Boot from USB with 10XPE boot.wim and then use WinNTSetup to Apply (=Setup) in VHD Capture and Apply in about 3 min for .wim files of about 8 GB Universal Captured WIM files for Local Account containing about 125 extra Non-Microsoft Drivers suitable for Install of Windows 10/11 x64 on any Hardware e.g. Install in VHD located on USB Portable SSD - Windows To Go Edited April 5, 20242 yr by wimb
April 4, 20242 yr Author Update: VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools Win10XPE Add Custom Desktop files DPIScalingMFCApp.exe and Run_PE_Tools_x64.exe and VHD_Compact.pdf Win10XPE with PE_Tools Menu for Portable Apps and with WinNTSetup Apply in VHD Edited April 4, 20242 yr by wimb
April 6, 20242 yr Author In case booting from USB with PE is not available we can use Windows Shift Restart to arrive in Windows Recovery Environment. In WinRE blue menu Advanced Options we can use Command > notepad > File Open > Run as Admin WinNTSetup_x64.exe and Select Captured WIM file of Windows 10/11 x64 and use Setup for Apply in VHD e.g. Inject New System in VHD next to existing Windows. Edited April 7, 20242 yr by wimb
April 9, 20242 yr On 4/4/2024 at 1:06 PM, wimb said: Update: VHD_Compact PDF and PE_Tools Win10XPE Add Custom Desktop files DPIScalingMFCApp.exe and Run_PE_Tools_x64.exe and VHD_Compact.pdf Win10XPE with PE_Tools Menu for Portable Apps and with WinNTSetup Apply in VHD mmm... Should you add the Offline Update MiniTool to the PE_Tools launcher? Some end users may find it really useful.
April 9, 20242 yr Author 1 hour ago, pioj said: mmm... Should you add the Offline Update MiniTool to the PE_Tools launcher? Some end users may find it really useful. Thank you for the Link and I think it is certainly an interesting application that can be quite useful. The wumt_x64.exe size is 14.3 MB and makes it less suitable to integrate it in PE_Tools, but we can use it as a standalone app.
April 9, 20242 yr I got compressed under 4 MB by means of UPX and seems to run fine. But I agree, it may not be as suitable as the rest of the tools... Thx!
April 12, 20242 yr Author Update: USB_FORMAT-70 and VHD_Compact PDF - ReFormat of GPT partitioned USB Disk as UEFI/MBR partitioned USB Disk is supported by using convert MBR in DISKPART - Error Handling and Messages in USB_FORMAT 7.0 are improved Edited April 18, 20242 yr by wimb
January 13, 20251 yr Forgive me if I should be starting a new thread for this question, but I'm wondering if this toolset would work for creating a non-persistent VHD of Win 10/11 that already has added files, programs, and drivers that could be directly booted from a USB thumb drive on known hardware? I know that might seem silly, but I am required to come up with a way of automatically booting a non-persistent windows OS VHD that can be verified by checksum and cannot be tampered with. If so, what would be the steps I should follow in this case? Edited January 13, 20251 yr by Ben.Jmgaming
January 15, 20251 yr Author 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. Edited January 15, 20251 yr by wimb
September 16, 2025Sep 16 Looks great! Would it be possible to install programs like listary in there?
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