Convert an ESD file to WIM

Post by **Kailey** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:59 pm

This is well documented but am posting here for reference.

Since the arrival of Windows 10, the image file format on ISOs is no longer in WIM format but ESD.

Copy the ESD file to the disk (C:\)
Open a cmd window as administrator, go to the folder where the ESD file is located and enter the following command:
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```
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.esd
```
Choose the version of Windows to extract (Index: X)

Enter the following command to convert to WIM (Replace "X" with the index number):

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dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:X /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity

Wait while exporting the image...
Once the export is complete, the WIM file is in the location indicated in the parameter (DestinationImageFile)