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Make_WinPE - Make PE WIM File from x64 Windows ISO
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Feature request - create ISO #3

Closed sharicov closed 3 months ago

sharicov commented 2 years ago

Is it possible to add an option to create ISO file instead of wim? Would be very useful for multiboot environment and creating custom ISO distrubutions.

wimbrts commented 2 years ago

If you prefer to have an ISO without Portable Apps than better use Win10XPE with recent version Download How do you Boot the ISO ? It is less versatile as compared to PE WIM file that fits excellent in Multi-Boot environment without extraction. You can use PE WIM straight in any Windows Boot Manager Menu and that is Not the case for the ISO file that you are asking for.

See also VHD_WIMBOOT.pdf on How to Multi-Boot

sharicov commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the advice, I used Win10XPE in the past, but it's way more complicated. Normally booting with ventoy so versatility is not an issue. Iso provides more flexibility with media, wim needs BCD adjustment each time I switch USB media, rather than just copying ISO into the ventoy partition (zero configuration).

Another important aspect of using ISO that its content is read only, which is a good thing for some projects