Re: Converting WIM to ISO

[Casey R DeBord <debordcr () UNK EDU>]

Nathan,

I'm not sure what you mean with "Discover" and "captured", sorry If I'm 
totally off base.   I've created bootable winPE images for a cd and a 
thumbdrive if that is what you are asking.  If the image is small enough, 
you can also include that image onto the same cd/dvd or thumbdrive without 
"discovering" anything over a network connection.

Here is an excerpt I wrote for my Technology Coordinators here on campus. 
Hopefully it will help you:
While you were in c:\winpe you might have also noticed another folder 
named “ISO”. This is where we can make that WIM file into something we can 
use. Inside the c:\winpe\iso folder is a file called boot.wim. Rename it 
to boot.old and move it out of there. This boot.wim file is a backup of 
the default WinPE image we just edited. Now, copy the winpe.wim file from 
c:\winpe into c:\winpe\iso and rename it to boot.wim.

Now we can use our iso creating tool to make use of edited boot.wim file.

Oscdimg –n –h –bc:\winpe\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\iso c:\winpe\winpe.iso

This command tells etfsboot.com to find the boot.wim file and create an 
iso out of it. The –n allows for longer filenames, the –h allows it to see 
hidden files, and the –b makes it bootable. After this process completes, 
you’ll have a bootable iso file named winpe.iso. Burn this image to CD to 
make a bootable WinPE disc.

I have taken it a step further and placed the contents of that iso onto a 
thumbdrive to allow me to quickly edit the contents without being forced 
to burn cd’s. The final ISO will be about 200mb. 

If you're ask about a live os where you can simply boot into the OS, I'm 
not sure that is possible.  At least I haven't done it.

_______________________________
Casey DeBord
Systems Administrator, ITS
OTOL #214B
Phone: 308.865.8792
Fax: 308.865.8941



From:
"Gibson, Nathan J. (HSC)" <Nathan-Gibson () OUHSC EDU>
To:
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Date:
02/02/2010 01:48 PM
Subject:
[SECURITY] Converting WIM to ISO
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We are using Windows Deployment Server to deploy base images across 
campus.  I some cases I need to have the base image installed on devices 
not directly connected to our network.  I would like to take this base 
image and convert it into an ISO. I am having a little trouble figuring 
out how to do this. 
 
1.       Basically I need to convert a .WIM capture image to a bootable 
.ISO
 
I some documentation at Microsoft using PETools in the AIK; however, it 
appears to be limited to creating ISO’s of “Discover” images not 
“captured” images. I tried to use this documentation to create my ISO of 
the captured image but it doesn’t work. 
 
I’m reaching out for some help, if anybody has some information on how to 
accomplish this task, I would be grateful. 
 
V/R,
 
GIBBY
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Nathan J. Gibson, MsIA, CISSP, CISM,CCNA, MCSA
Sr. IT Analyst
Infrastructure Services
The University of Oklahoma HSC
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