How To Extract Install.ESD To Install.WIM (Windows 10/8)
The install.esd file, can be employed as a repair source, with the DISM command line tool with all the /Source exchange signal of repair Windows 10 or Windows 8/8.1.
- DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:ESD:X:Sourcesinstall.esd
But many users complained, that even with the correct install.esd file, the DISM tool can't find the source files necessary for the repair.
After many tests I seen that the DISM can't find the source files error is happened because, within the latest Windows versions the install.esd file can contain multiple Windows 10 images (install.wim files), for many Windows versions (e.g. Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home, etc.) , so DISM could hardly find the best files necessary to repair Windows. (To view each of the contents of an install.esd file you can utilize 7zip)
In this tutorial you could find detailed instructions concerning how to extract install.esd file, to acheive the correct install.wim file, necessary to repair Windows 10 or Windows 8/8.1 (Export Install.WIM from Install.ESD)
Related article:
How to Extract an INSTALL.WIM file which has several INSTALL.WIM files.
How to Convert install.esd to setup.wim (Windows 10/8)
1. From the Windows installation media, copy the install.esd file through the "sources" folder (e.g. X:sourcesinstall.esd) on the root folder of drive C: *
* Note: If you are using an ISO Image file, first mount it to Windows. If you are using Windows 8/8.1, then check this out article: How to mount ISO files.
3. Right click at Start menu and select Command Prompt (Admin).
4. Type cd to go towards the root folder of drive C:
5. Then type this command and press Enter, and locate which images are inside "install.esd" file:
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.esd
6. According on your Windows 10 installed version take note from the index number. ** e.g.: If you have installed the Windows 10 Home edition on your own system, then this Index number is "2".
7. Then provide the command below to extract the attached to your Windows version "install.wim" file (Index number): *
dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:IndexNumber /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity
* Notes:
1. Replace the IndexNumber according for your Windows 10 installed version.
e.g. For this example (for the Windows 10 Home based computer) you want to extract the install.wim file with Index number=2. So, the command will probably be:
- dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:2 /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity
2. If you obtain "Error 11. An attempt was created to load a course with an incorrect format" after running the above mentined command, affect the /Compress argument* from "max" to "fast" or "none" or even "recovery".
Use the recovery choice to export push-button reset images.
* The /Compress argument, any type of compression used by the initial capture operation. The maximum option provides best compression, but takes longer to capture the style. The fast option provides faster image compression, however the resulting files are bigger than those compressed when using the maximumoption. This is also the default compression type that is utilized if you do not specify the argument. Use the recovery choice to export push-button reset images. The resulting files less complicated smaller bigger, which experts claim, help reduce the amount of disk space essential for saving the push-button reset image over a recovery drive. The destination file should be specified with the .esd extension. The none option will not compress the captured image in any way.7. When the process is done you should have the exported install.wim around the drive C: (C:install.wim).
