build 10122 - RecoveryImage - Install.wim

[davidhk129]

I was to create an ISO for build 10122.
But my RecoveryImage has Install.wim instead of Install.esd.
I don't know how to proceed with Install.wim.
I went look for wim > esd conversion and found a program called WinReducer for Windows 10. But as it turns out I need to pay for it. Back to square one.

Is there a way to create an ISO from Install.wim ?

I did google for it but what I have found speaks alien language. ( figure of speech. )

 

[Trouble]

Have you performed a search of your C:\ drive for *.ESD
Mine was in a different location and I no longer have a RecoveryImage folder as my previous install was a custom clean install from the 10074 ISO.

 

[davidhk129]

There is no C:\drive
C:\drivers does not produce esd either.
C'\Windows gives these, but I don't think they are esd file.......

 

[davidhk129]

In another forum, the owner posted links to ISO files download.
I am not sure if I should use it.

Question : where or how do I find $Windows~BT ?
The path is : This PC > C : > $Windows~BT > Sources
There is an Install.esd file there, supposedly.

 

[Trouble]

Yep.... that is where I found mine. As I mentioned above it is in a different location with this build.
It may also be a hidden folder not sure

 

[davidhk129]

No. I have checked the " Show hidden files, folders and drives.
I have seen that $Windows~BT myself, but I can find it anywhere in my C drive.

 

[davidhk129]

OK. I overlooked that my Local Disk is not C:, it is D: I am on dual boot.
I found $Windows~BT, but there is not Install.esd on the list.

 

[davehc]

David. Your first post. Have a look at my post, #7, here
https://www.windows10forums.com/threads/esd-to-iso.404/#post-1959
This program will also handle WIM files.

 

[davidhk129]

It can't be done.I have pasted my Install.wim into a folder together with the decrypter.
My screenshot should explain why I can't proceed.

 

[davehc]

OK. Sorry to waste your time, David. I have never used it or, for that matter, never tried to convert a WIM

You can have a look here, but . beware

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Unofficial-Windows-10-Build-10122-ISOs-481833.shtml

 

[davidhk129]

I would like to know one thing...............
Is it just my machine or is everyone has Install.wim instead of Install.esd in the RecoveryImage folder in this build ?

 

[Dipsy]

I have a .esd file:

 

[davidhk129]

Damn ! Why did I have the other one.

Thank you.

 

[davehc]

Hi Dipsy.

Was that in ver 10122?

Like Trouble, and others, I no longer had that folder. I believe this was commented on by MS themselves, as a change. I got mine from the temp folder ($Windows-BT)

 

[Dipsy]

Yep. I'm on build 10122. It's on the C drive in a Recovery Image folder.

 

[davehc]

In your posted image, it is showing a date of 29th April??
The one I used was 19th May.

 

[davidhk129]

In your posted image, it is showing a date of 29th April??
The one I used was 19th May.

I am not sure what the date is meant for.
I installed 10122 same day it was released and my screenshot shows April 29th also.......

 

[davehc]

Strange. This is mine:

 

[Dipsy]

Just checked my other machine and the recovery file is dated 4/29/2015 on it also. Both updates were installed on their release dates.

 

[davidhk129]

It may not provide anything relevant, but just in case.......
1. I am on dual boot with Win 8.1 Pro and Win 10 TP
2. I have been dual booting since build 9841.
3. When build 10074 came out with ISO and Fast ring at the same time, I downloaded the ISO file and made a bootable DVD.
4. I did not do a clean install. Instead I mounted the downloaded ISO > clicked Setup.exe and did the install keeping all my files and settings.
5. With 10122 released, I did the upgrade via WU.

Strangely, this time Install.wim instead of Install.esd is found in my RecoveryImage folder.