laddanator Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I got a question. I know how to sysprep. I know how to capture an XP image with imageX and I can restore that captured image with imageX no problem from WinPE. My question is, is there anyway to make the XP.wim bootable like Vista and Win7? I know that Vista and Win7 use boot.wim to actually install the install.wim but will bootmgr and rename the XP.wim to install.wim maybe do the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laddanator Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Do I post unanswerable questions or does no one like me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 For me its unanswerable but not for IcemanNDhttp://www.msfn.org/board/topic/101383-guide-creating-wim-images-of-windows-xp-for-system-deployment-using/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Smartepants Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't know. I've never attempted it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I came across this a few years ago http://ashleystechblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-create-hardware-independent.html laddanator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) @laddanator, why don't you send IcemanND a PM and post back here if you find out anything, I'm sure there are others that would be interested, maybe even as a super install/repair disk with XP, Vista, Win7, and perhaps others.@rick, not exactly point and click, but it seems very complete and detailed. Thanks for the link.Cheers and Regards Edited December 13, 2011 by bphlpt laddanator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laddanator Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) @laddanator, why don't you send IcemanND a PM and post back here if you find out anythingWill doI got the making of the wim down pat and I can install the wim through Minixp(once in MiniXP its pretty much point and click) with GImagex to the pre-formated C drive. MiniXP uses a wim but somehow a XP.bin file extracts the wim and its bootable. :g: Edited December 14, 2011 by laddanator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtCollector Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Sow did you find a way to make the XP.wim bootable like Vista and Win7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laddanator Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Sow did you find a way to make the XP.wim bootable like Vista and Win7?I haven't. I use ImageX to apply the wim to my HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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