{"id":1050,"date":"2026-04-20T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/?page_id=1050"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:11:29","slug":"capture-windows-image","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/?page_id=1050","title":{"rendered":"Capture Windows Image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capture with max compression + integrity check<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code><strong>dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.wim \/capturedir:C:\\ \/name:\"MyImage\" \/compress:max \/checkintegrity \/verify<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What these do:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code><strong>\/compress:max<\/strong><\/code> \u2192 highest compression (smallest size, slower)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code><strong>\/checkintegrit<\/strong>y<\/code> \u2192 checks for corruption during capture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code><strong>\/verify<\/strong><\/code> \u2192 verifies file integrity after capture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you need 4 GB split (FAT32 USB)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 1: Capture directly as split with max compression<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong><code>dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.swm \/capturedir:C:\\ \/name:\"MyImage\" \/compress:max \/checkintegrity \/verify \/filesize:4000<\/code><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 2: Capture first, then split<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong><code>dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.wim \/capturedir:C:\\ \/name:\"MyImage\" \/compress:max \/checkintegrity \/verify<\/code><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong><code>dism \/split-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.wim \/swmfile:D:\\install.swm \/filesize:4000<\/code><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extra tip (best compression possible)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want even <strong>smaller than WIM<\/strong>, consider ESD format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong><code>dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.esd \/capturedir:C:\\ \/name:\"MyImage\" \/compress:recovery \/checkintegrity \/verify<\/code><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code><strong>\/compress:recover<\/strong>y<\/code> \u2192 strongest compression (used in Windows install files)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slower to capture\/apply, but smallest size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to use what<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WIM + max<\/strong> \u2192 balanced, faster to deploy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ESD (recovery)<\/strong> \u2192 smallest size<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SWM split<\/strong> \u2192 required for FAT32 drives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capture with max compression + integrity check Use this: dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.wim \/capturedir:C:\\ \/name:&#8221;MyImage&#8221; \/compress:max \/checkintegrity \/verify What these do: If you need 4 GB split (FAT32 USB) Option 1: Capture directly as split with max compression dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.swm \/capturedir:C:\\ \/name:&#8221;MyImage&#8221; \/compress:max \/checkintegrity \/verify \/filesize:4000 Option 2: Capture first, then split dism \/capture-image \/imagefile:D:\\install.wim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1050","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1249,"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050\/revisions\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raj.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}