If you’ve used a different name for the folder we created earlier then change the folder name in the command to reflect that. Replace “ X” with the actual drive letter. In the Command Prompt window, execute the below command. This will open the elevated Command Prompt window.Ĥ.
Now, search for “ cmd” in the start menu, right-click on it and select “ Run as administrator” option. Open Windows 10 ISO or USB installation drive and copy all the contents in it to the newly created Win10WIM-ISO folder. First, create a new folder in the drive or partition of your choice and name it “ Win10WIM-ISO“. Before proceeding, have the Windows 10 ISO or USB drive handy. Windows has a built-in tool called DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) that gives you the option to convert ESD to WIM with just a few commands. Follow the below steps to convert ESD to WIM. The good thing is, it is pretty easy to do.
This means that if you want to include updates and drives and make any other changes before deploying the OS, you need to convert the install.esd file to install.wim file. However, the drawback is that the ESD files are encrypted and read-only. The compression makes the installation file highly compact and easy to deploy.
In recent years, Microsoft switched to ESD format thanks to its higher compression ratio compared to the old WIM format.
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