Have a Windows XP WIM deployment story? Share your blue screen war stories in the comments below.
Replace C: with the drive letter of the installation you want to capture, and D:\image.wim with the path where you want to store the WIM file.
“We never intended XP to boot from a WIM—but once it did, we never went back to Ghost.” — Anonymous SCCM admin, circa 2010
imagex /capture C: D:\xp_image.wim "Windows XP Professional" /compress maximum /verify
This process is performed on a —the exact hardware configuration you wish to standardize.
WIM uses LZX or XPRESS compression. A raw Windows XP partition might be 2 GB. Captured as a WIM file, it often shrinks to 600 MB – 900 MB.
imagex /capture C: D:\xp_image.wim "Windows XP Professional" /compress maximum
Have a Windows XP WIM deployment story? Share your blue screen war stories in the comments below.
Replace C: with the drive letter of the installation you want to capture, and D:\image.wim with the path where you want to store the WIM file.
“We never intended XP to boot from a WIM—but once it did, we never went back to Ghost.” — Anonymous SCCM admin, circa 2010
imagex /capture C: D:\xp_image.wim "Windows XP Professional" /compress maximum /verify
This process is performed on a —the exact hardware configuration you wish to standardize.
WIM uses LZX or XPRESS compression. A raw Windows XP partition might be 2 GB. Captured as a WIM file, it often shrinks to 600 MB – 900 MB.
imagex /capture C: D:\xp_image.wim "Windows XP Professional" /compress maximum
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