Is this even possible to do by myself?

Gaurav S Rao · July 18, 2017

Hello Guys,I was finally able to access the Acer Recovery Partition (PQService) Now I do not see a install.wim,but I do see 54 files in the \d2d\images folder which actually contain the OS,but fair enough,I do not know how to create a install.wim using these files,heck is it even possible,means sure enough,I know how to just create the file with the OS (like create a folder and create directories "1" "2" "3" "4" but I do not know how I can make the Windows install detect the install.wim a file where it can install from,neither do I know how the file signatures,etc work.

Can anyone guide me through this,etc?

Thnx

kb5zue · July 18, 2017

It might just be easier to do a clean windows install using the windows installer. Then you don't get the trash that Dell, Acer, HP, etc. load down there new laptops and computers before you buy them. The tool is here.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media

Gaurav S Rao · July 18, 2017

2 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

It might just be easier to do a clean windows install using the windows installer. Then you don't get the trash that Dell, Acer, HP, etc. load down there new laptops and computers before you buy them. The tool is here.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media

Nononno I'm trying to modify a OEM install.wim to work in a Windows Setup Environment,but there is no install.wim in the first place The reason I dont wanna download the Windows ISO (because my internet is hell and would take 482484 years for it to download without failing) And My other experiment is to modify the file so it is like how a fresh-non junk windows oem acer install would be (do experiments for fun) but i need help,I looked up guides on how to convert the .swn files to .wim files and seems trusty.

kb5zue · July 18, 2017

Sorry about the download speed, can't help there unfortunately. Imho, getting rid of the "fresh-non junk" is exactly what a fresh install would do.

Gaurav S Rao · July 18, 2017

12 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

Sorry about the download speed, can't help there unfortunately. Imho, getting rid of the "fresh-non junk" is exactly what a fresh install would do.

kk,im downloading utilities to do the stuff

2FA · July 18, 2017

Windows deployment tools can create the files for you but downloading the tools is like 4GB worth of data... Which would be the same as just downloading the ISO.