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| + | #REDIRECT [[Windows Imaging Format]] |
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| − | |extensions={{ext|wim}}, {{ext|swm}}, {{ext|esd}}, {{ext|wim2}}, {{ext|ppkg}}
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| − | |mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-ms-wim}}<ref>https://reposcope.com/mimetype/application/x-ms-wim</ref>
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| − | |pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/614}}
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| − | }}
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| − | The '''Windows Imaging Format''' is a file-based disk image format (as opposed to a [[Disk Image Formats|sector-based one]]) used to preserve and distribute a complete copy of a set of files with all its MS-Windows filesystem structure and metadata. It is created with the ImageX command line tool, part of the free Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
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| − | The file name extension <code>swm</code> is used for images splited into multiple parts.
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| − | The variant with the file name extension <code>esd</code> use <code>LZMS</code> compression.<!-- do not know if this is always true-->
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| − | Reconstruct.WIM2 is generated as second disk image by Microsoft's recovery drive creating tool <code>RecoveryDrive.exe</code>,
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| − | when the option to back up system files to the recovery drive is chosen.
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| − | <ref>https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4200-create-recovery-drive-windows-10-a.html</ref>
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| − | The <code>PPKG</code> file extension is used for Microsoft Windows provisioning packages.
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| − | <ref>https://deploymentresearch.com/beyond-basic-windows-10-provisioning-packages/</ref>
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| − | == Identification ==
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| − | WIM images begin with {{magic|MSWIM\0\0\0}} or {{magic|WLPWM\0\0\0}} for the wimlib pipable variant.<ref>https://wimlib.net/man1/wimcapture.html</ref>
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| − | == Software ==
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| − | * ImageX
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| − | * DISM part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
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| − | * [https://wimlib.net/ wimlib]
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| − | * [[7-Zip]]
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| − | == Sample files ==
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| − | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/wim}}
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | * [[Wikipedia:Windows Imaging Format|Wikipedia article]]
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| − | * [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799284%28v=ws.10%29.aspx Tech docs in Microsoft site]
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| − | * [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13096 White paper]
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| − | == References ==
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| − | <references/>
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| − | [[Category:Microsoft]]
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| − | [[Category:Windows]]
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