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Title
Manually capture a WIM image -
Description
How to manually capture a WIM image to the KACE SDA \PETEMP share using a command line.
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Cause
Reasons for leveraging a manual WIM capture:
- Experiencing problems capturing a WIM image due to network issues
- Unable to capture a WIM image due to lack of free space on the source system
- Utilization of the KNIT process for image deployment
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Resolution
Below are the steps to capture the sysprepped image.
If using WinPE3, use these instructions:
1. Boot the system into KBE
2. Once at the Main Menu, click on Recovery and open a command prompt.
3. Customize this command and run it from the command prompt:
%systemdrive%\windows\system32\imagex.exe /capture /verify /compress fast C: "t:\imagestore\ImageName.wim" 'ImageName' /logfile "t:\imagestore\ImageName.log"
- change C: to the drive letter you want to capture
- change "t:\imagestore\ImageName.wim" to reflect the desired file name
- change 'ImageName' to what you want to name the image within the WIM
- change "t:\imagestore\ImageName.log" to the desired log name
4. If you have any additional partitions to capture, repeat step 3 as needed.
- More information on ImageX
- Additional command line options for ImageX
If using WinPE4 and higher, use these instructions:
ImageX is deprecated as of Windows 8, so there are DISM commands that should be leveraged instead.
1. Boot the system into KBE
2. Once at the Main Menu, click on Recovery and open a command prompt.
3. Customize this command and run it from the command prompt:
%systemdrive%\windows\system32\dism.exe /Capture-Image /Verify /Compress fast /ImageFile:t:\imagestore\ImageName.wim /CaptureDir:C:\ /Name:"ImageName"
- change C:\ to the drive letter you want to capture
- change t:\imagestore\ImageName.wim to reflect the desired file name
- change "ImageName" to what you want to name the image within the WIM
4. If you have any additional partitions to capture, repeat step 3 as needed.
**This option is not supported, but rather just a process to be used if a workaround is needed.
- More information on DISM
- Additional command line options for ImageX