- Messages
- 4,373
- Location
- Hafnarfjörður IS
Hi everybody
The more I tinker around with W8 the more I like it.
As well as the built in Mount Command (Bye Bye Daemon Tools) for mounting ISO images in W8 this one is a REAL: beauty for saving and restoring your OS.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3610-refresh-windows-8-using-custom-system-image.html
It will create a file called install.wim (this type of file might already be known to people who deploy a lot of Windows instances).
For Restoring :
After the image has been re-created (includes all your apps etc) start the REFRESH PC from the control panel
Choose the INSTALL.WIM file you created and you'll find your system restored with all the applications etc.
In the severe event that you need to re-boot from an external medium -- I'm working out how to do a recovery from a boot disk - do the following:
Currently It's a two step option -- REFRESH from the install disk
then Control panel and refresh again using your own install WIM file.
I'm sure I can make a bootable USB as per "Win2GO" type of method so I can avoid the need to run it twice if I have to recover totally via a boot.
Guys who are more experienced with WIM files might like to add to the thread to avoid the method of having to run the refresh TWICE if I use the Windows install disk to refresh the system --there must be a way to point it to a user created WIM file or create a USER recovery disk / usb.
Cheers
jimbo
The more I tinker around with W8 the more I like it.
As well as the built in Mount Command (Bye Bye Daemon Tools) for mounting ISO images in W8 this one is a REAL: beauty for saving and restoring your OS.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3610-refresh-windows-8-using-custom-system-image.html
It will create a file called install.wim (this type of file might already be known to people who deploy a lot of Windows instances).
For Restoring :
After the image has been re-created (includes all your apps etc) start the REFRESH PC from the control panel
Choose the INSTALL.WIM file you created and you'll find your system restored with all the applications etc.
In the severe event that you need to re-boot from an external medium -- I'm working out how to do a recovery from a boot disk - do the following:
Currently It's a two step option -- REFRESH from the install disk
then Control panel and refresh again using your own install WIM file.
I'm sure I can make a bootable USB as per "Win2GO" type of method so I can avoid the need to run it twice if I have to recover totally via a boot.
Guys who are more experienced with WIM files might like to add to the thread to avoid the method of having to run the refresh TWICE if I use the Windows install disk to refresh the system --there must be a way to point it to a user created WIM file or create a USER recovery disk / usb.
Cheers
jimbo
Last edited by a moderator:
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1 X LG 40 inch TV
- Hard Drives
- SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
2 X 3 TB sata
5 X 1 TB sata
- Internet Speed
- 0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)