which can restore to any partition

Microsoft in the next generation of Windows Vista Beta 1 (CodeName Longhorn), using the new Windows clone deployment - WIM. This clone installation,Windows 7 Home Premium Sale, similar to Ghost, but with greater flexibility than the Ghost (which can restore to any partition,Microsoft Office Professional Plus, you can set up the installation before installation serial number, user name, etc.), so soon attracted the attention of many players ... ...

WIM, began Longhorn

recently released in the next generation of Microsoft's new operating system,Office Professional Plus 2010, Windows Vista Beta 1 installation CD, the application of a new system packages WIM ( Windows Imaging, as shown in Figure 1).
/ / / WIM-01.jpg ◎ Windows Vista Beta 1 installation disc packaging system using WIM format ///

1.WIM advantage
WIM Ghost manner similar to that of system packaging, installation time is significantly shortened. Installed on our test, it took 18 minutes to complete the operating system deployment.
WIM Although a similar manner Ghost system is installed, but more flexible than Ghost, it allows us to restore the image file to your hard drive before you select the recovery partition, enter the serial number,Windows 7 Professional Key, and make other simple configuration (Figure 2);

/ / / WIM-02.jpg ◎ Windows system configuration before starting the installation, automate install ///

and these operations In the method using Ghost to restore the system is powerless.
2. Lifted the veil of WIM

in Microsoft's official website, there is , the package format): WIM format for this file, Microsoft provided a xImage its operating procedures. xImage included in the WAIK, the current has not officially released, the user needs in this respect, can go to the the WIM, such as the 5048 Longhorn, and Windows Vista Beta 1 5112 in the WIM file, you need the appropriate version of xImage to operate.

(1) View WIM file information

xImage is a command line tool. We can use it to complete the WIM file for the making,Windows 7 Home Premium, manage, view such an operation. enter the following command can get the detailed help information: xImage /? example, in Windows Vista Beta 1 installation CD-ROM Sources directory, there are two WIM files Boot.wim and Install.wim. We can use: xImage / info f: Sources Boot.wim to view the information contained Boot.wim. From Figure 3
/ / / WIM-03.jpg ◎ info argument is used to view the WIM file information ///

we can see, Boot.wim way using LZX compression (maximum compression ratio), consists of two parts, of which only the second part can be guided.

(2) reads the WIM file

WIM file content We can install xImage WIM file system included with the filter to achieve (in the wimfltr.inf file right-click, select loaded into a directory. For example, the first part of the Install.wim, loaded G: Mount directory. xImage / mount g: mount f: Sources Install.wim 1
Parameter Description: / mount: read-only load. / mountrw way is to read and write load. f: Sources Install.wim 1: The first file loaded Install.wim part. can first use the mount, in the jpg ◎ Load WIM file, you can directly Explorer, copy, paste, add, delete the contents of the ///

(3) create a WIM file

WAIK method packaging system, in fact, an already installed system, compressed into a WIM file. We can do the following statement:

xImage / compress maximum / capture C: Install.wim SP2 , maximum - the maximum compression ratio of three levels), indicating that the text is