Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Win7 support: Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:38:13 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 123 Message-ID: References: <8c5bb65b-39f5-4766-8ba6-2ff85f53db1a@googlegroups.com> <587b36a6-0fdc-46d3-9cb8-cfe67ed582ff@googlegroups.com> <3c42965f-46ff-48c1-a6bc-c314d4cafdef@googlegroups.com> <01f19585-68ef-4566-80ca-fa5caa2bd888@googlegroups.com> <8f681fdb-e009-431b-a01d-333060052290@googlegroups.com> <12a60b92-ad16-413f-a592-1c0d9d5071e4@googlegroups.com> <99940d70-9e03-4de6-8479-c39ee14c243e@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 04:38:11 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="187ef325eee1748afe9ba8196212de2c"; logging-data="570"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX185FGpQH+u34WYJGiU4w2fwFix7AZ1YwoQ=" User-Agent: Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802) Cancel-Lock: sha1:q5R/xYmS625vhIo6KU6Iljqjw0A= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5628 Paul wrote: > Robert in CA wrote: >>> I considered the possibility the disc could have >>> >>> sources\install.win >>> sources\install.esd >>> >>> and there are two commands in the posting, one for a >>> .wim disc and one for a .esd disc. I think your disc >>> could be .esd , at least the 1903 one, as the .esd >>> happens to fit on single-layer media while the .wim >>> version does not. >>> >>> dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\sources\install.wim /index:1 >>> dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\sources\install.esd /index:1 >>> >>> The D:\ assumes that is your optical drive. If the drive >>> letter is something different, substitute the correct drive >>> letter into the command. >>> >>> The discs have multiple index values. Windows Home might >>> be index 1. Windows Pro might be index 2. If you can get >>> the command to work with index 1, you can then try index 2 >>> for fun. I think Windows Pro is "typically" around >>> index 4 or so. Just as a guess. All we really wanted >>> was the "version number" of the disc, to prove it was >>> 1903, which would save you having to do additional downloads. >>> >>> Paul >> >> >> I tried it again with the same results: >> >> https://postimg.cc/5jXrZZR1 >> >> https://postimg.cc/yJffGPhk >> >> https://postimg.cc/1fxvb4Fc >> >> https://postimg.cc/SnkDN5Dn >> >> https://postimg.cc/p91ZCdxj >> >> https://postimg.cc/RWgQC0WY >> >> https://postimg.cc/p5QzwVNq >> >> Robert > > OK, so this one gave you a *different* error. > > https://postimg.cc/SnkDN5Dn > > Error 11 "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect > format" > > I reproduced that here. I get the same result. Grrr. > > And really, this takes all the fun out of it. Torturing > you with 7ZIP is never going to work - I'd hoped this method > would be easier. Thanks, Microsoft. > > The reason I was expecting this to work, is I > got the impression the ESD in this case, wasn't > encrypted. > > ******* > > OK, I give up :-) > > Let's do it by size. > > While your DVD is in the tray, navigate to the > sources folder. This is what I used to test. > > Win10-64bit-mediacreation-1903-7OSes.iso > > It's a cheesy way to ID it, but it avoids a lot of unnecessary > crappy methods to get an answer. I don't think anyone > wants to download a WADK kit to do this... Compare > the size listed here, to the one I got. Should be pretty > close (within a few bytes). No two ESD files are exactly > the same, and I cannot begin to estimate the possible > size differences for you. The ones so created, likely > have different date stamps inside. Which could change > the length of the file (as well as the checksum). > > 3,346,473,984 bytes for the x64 Win10 Mediacreation install.ESD file. > > https://i.postimg.cc/d11s8jsY/1903-Media-Creation-x64.gif > > Paul I found another way to do it. https://wimlib.net/ # wimlib v1.13.1 Windows binaries (32-bit) https://wimlib.net/downloads/wimlib-1.13.1-windows-i686-bin.zip # wimlib v1.13.1 Windows binaries (64-bit) <=== useful for your machines https://wimlib.net/downloads/wimlib-1.13.1-windows-x86_64-bin.zip Inside the file, you will find wimlib-15.dll wimlib-imagex.exe You can copy those out of the ZIP download, to your downloads folder. cd %userprofile%\Downloads wimlib-imagex info D:\sources\install.esd It seems to handle ESD or WIM files better than Win7 DISM. The 32 bit version even ran on WinXP :-) It says the release on my test ISO is 18362 (which is 1903 Win10). Paul