winndows 8.1 Wim to big for fat32
Has anyone got around the file size limitation for usb imaging of a uefi win8 machine using a fat32 slash drive?
I have created a windows 8.1 image with office on there and all updates.
Even before office was installed, the image was over 6 gb.
Trying to make a bootable flash drive for imaging for remote sites, with everything on the drive.
Keep getting stuck at the fat32 size limitation.
any ideas?
limitations/requirements are
-no network,
-preferably no change to bios to enable legacy (disable secure boot)
-possibly a way to split wims into smaller files.
I have created a windows 8.1 image with office on there and all updates.
Even before office was installed, the image was over 6 gb.
Trying to make a bootable flash drive for imaging for remote sites, with everything on the drive.
Keep getting stuck at the fat32 size limitation.
any ideas?
limitations/requirements are
-no network,
-preferably no change to bios to enable legacy (disable secure boot)
-possibly a way to split wims into smaller files.
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SMal.tmcc
9 years ago
you will need 2 usb sticks. One fat32 for the uefi boot and one ntfs for the wim file
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doesn't two partitions on one usb stick work? - dedenker 9 years ago
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I used to use one drive but it is more of a pain when you update your boot sticks or need different one for different uses. I use a boot cds with a portable HDD for isolated imaging - SMal.tmcc 9 years ago
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Is it possible to make kace ask me where the image file is located? this would also fix this issue. - david.pegler 9 years ago
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I store all my wims on servers at each site to save bandwidth over the links. You can store them on a share or external drive also. Use the KBE to create boots to the location of the image repositories. I map to my main server by default and use a mid level tasks to remap t: prior to calling the imaging vbs script.
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/wim-storage-freeing-up-space-on-your-k2000-if-you-are-using-wims-k2000-version-3-6
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/create-dedicated-kbe-s-to-capture-wim-s-and-store-externally-for-k2000-version-3-5 - SMal.tmcc 9 years ago -
Thanks for the links in the other comment (wont actually let me comment on the post you made).
They've given me ideas ;) - david.pegler 9 years ago
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Im not sure windows supports 2 partitions on one flash drive. - david.pegler 9 years ago
