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Update: This method works perfectly with the newly released Windows 10 as well. That is, you can use this
method to create bootable Windows 10 ISO from 똀les and folders.

A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate 64-bit ISO on my Windows 8.1 PC from
Microsoft (using my MSDN subscription) and installed Windows 7 in dual-boot with Windows 8.1 using my
USB 蠀ash drive as bootable media. The installation was uneventful and Windows 7 has been running as it
should.

Two days back, I decided to free up some disk space on my Windows 8.1 drive and manually deleted all
contents in the Downloads folder and also uninstalled tens of programs that I had installed over the last
three months. After gaining GBs of disk space, I realized that the previously downloaded Windows 7 SP1 ISO,
which was present in the Downloads folder, has also been deleted along with other 똀les.

Even though I could easily download Windows 7 SP1 ISO pack again in a couple of minutes, I decided to
create an ISO 똀le from the bootable Windows 7 USB drive that I had prepared to install Windows 7. Preparing
a bootable Windows ISO from installation ÿles/folders is relatively easy and doesn’t take much time either.
In short, if have Windows installation 똀les and want to create an ISO image 똀le out of it, you can do so in a
few minutes.

Make bootable Windows ISO from installation 1les

NOTE: This method is applicable to Windows 10, 8.1 and 7 versions.

In this guide, I will show you how you can create a bootable Windows 7/8.1/10 ISO image 똀le from Windows
installation 똀les.

Step 1: If all the installation 똀les are in a folder on your PC, you can skip to the next step. And if the 똀les and
folders on USB drive, connect the USB 蠀ash drive containing Windows installation 똀les to a PC running

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Windows 7/8/10 and copy all the contents from the USB to a newly created folder on desktop or any other
location.

Step 2: Visit this page and download ImgBurn software. ImgBurn is a free burning software but the setup
offers you install Skype and Mobogenie during the installation. Make sure to select appropriate options to
install the software without Skype and Mobogenie.

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Step 3: Launch ImgBurn. Click on Create image ÿle from ÿles/folders option.

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Step 4: In the resulting ImgBurn dialog, click on the small folder icon (see picture) next to the Source box to
browse to the folder containing all copied 똀les from the bootable Windows USB. Browse to the folder and
then click Select folder.

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Step 5: Next, click on the browse icon located next to Destination box to select a location to save the
bootable ISO image 똀le that you’re preparing now. Select a location and click Save button.

Step 6: On the right-side, switch to the Advanced tab (see picture) to see four tabs. Here, click on the tab
labelled Bootable Disc.

Step 7: Now, select the option labelled Make Image Bootable, select Emulation type as None (custom), and
type 8 in the Sectors to load box by removing the existing 4. Note that if you’re preparing a bootable Vista
ISO, you need to keep the 4. For Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, you need to type 8 in the Sectors to
load 똀eld.

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Step 8: Click on the small folder icon next to Boot Image box (see picture) and then browse to the folder
containing Windows installation 똀les (the folder that contains 똀les copied from the USB), open Boot folder,
select etfsboot.com 똀le, and then click Open button to select etfsboot.com as the boot image 똀le. We are
almost done!

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Step 9: Finally, click on the Build button (see picture) to begin creating your bootable Windows ISO image
똀le. Upon clicking the Build button, three dialog boxes will appear one after another. Simply click Yes button

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when you see the 똀rst dialog, OK button when you see the second, and then, Yes button again when you see
the last dialog.

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Once the bootable ISO image is ready, you’ll see “Operation successfully completed” message.

That’s it! Your can now use the ISO 똀le anywhere to install Windows. How to test an ISO 똀le to check if it’s
really bootable guide might also interest you.
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Shawn says
December 26, 2018 at 10:26 pm

Soooooo many virus’s from

IMG_Burn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nick says
May 30, 2018 at 4:53 am

@Cristian S.

I’ve been using the ImgBurn method for a long time, but I also ran into the uEFI boot issue
(primarily while trying to build Generation 2 Hyper-V VMs). Your post about using the Windows
Assessment and Deployment Kit was a life saver! Thank you for 똀guring that out!

There is, however, a typo in the command you have listed in the comment above. The command is
missing a parameter, the “ISO Source Files” (meaning, the 똀les you copied off the original Windows
ISO that you want to actually create the new ISO with.) I found a Microsoft Support article that had
a slightly different example here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947024/how-to-
create-an-iso-image-for-ue똀-platforms-for-a-windows-pe-cd-rom

So based on the instructions you have above, and the corrected example from Microsoft, I modi똀ed
your instructions just a bit:

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1. Install the latest version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
2. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator
3. CD to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment
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Tools\amd64\Oscdimg”
4. Paste the following command:

Oscdimg -m -o -u2 -udfver102 -bootdata:2#p0,e,b[Etfsboot.com_Path]#pEF,e,b[E똀sys.binPath]

[ISO_Source_Files] [Output_ISO_Path]

5. Replace the following variables:

[Etfsboot.com_Path] = Enter the path to the BIOS boot image (e.g.

“D:\Win10_1803\boot\etfsboot.com”)

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[E똀sys.bin_Path] = Enter the path to the uEFI boot image (e.g.

“D:\Win10_1803\e똀\microsoft\boot\e똀sys.bin”)
[ISO_Source_Files] = Enter the path of the source 똀les that were copied out of the original ISO (e.g.
“D:\Win10_1803”)
[Output_ISO_Path] = Enter the path for the ISO 똀le output (e.g.
“D:\MicrosoftWin10_1803_UEFI.iso”)

Example:

Oscdimg -m -o -u2 -udfver102 -

bootdata:2#p0,e,bD:\Win10_1803\boot\etfsboot.com#pEF,e,bD:\Win10_1803\e똀\microsoft\boot\e똀sys.bin
D:\Win10_1803 D:\MicrosoftWin10_1803_UEFI.iso

6. Run the command. ISO will be built at the path speci똀ed.

Anonymous User says

April 27, 2018 at 6:46 am

Dude THNX a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shubh Shinde says

November 7, 2017 at 1:16 am

Dude THNX a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Finally .iso is created…………..
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Thnx Again :-)

Tony James says

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Worked!
Thanks.

pd says
March 22, 2017 at 5:11 pm

what should i choose for platform id? 8086 or ue똀? what are they anyway?

ImgBurn says
August 8, 2016 at 5:20 pm

Depending on the speed of your connection, the process might take a while, but in the end, you ll
be left with the of똀cial Windows 10 ISO 똀le in the location of your choice.

Cristian S. says
July 16, 2016 at 1:14 am

@PKJ:

“One problem is that this method only makes a BIOS mode bootable ISO image. How can I make an

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image which is both UEFI and BIOS mode compatible?”

I had the same problem. It would seem you should be able to point ImgBurn to the E똀sys.bin
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(e똀\Microsoft\boot\E똀sys.bin) for the Boot Image option in Step 8, instead of the Etfsboot.com
똀le. However, I could not get this to work no matter how I tried it.

What I wound up having to do instead is use the Oscdimg command-line tool from Microsoft. This
is included in the Windows 10 ADK, which is available for free:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-
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A lot of the information I saw said to use the Oscdimg 똀le included with the Windows AIK used for
making custom Windows PE images, but that one seems to be outdated and does not support some
of the necessary switches.

Once you have that installed, do the following:

1. Run CMD as admin

2. CD to the Oscdimg directory (e.g., “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and
Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg”)
3. Type the following:

Oscdimg -bootdata:2#p0,e,b[Etfsboot.com path]#pEF,e,b[E똀sys.bin path] -u1 -udfver102 [output

ISO path]

4. Replace the following:

[Etfsboot.com path] = Enter the path to the BIOS boot image (e.g., “E:\boot\Etfsboot.com”)
[E똀sys.bin path] = Enter the path to the UEFI boot image (e.g., “E:\e똀\Microsoft\boot\E똀sys.bin”)
[output ISO path] = Enter the path for the ISO 똀le output (e.g., “E:\ISO\w10_custommedia.iso”)

5. Run the command and let it build the image.

This should create a fully functional bootable ISO that supports UEFI and BIOS, and works like a
charm with Hyper-V :)

[EDIT: The original comment used the less than / greater than symbols for the bits of the command
that need to be changed, and evidently the site didn’t like that and took out the whole section.]

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Cristian S. says
July 15, 2016 at 12:00 am
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@PKJ:

“One problem is that this method only makes a BIOS mode bootable ISO image. How can I make an
ISO image which is both UEFI and BIOS mode compatible?”

I had the same problem. It would seem you should be able to point ImgBurn to the E똀sys.bin
(e똀\Microsoft\boot\E똀sys.bin) for the Boot Image option in Step 8, instead of the Etfsboot.com
똀le. However, I could not get this to work no matter how I tried it.

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What I wound up having to do instead is use the Oscdimg command-line tool from Microsoft. This
is included in the Windows 10 ADK, which is available for free:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-
kit

A lot of the information I saw said to use the Oscdimg 똀le included with the Windows AIK used for
making custom Windows PE images, but that one seems to be outdated and does not support some
of the necessary switches.

Once you have that installed, do the following:

1. Run CMD as admin

2. CD to the Oscdimg directory (e.g., “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and
Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg”)
3. Type the following:

Oscdimg -bootdata:2#p0,e,b#pEF,e,b -u1 -udfver102

4. Replace the following:

= Enter the path to the BIOS boot image (e.g., “E:\boot\Etfsboot.com”)

= Enter the path to the UEFI boot image (e.g., “E:\e똀\Microsoft\boot\E똀sys.bin”)
= Enter the path for the ISO 똀le output (e.g., “E:\ISO\w10_custommedia.iso”)

5. Run the command and let it build the image.

This should create a fully functional bootable ISO that supports UEFI and BIOS, and works like a
charm with Hyper-V :)

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January 10, 2016 at 2:05 am

You are a life saver

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One problem is that this method only makes a BIOS mode bootable ISO image. How can I make an
ISO image which is both UEFI and BIOS mode compatible?

afu-ibnawul says
August 28, 2015 at 6:42 pm

love u guys wonderful software keep it up :)

web says
July 31, 2015 at 11:26 am

thanks mate, always used imgburn to burn isos, never noticed it had this capability

saran says
April 15, 2015 at 6:53 pm

It’s 100% working,thank u

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thank u very much for this information

VIJAY says
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thank you very much. it work 똀ne and very helpful.

Sakina says
March 12, 2015 at 1:57 am

Thank you, it worked. Please continue preparing this type of easy-to-follow guides. Hallelujah ^_^

Rahul says
January 5, 2015 at 5:36 pm

Worked 100% Thanks

Usama Ali says

December 9, 2014 at 4:04 am

Hello,

Thank you very much for this guide,it was very simple and easy to follow just because of your
writing skills.
I really appreciate this sharing.
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Temitayo Akeem says

October 4, 2014 at 3:50 pm

I have never donated to a free software before, but I think I owe you on this, After hours of
googling, you actually made my day, I have exactly the same problem deleting windows 8.1 iso 똀le.

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Thanks and I will try donate to imgburn they are really awesome.

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