Windows 7 AIO DVD - All editions of Windows 7 in a DVD

We have already an article to merge all editions of Windows Vista into single DVD and it works with Windows 7 as well. Our an reader wished to have an simple step by step guide to create Windows 7 AIO DVD or you can say the biggest AIO, that have all x86 and x64 editions including Enterprise editions. Finally we have done it and managed to fit it into a 4GB DVD, that is the most interesting thing. So without wasting your time, Lets start…

Requires:

Windows 7 DVD/ISO (x86 & x64) – You can choose any edition, because the DVD holds the all editions i.e. Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate.
Windows 7 Enterprise DVD/ISO (x86 & x64) – Windows 7 Enterprise is not available through retail channels.
Windows Automation Installation Kit (WAIK for Windows 7)
Blank DVD (DVD5 – 4GB in size) compatible DVD Burner and CD/DVD burning software (like Nero, ImgBurn)

How To:

(We have merged all x64 editions one by one into x86 DVD, because x64 DVD has 64-bit contents that can’t run under Win32 mode but Vista x86 content can run under 64-bit environment easily under SYSWOW64 and x64 DVD has only less editions than x86 DVD)

1. Install WAIK and the burning program & create folders as shown in figure:

Create the folders hierarchy

We created a folder named AIO on the root of E: drive and then two subfolders named DVD and WIMs in AIO.

2. Now copy/extract the content of Windows 7 x86 edition into DVD folder and copy/extract all WIM image file (install.wim, located under sources folder) into WIMs folder.

Copy or Extract WIM files

We extracted and renamed all WIM images like that.

3. First of all unlock the x86 editions, delete ei.cfg file from AIO\DVD\Sources folder. For more information: Unlock all editions from Windows 7 ISO image (x86 and x64)

4. Run WAIK command prompt (Deployment Tools Command Prompt) As Administrator

Start > All Programs > Microsoft Windows AIK > Deployment Tools Command Prompt

Run WAIK Command Prompt as Administrator

Each edition has an unique INDEX NO. in the install.wim (WIM file), you can check using the following command.

Imagex /info <path_of_wim_file>

The List of INDEX NOS in different WIM files:

Windows 7 x86	Windows 7 x64	Windows 7 Enterprise x86	Windows 7 Enterprise x64
Starter – 1	Home Basic – 1	Enterprise – 1	Enterprise – 1
Home Basic – 2	Home Premium – 2
Home Premium – 3	Professional – 3
Professional – 4	Ultimate – 4
Ultimate – 5

These INDEX NOS will be needed, when we export one edition from an WIM file to another one.

5. Now execute the following command with appropriate INDEX NO to export a copy of the specified edition to another WIM file.

Imagex /export <path_of_source_wim_file> <index_no> <path_of_destination_wim_file> <description_of_edition>

Exporting a copy of Windows 7 Enterprise

For Us, the commands will be as follows:

For Windows 7 Enterprise x86

Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x86_ENT.wim” 1 “E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim” “Windows 7 ENTERPRISE”

For Windows 7 Home Basic x64

Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x64_ULT.wim” 1 “E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim” “Windows 7 HOMEBASIC (x64)”

For Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x64_ULT.wim” 2 “E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim” “Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM (x64)”

For Windows 7 Professional x64

Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x64_ULT.wim” 3 “E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim” “Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL (x64)”

For Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x64_ULT.wim” 4 “E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim” “Windows 7 ULTIMATE (x64)”

For Windows 7 Enterprise x64

Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x64_ENT.wim” 1 “E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim” “Windows 7 ENTERPRISE (x64)”

6. Once you are done! The WIM image in AIO folder will be an Universal WIM file, which will have all editions of Windows 7. The size of WIM file would be approx 3.41GB. Now DVD folder is ready and you can make bootable DVD and UFD to take a shot.

How to make bootable UFD: Install Windows Vista and Windows 7 using bootable USB storage device.

How to make bootable ISO or DVD: Create bootable Windows Vista and Windows 7 DVD or Create bootable Windows 7 DVD using Nero.

7. Windows 7 AIO is ready now! You have followed simple 7 steps to create Windows 7 All-In-One DVD, that includes total 11 editions and fit into a single layer DVD.

Windows 7 AIO DVD

Apart from all these things, it save your 3 blank DVDs and lots of bandwidth, which could be used to download different editions of Windows7. So install it and have fun…

Applies To:

Windows 7 family (It also works with Windows 7 SP1)
Windows Vista family
Windows Server 2008

– UPDATED 02/22/2011

193 responses to “Create Windows 7 AIO (All In One) DVD – Merge All editions of Windows 7 in a DVD”

Priya

2011-03-22

Is any utility like vlite,nlite for windows 7. vs-lite is not properly working for windows 7.

It is like the unattendend installation. That is I want to merge windows + Microsoft OFfice +Firefox in one single bootable iso.

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Preamble

2011-03-22

I was wondering why I don`t get any names on the different OS when to choose what OS I want to install? It is just blank fields, but the fields are “real” as I can move between them with the cursor.
Anyone seen this before?

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BrianCordeiro

2011-03-16

I was wondering how to delete one of those versions where the enterprise to fit on dvd 4 gb, you can do in Windows 7 PT-BR?

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1. Admin
  
  2011-03-16
  
  Execute it to delete a particular image from Install.Wim
  imagex /delete image_file image_number image_name
  For example,
  imagex /delete d:imagingdata.wim 1
cirvent

2011-03-10

Hello,

I’m doing a USB multilingual (FR and U.S.) with above:
– All Windows 7 SP1 x86
– All Windows 7 SP1 x64
– All Windows Server 2008 SP1 x86
– All Windows 2008 R2 SP1

All Windows 7 and all Windows 2008 R2 running but not windows 2008 SP2, I get the message: “Windows Could not Start the installation process” it was by someone?

Cirvent

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jörg

2011-03-08

i have make it with win7 sp1 original msdn images so procedure will be fine
but when i will insatll each of the versions i become

misstake by expanding files 0x80070570

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Khandu

2011-03-05

Hey

After adding all 32 and 64bit images including enterprise.. the ISO comes to 3.88 GB.. which is a tad bigger than a 4GB USB (3.77GB).. do you know how can I reduce it without deleting any wim images??

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John

2011-03-02

For whatever reason this is not working for me using the Win7+SP1 WIM images. Has this been verified on the SP1 images?

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1. Robert
  
  2011-03-03
  
  I’ve verified that it does work properly. My images were downloaded from Technet.
Diogo

2011-03-02

Hi. I have one question, I don´t catch how do you extract from image install.wim Windows 7 x64.wim files. Because in my inside of install.wim i have the pastes of windows… i don’t have any .wim file inside… If you can explain me that step, would be grateful. Thanks in advance.

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Khandu

2011-02-28

Hi

After doing all the steps, how do I make a ISO (not burn directly to USB/DVD)?

Thanks

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1. Khandu
  
  2011-02-28
  
  nevermind found it
  
  do we have to add anything else in the tutorial (something about recovery x64 reading from behind)
  
  also please correct ur guide.. ur missing a \ after sources
  
  Imagex /export “E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7x86_ENT.wim” 1 “E:\AIO\DVD\sourcesinstall.wim” “Windows 7 ENTERPRISE”
2. Admin
  
  2011-02-28
  
  Corrected! Thanks
3. Admin
  
  2011-02-28
  
  How to Create Windows Vista and Windows 7 bootable ISO or DVD
4. claudio
  
  2011-02-28
  
  please admin, correct the use of the ” (they are not the same “ and “
5. Robert
  
  2011-03-03
  
  ImgBurn has instructions over on their site that can use their tool exclusively but since we have the waik anyways this works as well.
Peter

2011-02-25

How do you change language of those windows versions?

Is there a possibilty of integrating language packs or just change the language of the whole DVD BEFORE we burn it, so that installation and so on is completly in one language?

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