Windows 7 ultimate AIO

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:

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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.

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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:

Code:

How To:
1. Download any Windows 7 RTM ISO image from MSDN or TechNet websites. Say we have Ultimate edition.

2. Use 7-zip to extract that ISO to a particular folder and go to Source folder and look for ei.cfg file.



Code:

EI.cfg is a Windows Setup-specific configuration file used to determine what edition and license will be used during installation. This file replaces PID.txt and is located on the product media under the Sources folder in Windows Vista DVD

To get desired edition-

3. Use Notepad to edit and save this file by change desired EditionID. Valid EditionIDs are:

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*Ulimate
*Professional
*HomePremium
*HomeBasic
*Starter

To get all editions-

4. Just delete the file and finally create the bootable ISO and burn your unlocked disc.

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Code:

Applies To:
Windows 7 family(x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 family(x86 and x64)

4. Run WAIK command prompt (Deployment Tools Command Prompt) As Administrator
Start > All Programs > Microsoft Windows AIK > Deployment Tools Command Prompt

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

Code:

Imagex /info <path_of_wim_file>

The List of INDEX NOS in different WIM files:

Code:

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.

Code:

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

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For Us, the commands will be as follows:

For Windows 7 Enterprise x86

Imagex /export "E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7×86_ENT.wim" 1 "E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ENTERPRISE"

For Windows 7 Home Basic x64

Imagex /export "E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7×64_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_7×64_ULT.wim" 2 "E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" " Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM (x64)"

For Windows 7 Professional x64

Imagex /export "E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7×64_ULT.wim" 3 "E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL (x64)"

For Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Imagex /export "E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7×64_ULT.wim" 4 "E:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ULTIMATE (x64)"

For Windows 7 Enterprise x64

Imagex /export "E:\AIO\WIMs\Windows_7×64_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 AIO folder is ready and you can make
bootable DVD and UFD to take a shot.

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

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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
Windows Vista family
Windows Server 2008

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