Accept the defaults, or if you only need OSCDIMG. Luckily, Microsoft offers a free tool called OSCDIMG.EXE as optional download, as part of the Deployment Tools in the Windows 10 Assessment and Deployment Kit (WADK).ĭownload WADK. Only when these two options fail, I will try to find the simplest possible third party tool.Īs mentioned, writing an ISO file is not possible using native Windows tools and commands. When no native Windows command or tool is available, I’ll check if Microsoft has a tool available for free download.

1.1) Clean install Windows on your reference machine (physical or vm) with the latest available build install media 1. There are a lot of third party options available to do the job, but for a Windows purist like me who tries to avoid third party tools as much as possible, that’s not an option.Īs per my strict principles, I only use third party tools when there is no Windows native command to do something. This is the recommended method if you simply need a clean, standard Windows 10 ISO install media. The problem is, Windows does not have a native tool to write / create ISO files. But, what to do when you wish to do the same using an ISO image? No problem: simply mount a Windows ISO image as a virtual DVD drive (right click, select Mount), copy its contents, all files and folders, to a folder on an HDD or SSD, mount its WIM image for offline servicing, enable or disable features, save those changes and create a new ISO image.

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