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”

Biplab Kr. Karan

2011-09-27

I am fail to “Imagex /info ” by typing ” Imagex /info F:AIOWIMs” my AIO on External USB HDD on “F”. Please help me.

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Biplab Kr. Karan

2011-09-26

You said in serial no. “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”. but do not mention regarding windows 7 X64 edition. please help me.

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Woo

2011-09-22

To anyone having issues try replacing the left and right quotes with double quotes.

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Dammmm

2011-08-12

works good , any idea why it takes soooo long to boot and for the “select the operating system …” screens to come up ?

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IOANNOU

2011-06-19

Where i can find the windows 7 x86.rar that is asked to the second step????

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Aryan Singh RaThore

2011-06-14

Hello,
Hello Sir I Creat Windows 7 Aio And Not Work
When The Time Of Installing Like { Format, Upgrade, New Copy. } Suddenly Show The Message Browse The Cd/dve Image Or Flopy disk.
how can solve this problem tell me.

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1. Dreamtime
  
  2012-05-13
  
  can you make a dvd
  with basic, premium, pro, ultimate, both
  x86 and x64 ?
  and still keep it under 4.45 gb to fit at dvd5 ?
  i got a iso with the size of 4.54gb
2. kontini
  
  2012-09-20
  
  you can use imagex.exe /export with /compress maximum switch to export all edition to a new install.wim and replace it.
Luke

2011-05-25

Thanks for this. We use Enterprise with SP1 and while this works great for 64bit, when trying to install via the 32bit option it gets to Installing Features (or Installing Updates, hard to tell it’s too quick by that point) and then fails with:

“Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file.”

The trouble here is that the 32bit media installs fine by itself so I do not think the 32bit install.wim is at fault but rather the way it is being exported and/or merged with the 64bit install.wim.

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JustDevil

2011-04-18

Thanks for your help !!!!

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Tor Fey

2011-04-14

Hi

At the start of your tutorial you mention the following: –

“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)”

My question is this, how do i merge x64 edition in to the x86 edition? maybe i am missing the point but in your tutorial it does not mention how to do this. Am i right in thinking that you have used somthing like UltraISO to merge the the X64 in to the x86 DVD?

The other problem is you show the following WIM files: –
Windows_7X64_Ent.Wim
Windows_7X64_Ult.Wim
Windows_7X86_Ent.Wim
When i look for Wim files in either DVD i can only find Install.Wim, how did you find the other Wim files?

Thanks for your help
Tor Fey

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1. Wesley K.
  
  2011-09-10
  
  He renamed the files. Also as far as merging the X64 into the X86. You put the X86 into the DVD folder. You then merge the .wim files in your WIMs folder into C:AIODVDsourcesinstall.wim
  
  all the cli commands are in the post.
2. Jazz
  
  2011-12-05
  
  If you look at the screen shot he’s copied Install.wim from a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 DVD and renamed it so he knows which one it is. Then he copied Install.wim from Windows 7 Enterprise x64 and then Windows 7 Enterprise x86.
  
  He has to copy the Enterprise verisons seperately since they’re not included on the normal Windows 7 DVDs.
  
  All other versions of Windows 7 are combined within any Windows 7 retail/OEM DVD.
  
  Deleting the ei.cfg file makes every version appear when you start setup.
  
  It doesn’t matter which version you started with, (Ultimate, Home Premium, etc).
Akash

2011-03-29

I have only Enterprise DVD So what can i do to instal ultimate edition.

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1. Admin
  
  2011-03-30
  
  No! because Enterprise DVD holds single edition only i.e. Windows 7 Enterprise.