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.VHD and .WIM files
E2B can directly MBR-boot from certain types of .WIM, .VHD and .VHDX files.
- Dynamic VHDs are not supported.
- Copy them to a menu folder, e.g. \_ISO\WIN or \_ISO\WINPE.
- The files do not need to be contiguous.
- NT6-based WinPE/Vista/7/8/10 etc. (non-XP) .WIM, .VHD and .VHDX files are supported.
- For XP-based .VHD files, change the extension to .VHDBOOT.
- XP-based .WIM files are not supported.
Note: A Windows 8.1 version of bootmgr is required to be in the \_ISO\e2b\grub\DPMS\NTBOOT.MOD folder. E2B will warn you if it is missing or is not a compatible version. You can obtain the correct version from inside a Microsoft Windows 8.1 installation ISO file.
For UEFI-booting, you must make a FAT32 .imgPTN file which contains the required UEFI boot files and BCD file. Direct booting of WIM\VHD files under UEFI is not supported.
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Recommended for Easy2Boot (fastest!) - SanDisk Extreme SDCZ880-128G-G46
BitCoin also accepted.
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