Windows 11 dism image capture after sysprep


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unbuff

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Hello,
So I've done multiple unattended Windows 11/10 installs and never had an issue. I wanted to redo them to add/remove some apps and now when I try to capture the image using dism after sysprep just like I've done before
1. On few drives the progress bar instantly goes to 100% without capturing the image. Same thing happened when I tried making a VHD and capturing it on there.
2. I have a portable SSD and on that one the capture goes way slower than it used to, and then it always fails at 18% with error that I dont have enough space.
I cannot find anything anywhere about this issue, Ive tried different Windows installs, I created new VM's and it still does the same thing and I tried putting scratchdir on either system drive or the removable flash drive/ssd
The VM has 6 cores and 8gb of ram so Im more than sure its plenty.
This is the dism command I use
dism /capture-image /imagefile:C:\install.wim /capturedir:G:\ /scratchdir:G:\ /name:"Name" /description:"description" /compress:maximum /checkintegrity /verify /bootable
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11 24H2

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10/11
unbuff said:
Hello,
So I've done multiple unattended Windows 11/10 installs and never had an issue. I wanted to redo them to add/remove some apps and now when I try to capture the image using dism after sysprep just like I've done before
1. On few drives the progress bar instantly goes to 100% without capturing the image. Same thing happened when I tried making a VHD and capturing it on there.
2. I have a portable SSD and on that one the capture goes way slower than it used to, and then it always fails at 18% with error that I dont have enough space.
I cannot find anything anywhere about this issue, Ive tried different Windows installs, I created new VM's and it still does the same thing and I tried putting scratchdir on either system drive or the removable flash drive/ssd
The VM has 6 cores and 8gb of ram so Im more than sure its plenty.
This is the dism command I use
dism /capture-image /imagefile:C:\install.wim /capturedir:G:\ /scratchdir:G:\ /name:"Name" /description:"description" /compress:maximum /checkintegrity /verify /bootable
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One thing that can throw creating a custom install.wim is handling of onedrive protected folders.

I actually clear all local files in onedrive (using free space option for Files on demand, then uninstall onedrive (does not affect online files), and then reinstate it after install.wim is created.

Also, I have found it to be much more reliable to create a custom install.wim from a winpe environment. That way you have not got lots of stuff like AV getting in the way.

I usually boot into the Macrium Reflect boot menu option and then use its command prompt but there are other ways.

Before creating custom install.wim, ot is also a good idea to use chkdsk on source and target drives to clean up NTFS file system as well.

I am confused about your symtax. Normally C would be the capture directory and G would be where you store the install.wim image file.

Have you got it back to front?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop OLED screen
    Screen Resolution
    2880x1800 touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
I am confused about your symtax. Normally C would be the capture directory and G would be where you store the install.wim image file.

Have you got it back to front?
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I actually did. I have no idea how come I didn't notice that. Hopefully it captures now and my unattended file works since theres the new Windows 11 install enviroment but I might redo the image anyways. Thank you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10/11
I always reboot into DISM++ to capture my system images
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WIN 11 Pro 24H2 - 26100.2894
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel XEON E5-2699 v3
    Motherboard
    ASUS X99-A
    Memory
    48G Teamgroup UD4-3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ACER X34 Predator
    Screen Resolution
    3440 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    Crucial CT1000P 3P SSD8 1TB
    PSU
    GameMax Pro
    Case
    Fractal Design
    Cooling
    Corsair H110iGT + 6 140mm Fans
    Keyboard
    Corsair K4
    Mouse
    G-Skill G502
    Internet Speed
    50MBs
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    OEM
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