Can I use a .WIM image to install Windows 7?

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DarrylZ

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Our company's IT department has a standardized installation for Windows 7 which is in a 17GB ".WIM" image file. How can I use that, on a USB stick, to install Windows 7 in Parallels Desktop for Mac v.7?

Nothing in the docs or the forums shows how to install from a wim image. Do I have to convert it to a VHD or ISO format? Can I do that with my existing Windows XP virtual machine?

Our IT guys said they might be able to convert it, but what should they convert it to?

Thanks
Darryl
 
Specimen said:
.ISO

http://blog.coretech.dk/mip/create-iso-using-waik-and-oscdimg/
Click to expand...

It only took 2 months to finally produce the .iso files!

However, they seem to be split up into 4GB chucks so there's four of the .iso files on the USB stick. Parallels 9 can't find an operating system in the ISO files.

Eh?

"No boot device is available, press enter to continue." Rinse, repeat, stuck.

I was able to mount the ISO image in Mac Finder, but I don't know where to go from here. This seems ot be some kind of Windows 7 migration image, not a real Windows 7 bootable image.

Any clues how I can actually use this?

Thanks
Darryl Z
 
Did that, but Parallels 9 can't find an operating system in the ISO files. I'm not sure if I have to somehow mung the 4 ISO files into one large one, or if these ISO images just aren't suitable for Windows 7 installation.
 
An alternative I just used to get around a problematic Oracle client install. I have a Hyper-V Windows 7 VM created from our standard WIM image. I created the new machine, I installed the Parallels Transporter Agent for Windows utility on it and copied the image over the network. The Mac got it fine, the image booted up fine, and as a benefit I had I standard core image up & running, everything already configured the way we want and ready to go.
 
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