Technical Level: Basic
Tools needed
Command Prompt application
Dism application
Wim file or Esd file
This article describes how to split install.esd or install.wim file into 5 or 6 install.swm files.
Download Windows 11 or Windows 10 iso file if you don't have this Wim file or Esd file, then you need to download the iso file from Microsoft Website Or Create a Windows iso file using a media creation tool.
Step 1
Mount downloaded the iso file or created the iso file.
Right-click on the iso file, and click on open with Windows Explorer.
The Iso file will be mounted to the free drive letter, for example, K:\
Step 2
Create a new folder ESD under C:\ say C:\ESD
Step 3
Now copy install.esd file manually to C:\ESD
Step 4
Dismount iso file compulsory Using Windows Explorer.
Step 5
Open command prompt application with administrator rights.
Type below line
cd /d C:\ESD
Step 6
Split install.esd file into an install.swm file of size 1024MB, but the last file will be less than 1024MB
So Type below line
Dism.exe /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.esd /SWMFile:install.swm /FileSize:1024
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Step 7
Install.swm files are created and located under C:\ESD
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