Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
WIM images are file-based and can be installed on aVHD or placed on a network share for distribution.
You can store several images in the same WIM file.
Talks about Capturing the Installation onto a Network Share, but still applies.
You can capture an image of your reference computer by using Windows PE and the ImageX tool. Then you store that image on a network share. Alternatively, on a computer running Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate edition, you can store the image on a VHD and make that VHD bootable. To capture the installation image you have created on your reference computer to a network share, perform the following procedure:
Insert your Windows PE media into your reference computer and restart the computer. As before, you

may have to override the boot order to boot from the CD/DVD-ROM drive. If so, select the appropriate function key to override the boot order during initial boot.
Windows PE starts and opens a command-prompt window. Use the ImageX tool located on your

Windows PE media to capture an image of your reference computer installation. For example, if your optical drive is drive E:, your installation is on drive C:, and you want to capture the image on drive D:, you would enter: e:\imagex.exe /capture C: d:\installationimage.wim "my Win7 Install" /compress fast / verify
Copy the image to a network location. For example, enter: net use y: \\network_share\images copy d:

\myimage.wim y:
If necessary, provide network credentials for appropriate network access. Your image is now on volume

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