Create WinRE bootable ISO?

[freMea]

Hi,

In the past, I already succeeded to create such an ISO to use with ventoy using this official guide. But it is tedious.

I use official updated ISO from MS such as
fr-fr_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_24h2_updated_july_2025_x64_dvd_a1f0681d.iso

Could we use NTLite to create WinRe bootable ISO from those full install ISO? How?

 

[garlin]

1. Load a clean install image.
2. Select the Windows Recovery image, right menu -> Export / WIM
3. Save exported image to the ISO folder's \sources\boot.wim. NTLite will ask you to confirm Yes to Overwrite boot.wim, Choose Yes.
4. Import drivers as needed.
5. Create new ISO.

 

[freMea]

I followed the steps:

1. Load professional edition


2. Export WinRe to boot.wim


3. Integrate some drivers, check create ISO and apply like this


4. I end up with


At this stage, are we sure the drivers are integrated in the WinRe ? I mean, when booting the iso, does WinRe use the drivers from install.wim?


And this WinRe created from Win 11 pro, will it be able to rescue other Windows 11 edition also ?
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Now, if I want to create an iso of Win 11 pro with just some drivers, is it good practice to reapply the drivers to other wim like this ?

 

[garlin]

There's two ways WinRE can get additional drivers:

1. For normal installs, WinRE.wim is extracted in the specialize pass. If there are additional drivers that Windows has loaded in the image, those are copied to WinRE.

2. NTLite users can expand Reapply tasks across editions, and Integrate - Drivers to both install.wim & boot.wim. In this case, boot.wim is really a copy of WinRE instead of WinPE. But it works in the exact same manner.

WinRE is the same WIM file hidden inside all image editions of the same Windows build. There is no "Pro WinRE" vs "Home WinRE", just like there is only one boot.wim used for all images on the ISO.