[INSTALL ERROR] 0xc0000005 While decompressing Windows Files

[Giovany86]

Hello there !

I'm looking for help for a little issue on my side.
I've made a really big installation of around 200GB, which i captured using dism /Capture-Image without compression specified for a maximum compatibility, then i converted the WIM to ESD and then created the installation ISO using NTLite (latest version 2025.1010631).

I've tried installing it but i have the error 0xc0000005 when the install goes around 75% of decompressing the files. I know it isn't a capture issue as when the ISO is created with the WIM instead of the ESD file, it works correctly.

I'm using the latest Windows 10 22H2 x64 ISO files to be extra sure.
The ISO using WIM is taking a massive 118GB while the ISO using the ESD file is only around 89GB and i plan on using the ISO with Ventoy and a 128GB USB Flash drive

Anyone have encountered this issue before and succesfully fixed it ?
Have a nice day

 

[garlin]

Several users have complained about this exact problem, but there is no known solution. For certain images, the conversion from WIM to ESD results in an image which fails extraction at some point. The same source image in WIM format has no issues.

What creates the problem is unknown. NTLite uses the open-source wimlib library to perform this work.

Installation of ISO with install.esd images constantly crashes 0xC0000005: ACCESS_VIOLATION in \sources\ImageLib.dll

 

[abbodi86]

Do you honestly believe that 200 GB will ever get solid-compressed safely?

 

[Giovany86]

Do you honestly believe that 200 GB will ever get solid-compressed safely?

Well, it cost nothing to try (except the time i wasted of course) but now i know that it isn't reliable to use ESD with files over 100GB.