Good day,
I have the following approach which worked fine with Win 10:
1. I install original Windows 10 on a machine and run it in Audit mode;
2. I set up all the software and settings as necessary and reseal/generalize it;
3. I capture the WIM for the installed machine using the command dism /capture-image /imagefile:C:\...\install.wim /capturedir
:\ /ScratchDir:C:\...\Scratch /name:"name" /checkintegrity /bootable /compress:maximum
4. I then unpack regular windows iso, copy created WIM and replace it, then load this folder into NTLite for further tweaks/driver integration/etc. and create ISO for final deployment.
This all worked flawlessly until I started working on Windows 11. If I alter the original Windows 11 image in NTLite, it works fine
However, if I do steps 1-3, load the image into step 4 and then produce ISO from there, all I get during installation is the error "Windows installation has failed" It appears after about 60-70% of installation during initial phase when the image is deployed onto the drive. Resulting installation does not boot.
I troubleshooted it down and identified that it fails even with the following approach: "I install fresh win 11 os and make no changes -> reseal and create wim -> place wim in a fresh installation folder and open in NTLite -> load it into NTLite and again make no changes whatsoever -> create ISO from this -> installation fails".
So somehow putting captured wim into installation directory and mounting this in NTLite breaks it down even if no settings are touched.
So I would like to ask:
1. where do I find installation logs to check why installation fails? Panther folder location has logs only for initial installation, before wim was captured
2. if it is NTLite's problem, is there a chance it could be fixed? Maybe I should follow a different approach to avoid wim becoming damaged
I hope I described the problem as detailed as possible, please let me know if any further clarification is required. NTLite version is 2025.1.10275.
I have the following approach which worked fine with Win 10:
1. I install original Windows 10 on a machine and run it in Audit mode;
2. I set up all the software and settings as necessary and reseal/generalize it;
3. I capture the WIM for the installed machine using the command dism /capture-image /imagefile:C:\...\install.wim /capturedir
:\ /ScratchDir:C:\...\Scratch /name:"name" /checkintegrity /bootable /compress:maximum4. I then unpack regular windows iso, copy created WIM and replace it, then load this folder into NTLite for further tweaks/driver integration/etc. and create ISO for final deployment.
This all worked flawlessly until I started working on Windows 11. If I alter the original Windows 11 image in NTLite, it works fine
However, if I do steps 1-3, load the image into step 4 and then produce ISO from there, all I get during installation is the error "Windows installation has failed" It appears after about 60-70% of installation during initial phase when the image is deployed onto the drive. Resulting installation does not boot.
I troubleshooted it down and identified that it fails even with the following approach: "I install fresh win 11 os and make no changes -> reseal and create wim -> place wim in a fresh installation folder and open in NTLite -> load it into NTLite and again make no changes whatsoever -> create ISO from this -> installation fails".
So somehow putting captured wim into installation directory and mounting this in NTLite breaks it down even if no settings are touched.
So I would like to ask:
1. where do I find installation logs to check why installation fails? Panther folder location has logs only for initial installation, before wim was captured
2. if it is NTLite's problem, is there a chance it could be fixed? Maybe I should follow a different approach to avoid wim becoming damaged
I hope I described the problem as detailed as possible, please let me know if any further clarification is required. NTLite version is 2025.1.10275.
