[marcusj0015]

is this needed?

im trying to keep the image size down as small as possible

This post has been edited by marcusj0015: 02 September 2010 - 02:26 PM

[cluberti]

Depends on the components you have added to the WIM, but in general, yes.

[marcusj0015]

im NOT talking about the Windows 7 Install.wim

im talking about WinPE Boot.Wim

ill test it in VirtualBox and check

and ill update this thread when i have results

[cluberti]

Yes, I'm not a moron and I understand the difference between a WinPE boot.wim and a full OS install.wim. And yes, you can remove WinSXS even from a full OS (what do you think that WinPE image is based on???), but I wouldn't recommend it. You won't save *that* much space in a boot.wim, even if you do get it to work. I guess it would make more sense if you explained *why* you are trying to shave off a few MB from an already svelte WinPE?

[marcusj0015]

i wasnt trying to insult you

i want to remove the WinSxS folder because it takes up about 500mb

and yes i know that WinPE is based on Windows 7

i want to remove all unnessicary files from winpe

becaue i want to use it as a recovery tool

it has DaRT 6.5 Kaspersky firefox auslogics defrag and glary undelete

i want to save as much space as i can in the winPE

so that there is more RAM available for these programs to use

i want it to be a perfect recovery tool

thats the reason you need 1 gb of ram to install windows 7

becasue WinPE is loaded entirely to RAM and WinPE (When extracted) uses 1GB of RAM (give or take a few mb's)

This post has been edited by marcusj0015: 02 September 2010 - 11:25 PM