InstallFrom specifies the Windows® image (.wim) file that contains the image to install and the credentials used to access the file.

Child Elements

Credentials

Specifies the credentials used to access the .wim file.

MetaData

Specifies a unique Windows image in the .wim file to install.

Path

Specifies the path to the .wim file.

Valid Passes

windowsPE

Parent Hierarchy

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set the ImageInstall setting to install both an operating system image and a data image.

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<ImageInstall>
	<OSImage>
		<InstallFrom>
			<Credentials>
				<Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain>
				<Password>MyPassword</Password>
				<Username>MyUsername</Username>
			</Credentials>
			<Path>\\networkshare\share\install.wim</Path>
			<MetaData wcm:action="add">
				<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
				<Value>FabrikamCustomOSImage</Value>
			</MetaData>
		</InstallFrom>
		<InstallTo>
			<DiskID>0</DiskID>
			<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
		</InstallTo>
		<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
		<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
	</OSImage>
	<DataImage wcm:action="add">
		<InstallTo>
			<DiskID>0</DiskID>
			<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
		</InstallTo>
		<InstallFrom>
			<Credentials>
				<Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain>
				<Password>MyPassword</Password>
				<Username>MyUsername</Username>
			</Credentials>
			<Path>\\networkshare\share\data.wim</Path>
			<MetaData wcm:action="add">
				<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
				<Value>FabrikamData</Value>
			</MetaData>
		</InstallFrom>
		<Order>1</Order>
	</DataImage>
</ImageInstall>

See Also

Concepts

OSImage