Win7x64 Home Premium with updates - 8.6GB ISO?

[Samsunday]

I've spent a whole day trying to make a slipstreamed Windows 7x64 ISO with Wintoolkit. The actual integration of 200 odd updates seems to go fine over 2hrs 20 mins.

 

But the Wintoolkit ISOmaker always produces a huge ISO : 8.6GB, from 4.3GB files in the working folder. And choosing to rebuild the image or not makes an ISO exactly the same size!

 

I started with a Windows 7x64 SP1 ISO, and I've followed the instructions here to integrate updates. http://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/12103-16-juin-2015-update-list-gdr-pour-windows-7-sp1-x86x64-fr-en-de-es-it/page-1

I've been using the latest Wintoolkit 1.5.3.21

 

Is there something I could be doing wrong? I am at my wit's end.

[mooms]

Hi,

This is abnormal. Do you integrate something else than the updates from the UL ?

We need more details to help you, please post your wintoolkit's log, and add the maximum of details.

[Samsunday]

Thanks for your reply mooms. It inspired me to have another try, and this time the final ISO was 4.3GB. This time I used Wintoolkit to extract files from the original Windows 7 SP1 ISO.

 

Previously I had used Windows 8 to mount the Windows 7 Sp1 ISO, and copied those files into a folder for Wintoolkit. Maybe that created the problem?

 

Just to answer your question, I was only using the updates from here, plus the Slim Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Full x86/x64. 

http://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/12103-16-juin-2015-update-list-gdr-pour-windows-7-sp1-x86x64-fr-en-de-es-it/

[mooms]

Glad you have found a solution.

I use VirtualCloneDrive to mount the win7 iso and I copy the file to a folder, it always works.

I don't know about windows 8, I don't use it on my main system (only my tablet, and I don't mount iso).

[pennsylvaniaron]

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