Removing things manually

[Kelsenellenelvian]

This is a long shot BUT here goes.

I have made a x86 and x64 a-i-o disk with a couple extras, however it is getting a hair too big.

What are things I can MANUALLY remove from the disk?

Also if possible is there anything I can remove from the wim to save space?

Please remember this needs to be a full disk without any things removed (EXCEPT maybe the upgrade option)

[ricktendo]

I started on the manual dism removal for windows 7 but quickly stopped because it broke allot of things, this is all I remove (I also manually remove the sample vids from the public folder)

for %i in (LocalPack-AU LocalPack-CA LocalPack-GB LocalPack-US LocalPack-ZA) do  dism /image:c:\mount\ /Remove-Package /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-%i-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.1.7600.16385

But if you want to unhide the stuff you can remove you can use a tool called install_wim_tweak.exe, this way you can remove a whole lot of stuff...here is what I used to remove from 7 ultimate (but I strongly discourage it from being used)

install_wim_tweak /p c:\mount\ /m

for %i in (Anytime-Upgrade-Results
Backup
BLB-Client
Client-Wired-Network-Drivers
ClipsInTheLibrary
Common-Modem-Drivers
IIS-WebServer-AddOn-2
IIS-WebServer-AddOn
IIS-WebServer
Indexing-Service
LocalPack-AU
LocalPack-CA
LocalPack-GB
LocalPack-US
LocalPack-ZA
NFS-ClientSKU
OfflineFiles
OpticalMediaDisc
ParentalControls
PeerToPeer-Full
Printer-Drivers
RasCMAK
RasRip
RemoteAssistance
SampleContent-Music
SampleContent-Ringtones
Shell-HomeGroup
Shell-MultiplayerInboxGames
Shell-PremiumInboxGames
Shell-InboxGames
Shell-SoundThemes
SnippingTool
SNMP
StickyNotes
SUA
SystemRestore
TabletPC-OC
Telnet-Client
Telnet-Server
TFTP-Client
Tuner-Drivers
WinOcr) do  dism /image:c:\mount\ /Remove-Package /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-%i-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.1.7600.16385

The vLite section have allot of guides like this one that may help