Windows Imaging Format

Windows Imaging Format
Filename extension
.wim, .swm, .esd
Internet media type
application/x-ms-wim[1]
Magic numberMSWIM\0\0\0 / WLPWM\0\0\0 for wimlib pipable variant[2]
Developed byMicrosoft
Type of formatDisk image

The Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format. It was developed by Microsoft to help deploy Windows Vista and subsequent versions of the Windows operating system family.

  1. ^ "application/x-ms-wim". Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. ^ "WIMCAPTURE". 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2019-03-10.

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