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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:25 AM
The dism.exe that runs under Windows7 doesn't support the /ApplyImage command. How do I otherwise install flash.ffu on an SD card under Windows7? I have a second computer that runs Windows8 but it doesn't have an SD drive.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:33 AM âś…Answered
Officially you should have a system which is running Windows 10 Technical Preview to get the version of DISM needed to apply the FFU file to an SD card.
In the forums however I have heard of some people downloading the ADK for Windows 10 and getting the updated version of DISM from there. While this approach might work for you, it's unsupported if it fails.
I think one person used the 'boot from VHD' option to install the preview into a VM, and then boot from the VHD as a way to flash the image.
I hope that helps.
Jonathan Tanner | Microsoft | Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview Support | This posting is provided 'as is' with no warranties and confers no rights.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 4:00 AM
Thanks Johnathon. Will try the ADK method, but failing that will find a spare box I can use for an installation of the Windows 10 preview.
C
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 12:40 PM
Another option is to boot a regular win10 VM and mount your SD card as per http://tomearp.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/using-sd-card-with-vmware-workstation.html
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:02 PM
Yet another option is to use the custom ffu mounter from xda-developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066903
This will convert the ffu into a vhd (placed in %temp%) to mount it, you can then copy the vhd out and write it to your sd card using winimage, or convert it to a raw disk image and write it to the sd card using the usual methods.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 11:06 AM | 1 vote
I used the one from the ADK on my WIndows 7 box. Worked perfectly well!
regards
Friday, June 5, 2015 2:03 PM | 2 votes
I also used the ADK. I discovered that it is not necessary to install all of the tools in the ADK to get the DISM utility. If you don't want to change your execution path, you'll have to run the utility from the folder that it installs in. This means that you will need to change the /ImageFile: parameter in the command line to contain the complete path and file name.
Of course, this would have been a whole lot simpler if in ISO image had been included in the ZIP file.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:29 AM
Here is my experience with installing an image on the Pi with Win7.
I know, the thread is quite old, but I think there are some guys, who can safe some time searching for a good solution! After hours of search and work, I got it to run :)
It works perfectly with the "Windows 10 ADK". You have to install the "Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer" tool.
ADK Download: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=526740
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/tR5SbECSsgc (I got the instructions from there)