Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images
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Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images are file-based disk image containers used by Microsoft Windows to capture, deploy, and service operating system installations and related data.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Imaging Format | 1 |
| Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images Context triple: [DISM, canService, Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images]
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A.
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM) is a Windows command-line tool used to service and manage Windows images, including installation, uninstallation, configuration, and updating of system components.
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B.
VHDX
VHDX is a modern virtual hard disk file format developed by Microsoft that offers larger capacity, improved reliability, and better performance than the older VHD format, primarily for use with Hyper-V virtual machines.
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C.
Windows Deployment Services
Windows Deployment Services is a Microsoft server role that enables network-based installation and deployment of Windows operating systems to client computers.
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D.
ReFS
ReFS (Resilient File System) is a Microsoft file system designed to improve data integrity, availability, and scalability over the older NTFS format.
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E.
Windows Image Acquisition
Windows Image Acquisition is a Microsoft imaging architecture and API that enables communication between the Windows operating system and imaging hardware such as scanners and digital cameras.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images Target entity description: Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images are file-based disk image containers used by Microsoft Windows to capture, deploy, and service operating system installations and related data.
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A.
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management
Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM) is a Windows command-line tool used to service and manage Windows images, including installation, uninstallation, configuration, and updating of system components.
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B.
VHDX
VHDX is a modern virtual hard disk file format developed by Microsoft that offers larger capacity, improved reliability, and better performance than the older VHD format, primarily for use with Hyper-V virtual machines.
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C.
Windows Deployment Services
Windows Deployment Services is a Microsoft server role that enables network-based installation and deployment of Windows operating systems to client computers.
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D.
ReFS
ReFS (Resilient File System) is a Microsoft file system designed to improve data integrity, availability, and scalability over the older NTFS format.
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E.
Windows Image Acquisition
Windows Image Acquisition is a Microsoft imaging architecture and API that enables communication between the Windows operating system and imaging hardware such as scanners and digital cameras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft technology
ⓘ
file-based disk image format ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WIM ⓘ |
| contains |
directory structure
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file resources ⓘ file system metadata ⓘ image metadata ⓘ |
| dataModel | file-based imaging ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| differentFrom |
ISO image format
ⓘ
VHD disk image format ⓘ sector-based disk image formats ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.swm
ⓘ
.wim ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
file resources
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image header ⓘ metadata resources ⓘ resource table ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
enable offline servicing
ⓘ
reduce image size via deduplication ⓘ support multiple editions in one image file ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
Windows Vista deployment tools
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
|
| supports |
LZMS compression
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LZX compression ⓘ Windows boot from WIM ⓘ XPRESS compression ⓘ adding drivers to an image ⓘ adding language packs to an image ⓘ adding packages to an image ⓘ applying updates to an offline image ⓘ bootable images ⓘ compression ⓘ file-level deduplication ⓘ image servicing ⓘ integrity information ⓘ metadata resources ⓘ modifying Windows features in an image ⓘ mounting images as a directory ⓘ multiple images in a single file ⓘ offline servicing of Windows images ⓘ optional encryption ⓘ read-only mounted images ⓘ read-write mounted images ⓘ removing packages from an image ⓘ single-instance storage ⓘ single-pass deployment of multiple editions ⓘ split images ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Windows 10
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Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ |
| usedByTool |
DISM
ⓘ
ImageX ⓘ Microsoft Deployment Toolkit ⓘ System Center Configuration Manager ⓘ Windows Deployment Services ⓘ Windows Setup ⓘ |
| usedFor |
OEM factory image deployment
ⓘ
capturing Windows installations ⓘ capturing reference images ⓘ customizing Windows images ⓘ deploying Windows installations ⓘ enterprise OS deployment ⓘ servicing Windows installations ⓘ storing Windows PE images ⓘ storing operating system images ⓘ storing recovery images ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Windows Recovery Environment
ⓘ
Windows Setup ⓘ Windows deployment infrastructure ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Deployment Services
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images Description of subject: Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images are file-based disk image containers used by Microsoft Windows to capture, deploy, and service operating system installations and related data.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images