How find out version number of Windows 7 from its DVD image before installing it?
asked Jun 30, 2012 at 12:57
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Version number? Do you mean architecture (32-bit/64-bit), service pack (RTM/SP1), edition (Starter/Home Basic/Home Premium/Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate) or the version number, as in build number (note Windows 7 is always 6.1, with varying build numbers depending on service pack)?– BobJun 30, 2012 at 13:46
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@Bob All of them. In particular build number– Real DreamsJun 30, 2012 at 16:15
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Assuming you can mount the image, run cmd as administrator and type:
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:A:\sources\boot.wim
A is your iso mountpoint.
or just extract the boot.wim file to somewhere and use its location in the command above.
Update: If you open boot.wim, there is an xml file usually called [1].xml. in there you can find the exact build information similar to this:
<WINDOWS>
<ARCH>0</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<EDITIONID>WindowsPE</EDITIONID>
<INSTALLATIONTYPE>WindowsPE</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
<PRODUCTTYPE>WinNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE/><LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT></LANGUAGES>
<VERSION><MAJOR>6</MAJOR><MINOR>1</MINOR><BUILD>7601</BUILD><SPBUILD>17514</SPBUILD><SPLEVEL>1</SPLEVEL></VERSION><SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT></WINDOWS>
The <version> tag is what tells you the built version. for above example: V 6.1.7601 SP1.17514
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This shows the architecture. However, it does not show the build number, service pack level or edition when I attempted it on my Windows 7 DVD. Depending on what @Reza meant by version number, this may or may not answer the question (and if architecture was meant, then this is a duplicate question).– BobJun 30, 2012 at 13:48
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Nice! However, it would be better if you could describe how to open
boot.wim. So far, I've attempted to mount it withdism, which does not reveal a[1].xmlanywhere.– BobJun 30, 2012 at 14:02 -
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Ah, you extracted the image itself rather than mounting it... To clarify for others,
[1].xmlis actually metadata of theboot.wimimage that you can see if you extract it with something like 7-Zip, but not if you mount it with something likedism(and maybeImageX).– BobJun 30, 2012 at 14:24
Nima is onto something, however newer images can have multiple indexes, so you get more details by adding /index:1 or equivalent. See here for a Windows 8 example (from cmd as Administrator):
C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\sources\boot.wim Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.3.9600.16384 Details for image : D:\sources\boot.wim Index : 1 Name : Microsoft Windows PE (x64) Description : Microsoft Windows PE (x64) Size : 1,187,717,206 bytes Index : 2 Name : Microsoft Windows Setup (x64) Description : Microsoft Windows Setup (x64) Size : 1,264,587,270 bytes The operation completed successfully.
Windows PE is the installation environment, so I guess here we really want to look at index 2 instead.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\sources\boot.wim /index:2
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.16384
Details for image : D:\sources\boot.wim
Index : 2
Name : Microsoft Windows Setup (x64)
Description : Microsoft Windows Setup (x64)
Size : 1,264,587,270 bytes
Architecture : x64
Hal :
Version : 6.2.9200
ServicePack Build : 16384
ServicePack Level : 0
Edition : WindowsPE
Installation : WindowsPE
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite :
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 2977
Files : 13452
Created : 2012-07-26 - 07:40:09
Modified : 2012-07-26 - 09:04:49
Languages :
en-US (Default)
The operation completed successfully.
All those answers are good except that you can simply open the ISO with 7-Zip and in the "sources" folder open, inside of 7-Zip, the file "install.wim". In the XML file mentioned, when opened, you will find exactly what "SPLEVEL" you have regardless of what the OS "NAME" is. No need to open "boot.wim" or mount it for that matter.
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