Hey,

I am unable to expand (using ImageX) windows 8 beta images, they extract but give a bootloader error saying that the signature hasn't been verified and it wont let me boot. Has anyone else had this problem? I was trying to merge all of the windows 8 images into one file to save space, any suggestions?

Are you using an existing Windows 7 bootloader (this isn't in the WIM)? You'll need to update/replace the bootloader with the one on the DVD.

oh right ok, so merging the images will work as long as i have the 8 boot loader? Does EasyBCD have support for this?

Try using DISM to expand images that will be easier for ya man

That doesn't solve the boot error.

You can boot from the 8 dvd and go to cmd and use bcdedit to install new bootloader.

What do you mean by expand? IZArc, a free archiving utility, can extract ISO contents for you easily enough.

I know what you need to do what he means is mounting the Windows images.

You need a tool called DISM.exe each copy of Windows 7 has this so you can use that.

(Mount the image)
dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:DIRECTORY:\NAME HERE.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:DIRECTORY

(Save the image)
dism /unmount-Wim /MountDir:DIRECTORY /commit

(Discard all changes)
dism /unmount-Wim /MountDir:DIRECTORY /discard

Send me a PM if you require any further assistance.