View topic - vista sub-550mb :) with aero

alisdair

okay so heres the deal - have been working on vista recently and have managed to squeeze the bloated git down to 543mb.
the problem is now when i work on the .wim files i remove content yet the .install.wim file increases. i removed 400mb from the file yet it increased by 20 how and why does it do this? i could make vista micro if i could work this out!

RentedMule · **Post subject:** well **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 8:41 am

It is probably like an Access database, where deleting stuff doesn't actually delete it, but rather marks it as deleted (you can't resize/reorganize the database while you are working on it). There is probably a function like compact/repair for wim files.

TheWahbinator · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 10:28 am

The size gets bigger after you do imagex /unmount /commit?

alisdair · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 5:20 pm

yup thats the one - i stripped out 400 mb

and it still got bigger

Luckie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 9:44 pm

you must rebuild the wim-image to get it smaller.

alisdair · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 10:18 pm

i have tried the above - building an image from the mounted image - get an error everytime!
i did though copy the mounted folder and then create an image but it was still bigger than the original!!

Kenneth · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2007 10:25 am

Try Using V-Lite.

Smartie77 · **Post subject:** vlite. **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:47 am

Yes, vlite is the only option. After removing stuff an making your tweaks to the wim, it asks to apply "on the fly" ( writing changes only into the xml file ) or to rebuild the thing.

By rebuilding you can get a CD-sized Vista Disk with no problems.

Trouble begins when you substracted something that you will later need, because there is no way to bring it back.

To "vliten" a Vista is a horror and be prepared to burn several isos, and re-install Vista on a regular base.

Better off with VPC or Vmware to test this all.

livelonger87 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:37 pm

Could someone PM me or add me: livelonger87@hotmail.com
And teach me how to do this kind of stuff?

thuun derboy · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:53 am

Quote:

yup thats the one - i stripped out 400 mb and it still got bigger

.. did not re-build the image.
run

Code:

imagex /?

& btw, it will not do vlite's job. :lol:

magicdave29 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:44 pm

543Mb is the smallest modded Vista I have seen so far, I think the smallest before this one was near 700Mb called Vista Lite... would be interesting to see how it performed if you manage to fix the size issue

Luckie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:03 pm

next vLite version allows you to remove a lot more (16 bit support, dump creation and so on). Perhaps you can get it smaller

hounsell · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:02 pm

Indeed it will, but it'll make a completely crippled Vista. An XP of the same size would have so much more functionality.

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