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dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\mount /commit

: Since Windows XP doesn't have native WIM support, you need to boot into a Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) and use the ImageX tool from the Windows AIK . windows xp wim

In the pantheon of Windows deployment technologies, few acronyms spark as much curiosity as WIM —Windows Imaging Format—paired with Windows XP , an OS that technically never natively supported it. Yet today, IT administrators, retro-computing enthusiasts, and embedded systems engineers routinely discuss “Windows XP WIM” as if it were a standard product. This is the story of how a mismatch became a masterstroke. This is the story of how a mismatch became a masterstroke

: Boot the machine using a Windows PE (WinPE) environment. Use the ImageX command to capture the C: drive into a .wim file. He backed out and checked the Documents and Settings folder

He backed out and checked the Documents and Settings folder. Usually, a deployed image had a generic "Administrator" or "Owner" profile.