Filename extension |
.wim, .swm, .esd |
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Internet media type |
application/x-ms-wim[1] |
Magic number | MSWIM\0\0\0 / WLPWM\0\0\0 for wimlib pipable variant[2] |
Developed by | Microsoft |
Type of format | Disk image |
The Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format. It was developed by Microsoft to help deploy Windows Vista and subsequent versions of the Windows operating system family, as well as Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.[3]