Windows Imaging Format

Windows Imaging Format
Filename extension
.wim, .swm, .esd
Internet media type
application/x-ms-wim[1]
Magic numberMSWIM\0\0\0 / WLPWM\0\0\0 for wimlib pipable variant[2]
Developed byMicrosoft
Type of formatDisk 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]

  1. ^ "application/x-ms-wim". Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. ^ "WIMCAPTURE". 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  3. ^ "Windows Imaging File Format (WIM)". Microsoft. Retrieved 24 Feb 2014.