Choosing Home or Pro editions

[Bouldip]

Hi guys,
I remember some time ago windows install would ask you which version you wanted to install.
Using NTLite - I created an iso with just "Home" and "Pro" on it, then later copied it to a USB using Rufus.
Here's my question:
I "was" expecting a choice to present itself (Home/Pro) - but it didn't - It simply installed home (successfully) of course
Did I miss something when I was building my ISO that instructed the install process to offer "Home" or "Pro" for install ?
Or can this only be done by using a DISM command (DISM.exe /Apply-Image /ImageFile:I:\sources\install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:E:\)
Thanks in advance for any advice

 

[garlin]

There's two reasons for why Setup doesn't present a full list of images to install:

- autounattend.xml lists a specific Edition name, index number, or Product Key​

- Your PC has an existing OEM product key in BIOS, or a previous copy of Windows installed​

1. Load any edition (doesn't matter). Enable Unattended mode, and click on "Prompt edition selection" in the toolbar.

2. Open a CMD window as Administrator, and use Notepad to write a new file sources\EI.cfg in NTLite's extracted ISO folder.

[Channel]
Retail

[VL]
0

3. Apply changes. You should have the option to select any image.

 

[Bouldip]

There's two reasons for why Setup doesn't present a full list of images to install:

- autounattend.xml lists a specific Edition name, index number, or Product Key​

- Your PC has an existing OEM product key in BIOS, or a previous copy of Windows installed​

1. Load any edition (doesn't matter). Enable Unattended mode, and click on "Prompt edition selection" in the toolbar.

2. Open a CMD window as Administrator, and use Notepad to write a new file sources\EI.cfg in NTLite's extracted ISO folder.

[Channel]
Retail

[VL]
0

3. Apply changes. You should have the option to select any image.

Hi Garlin
That was fast ! - Thanks very much. Yes ... since I posted the query - I'd just found out about that ei.cfg file. Just to be clear you are advising to do EITHER 1 or 2 not both ?

 

[garlin]

When you create an Unattended file, NTLite defaults to auto-selecting which image that was loaded. If there is no autounattend.xml, then Step 1 can be skipped. But the ei.cfg should always exist for a multi-edition ISO.

 

[Bouldip]

When you create an Unattended file, NTLite defaults to auto-selecting which image that was loaded. If there is no autounattend.xml, then Step 1 can be skipped. But the ei.cfg should always exist for a multi-edition ISO.

Thanks for your time Garlin Feel like I have another toy in my toolbox - cheers

 

[Clang2]

for the "not command line savvyFluent" folks
GimageX can "apply image", use EasyBCD to create the boot entry.