Windows Imaging Format

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.

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