X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.WINDOWS;h=d240b7b77cc86a7ed518e1737abbbf47546c19cf;hp=d9fa790117a2fb4fa79e7006a7a48dcefebfc2db;hb=50e2715272c44a059f9726f5558782d796a0df8f;hpb=ee48e7057e7bd0a8dfa114cd996f760fec15ec83 diff --git a/README.WINDOWS b/README.WINDOWS index d9fa7901..d240b7b7 100644 --- a/README.WINDOWS +++ b/README.WINDOWS @@ -32,35 +32,22 @@ ZIP file containing the following items: WIMLIB-IMAGEX wimlib-imagex provides most features of Microsoft's ImageX, plus additional -features. First, the main limitations of wimlib-imagex compared to Microsoft's -ImageX are the following: - - * Mounting images from a WIM file is not supported on Windows. - - * The LZX ("maximum") compression ratio is several percent worse than - Microsoft's implementation. - -However, wimlib-imagex provides a number of advantages compared to Microsoft's -ImageX, including but not limited to the following: +features. Perhaps the main limitation is that mounting images from a WIM file +is not supported on Windows. However, wimlib-imagex provides a number of +advantages compared to Microsoft's ImageX, including but not limited to the +following: * wimlib-imagex provides "extract" and "update" commands that can be used to work around the lack of mount support. These commands are very fast compared to mounting and unmounting images with Microsoft's ImageX, so you may prefer them anyway. - * wimlib-imagex offers fast multithreaded compression, so making WIM images - can be much faster. - - * wimlib-imagex provides a better XPRESS ("fast") compression ratio than - Microsoft's ImageX. - * wimlib-imagex provides an easy-to-use "optimize" command to remove wasted space from WIM files. * In some cases, wimlib-imagex uses simpler command-line syntax. For - example, `wimlib-imagex capture' (or simply `wimcapture') defaults to - maximum compression by default, integrity tables are treated as persistent, - and in some cases image names need not be explicitly specified. + example, integrity tables are treated as persistent, and in some cases image + names need not be explicitly specified. * Whenever possible, wimlib-imagex includes improved documentation and informational output compared to Microsoft's software.