X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f27d8f1fd006831f4684ca359108997c12833cc0;hp=f5ba0b8921ed3e79e26c24c9a6a7c47f87e91a67;hb=a9ab2a09becac4ed51a6f977769b2083b989f2b0;hpb=68cc59564658a88f6c528cb71af2cd4681b81340 diff --git a/README b/README index f5ba0b89..f27d8f1f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INTRODUCTION -This is wimlib version 1.8.1 (May 2015). wimlib is a C library for +This is wimlib version 1.8.3-BETA (September 2015). wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). wimlib and its command-line frontend 'wimlib-imagex' provide a free and cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's WIMGAPI, ImageX, @@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ platform-dependent way: For both platforms the code for NTFS capture and extraction is complete enough that it is possible to apply an image from the "install.wim" contained in recent -Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to an NTFS -filesystem, and then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration -Data. In addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a -WIM file, and then re-applied later. +Windows installation media (Vista or later) directly to an NTFS filesystem, and +then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration Data. In +addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a WIM file, +and then re-applied later. WINDOWS PE @@ -207,12 +207,11 @@ and can be used to install Windows from local media or a network drive or perform maintenance. It is the operating system that runs when you boot from the Windows installation media. -You can find Windows PE on the installation DVD for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or -Windows 8, in the file `sources/boot.wim'. Windows PE can also be found in the -Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is free to download from -Microsoft, inside the `WinPE.cab' file, which you can extract natively on -Windows, or on UNIX-like systems if you install either the `cabextract' or -`p7zip' programs. +You can find Windows PE on the installation media for Windows (Vista or later) +as the file `sources/boot.wim'. Windows PE can also be found in the Windows +Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is free to download from Microsoft, +inside the `WinPE.cab' file, which you can extract natively on Windows, or on +UNIX-like systems if you install either the `cabextract' or `p7zip' programs. In addition, Windows installations and recovery partitions frequently contain a WIM containing an image of the Windows Recovery Environment, which is similar to