Create ISO from Windows Boot Drive

Warning: The AnyBurn step will blow away the running OS

This is a summary of the steps detailed in this video:

Turn Your Windows into a Bootable ISO from the Vital Tech Helper YouTube channel.

Tools needed:

Rufus (Portable version is fine)
AnyBurn (Free version)
Windows 11 Distribution ISO from the Windows 11 official download site

More problematic than expected. I wanted to do an image backup of the new noname min that I picked up. In recovery mode, I does not provide the Command Prompt option. The reason that this has to be done in Recovery Mode is because the C drive is obviously open and the dism utility needs to access it in exclusive mode. I booted from a Windows10 install key and got what I wanted. Along the way I discovered that the AMI boot order setup is not very straight forward.

1. Download the above components
2. Install AnyBurn
3. Restart machine holding down the left shift key to boot into the recovery console
4. Go to Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Prompt
5. Run Notepad and open This PC. Any drive can be the source. The Target needs to have sufficient space to hold the ISO. Note both drive letters and close Notepad
6. Enter the following command, modifying the source, target and names as desired:
   dism /Capture-Image /CaptureDir:C:\ /ImageFile:D:\Win11Backup.wim /Name:"Windows11Backup" /Compress:max
7. When completed, close the command prompt and click Continue from the Recovery Console
8. Windows will boot normally
9. Open AnyBurn and select Edit Image File
10. Browse to the Windows 11 ISO file downloaded originally
11. Locate and remove the file named install.wim
12. Rename the file created in step 6 to install.wim
13. Click Add, browse to the install.wim file and click the Add button
14. Click Next and select where save the new ISO renaming along the way
15. Exit AnyBurn and remove any extra files created in the process

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