# OSDCloud WIM

{% hint style="warning" %}
Make sure you are running OSD Module 21.4.15.4 or newer.  There was a bug in the previous version that will make this fail
{% endhint %}

So you want to use your custom WIM wth OSDCloud?  This is how you do it.  This is a LOCAL wim file for now, but this will be expanded to download a wim from a URL in the near future

## OSDCloud OS

In your OSDCloud Workspace, you have an OS directory.  Put your WIM in here.  In my case, I downloaded the Windows Server 2022 Insider Preview ISO and simply expanded it with 7-Zip.  Don't over-complicate this and make it difficult.  Give it a path so you know what it is

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### USB Considerations

If you are using an OSDCloud USB, then the process is similar, put it in the OSDcloud\OS directory of your OSDCloud partition.  Again, don't over-complicate this

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## The Path

It is important for you to remember this about the Path.  For OSDCloud to find it, it must be in a similar path (which is recursed)

```
<PSDrive:>\OSDCloud\OS\* -Recurse
```

That said, if my OSDCloud Workspace is at D:\OSDCloud, and I am in a Virtual Machine on the same computer, I can simply Map a Network Drive using DaRT if you have it installed, or a command line.  Make sure you don't map to an OS Drive Letter (C: R: S: X:) and you'll be fine.  I use O: for OSDCloud personally

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### USB Considerations

None.  If you are on a Physical computer and you put it in the OSDCloud OS path, then you're fine

## Start-OSDCloudWim

I always recommend installing the newest OSD Module first, then get cracking.  You will be presented with a Menu to select your Wim and Image Index

```
Install-Module OSD -Force
Import-Module OSD -Force

#Set the Display Resolution to whatever you want if you are in a VM
Set-DisRes 1600

Start-OSDCloudWim
```

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### Parameters

The ones you know and love are all there

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