v1.2

AMIOW v1.2 Update Log

Release Notes

Version: v1.2
Date: 14-10-2025

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New Features

Storage Analysis

• Added automatic drive size verification before installation.
• The installer now checks whether the target drive has sufficient capacity.
• Displays warnings when the image is larger than the drive.
• Provides recommendations for the minimum required space.

Automatic CD/DVD Selection Improvements

• Enhanced automatic detection and selection for Path 2 (CD/DVD/ISO mode).
• If only one valid source drive is found, it is selected automatically.
• Drives with "No Label" or "Unknown Size" are excluded from the list.
• Output formatting simplified for improved readability.

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Bug Fixes

• Improved input handling for the third installation path (manual WIM/ESD selection).
• Adjusted and clarified input prompts to prevent confusion.
• Minor corrections to text alignment and user flow consistency.

v1.1.1

AMIOW Changelog

v1.1.1 – Minor Stability and Output Improvements

Release date: [13-10-2025]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a NameError caused by the undefined variable Letter at the end of the installation.
• Adjusted max_unchanged behavior for slower drives: previously, installation processes would prematurely report completion after approximately 40 seconds. This threshold is now dynamically handled.
• Resolved an issue where the progress bar would disappear upon successful installation completion.

Improvements

• Console output has been cleaned up for better readability and clarity.
• Improved the final warning message shown during the formatting process for clearer user communication.
• Introduced consistent version labeling throughout the script.
• Minor cosmetic changes to output formatting and display elements.

v1.1

AMIOW Changelog

[v1.1] – 12-10-2025

Added

• Support for using physical CD/DVD drives or already mounted ISO files directly (no re-mount required)
• Ability to run the installation using standalone install.wim or install.esd files, without needing a full ISO
• Refresh option for target drive selection (allows detecting newly connected drives without restarting the tool)

Changed

• Added user confirmations before key destructive actions
• Improved overall messaging and clarity during drive selection, formatting, and deployment
• Formatting options now include NTFS and exFAT

Fixed

• Minor bugs in mount detection logic
• Potential crash when invalid input was given during image index selection
• Fixed cleanup behavior when installation was aborted mid-process

v1.0

AMIOW v1.0 – Release Notes

Version: 1.0
Release Date: 12.10.2025

AMIOW (Automatic Manual Installation of Windows) is a command-line based tool
for installing Windows operating systems from ISO files on legacy BIOS/MBR systems.
It provides a semi-automated workflow for applying images via DISM or wimlib-imagex,
including drive formatting and bootloader setup.

This is the first public release and may contain known issues (see below).
Contributions and feedback are welcome.

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Features:

• ISO mounting via IMDisk or PowerShell fallback
• Automatic detection of install.wim or install.esd inside the ISO
• Interactive image index selection
• Target drive formatting (NTFS, full wipe)
• Write speed testing using WinSAT
• Windows image deployment via:
  • DISM (native)
  • wimlib-imagex (optional)
• Bootloader setup using BCDBoot
• Optional BCD entry configuration
• Cleanup of temporary files and ISO unmounting

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Known Issues:

• Only supports BIOS/MBR systems – no UEFI/GPT compatibility
• No validation for corrupted or incomplete ISO files
• PowerShell-based ISO mounting may fail on older Windows versions
• WinSAT tests may not run correctly on non-English systems
• Antivirus software may falsely flag included tools as suspicious
• BCDEDIT may fail silently or behave unpredictably in some environments
  (This will be addressed in a future update)