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Dylan
/ Last update
December 10, 2024
What is Windows AIK?
Windows AIK is short for Windows Automated Installation Kit. As its name displayed, it is a set of tools that could help you (mostly is OEM and IT professionals) to configure and deploy operating system to new hardware. In brief, that meant you could customize your own OS, as well as to create a WinPE bootable media.
In this post, we will guide you on how to download and install Windows AIK.
Before you do
- Usually, most of computers come with Windows recovery environment (WinRE), in such case, there may be no need to download Windows AIK. You can directly make a Windows PE bootable media with AOMEI PE Builder.
- You must download Windows AIK if AOMEI PE Builder pops up a prompt window.
Download Windows AIK
| Version | Platform | Size | Download | |
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Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 | 1.7GB | Download from Microsoft Download Center |
Windows AIK is short for Windows Automated Installation Kit. As its name displayed, it is a set of tools that could help you (mostly is OEM and IT professionals) to configure and deploy operating system to new hardware. In brief, that meant you could customize your own OS, as well as to create a WinPE bootable media.
How to Install the Windows AIK ISO file?
After you downloaded Windows AIK ISO file, first you need virtual CD-ROM software and then you can install it on your computer. The following are concrete steps:
Step 1. Download the latest version of MagicISO (A virtual CD-ROM software, only about 3MB large and support working on all Windows operating system) and install it;
Step 2. Right click on Windows AIK ISO file->select MagicISO->Mount the ISO file path, like the picture shows;
Step 3. After that, in the popup window selects "Run StartCD.exe". And then follow the setup wizard to install Windows AIK on your computer.
Note: Windows AIK can not be installed on Windows 8, so if your system is Windows 8, you need to Download Windows ADK for creating bootable media.