Extract the windows major and minor build numbers from an ISO file, and automatically sort the iso files.
- Parse multiple ISO files from a directory.
- Detect the Windows build number and OS language.
- Sort and rename the ISO files in folders by OS major and minor builds.
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Automatically sort and rename the isos from a directory by major and minor build numbers.
./SortWindowsISOs.py --iso-dir ./isos/ --archive-dir ./archive/ -
Only get the major and minor build numbers of an ISO.
./SortWindowsISOs.py --iso ./isos/Win10_21H1_x64_English.iso
$ ./SortWindowsISOs.py -h
usage: SortWindowsISOs.py [-h] (-i ISO | -d ISO_DIR) [-a ARCHIVE_DIR] [-v]
Extract Windows Build number from ISO files. v1.1
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i ISO, --iso ISO Path to iso file.
-d ISO_DIR, --iso-dir ISO_DIR
Directory containing multiple ISOs to parse.
-a ARCHIVE_DIR, --archive-dir ARCHIVE_DIR
Archive dir. (default: False)
-v, --verbose Verbose mode. (default: False)
In order to extract the Windows version from an ISO, we first need to mount the ISO file and open its content. In the ISO, there is a ./sources/ folder containing a Windows imaging (WIM) image in ./sources/boot.wim. When we uncompress this archive, we get a lot of files, but one file at the root of the archive stands out: '[1].xml'.
boot$ ls -lha
total 52K
drwxrwxr-x 5 podalirius podalirius 4,0K janv. 18 00:17 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 podalirius podalirius 4,0K janv. 18 00:17 ..
drwx------ 8 podalirius podalirius 4,0K mars 19 2019 1
-rw-rw-r-- 1 podalirius podalirius 3,9K janv. 18 00:16 '[1].xml'
drwx------ 8 podalirius podalirius 4,0K mars 19 2019 2
drwx------ 2 podalirius podalirius 32K janv. 18 00:16 '[DELETED]'
This file is a XML file containing information about the images contained inside the ./sources/install.wim file. It contains all the information we need to know which major or minor build this ISO file is. Here is an extract of the '[1].xml' file:
<WIM>
<TOTALBYTES>4461218778</TOTALBYTES>
<IMAGE INDEX="1">
...
<WINDOWS>
<ARCH>9</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<EDITIONID>ServerStandardEval</EDITIONID>
<INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server Core</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
<SERVICINGDATA>
<GDRDUREVISION>0</GDRDUREVISION>
<PKEYCONFIGVERSION>10.0.17763.719;2016-01-01T00:00:00Z</PKEYCONFIGVERSION>
<IMAGESTATE>IMAGE_STATE_GENERALIZE_RESEAL_TO_OOBE</IMAGESTATE>
</SERVICINGDATA>
<PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE>Enterprise</PRODUCTSUITE>
<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
</LANGUAGES>
<VERSION>
<MAJOR>10</MAJOR>
<MINOR>0</MINOR>
<BUILD>17763</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>737</SPBUILD>
<SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
<BRANCH>rs5_release</BRANCH>
</VERSION>
<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
</WINDOWS>
<NAME>Windows Server 2019 SERVERSTANDARDCORE</NAME>
<DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2019 SERVERSTANDARDCORE</DESCRIPTION>
<FLAGS>ServerStandardEvalCore</FLAGS>
<DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2019 Standard Evaluation</DISPLAYNAME>
<DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>(Recommended) This option omits most of the Windows graphical environment. Manage with a command prompt and PowerShell, or remotely with Windows Admin Center or other tools.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
</IMAGE>
...
</WIM>Pull requests are welcome. Feel free to open an issue if you want to add other features.
