Friday, February 7, 2014

How to Switch from Windows Server 2012 Core to GUI Mode



First of all we should create two folders, Install and Mount. The folder Install will contain the Install.wim copied from the source DVD and folder Mount will contain the Install.wim, this folder is used for the purpose of mounting Install.wim.
Create two folders Install and Mount using mkdir command.



Change drive to where you have mounted Windows Server 2012 DVD. In my case it’s the D drive where the DVD is mounted, next step is to change your directory to Sources where the Install.wim is present.



Let's get the details about the Image that we have mounted. Use the command “dism /get-wiminfo /Wimfile:<Path of .wim file>”. In the below screenshot we can see that there are 2 editions of windows server 2012, Standard and Datacenter each with core and GUI mode. We will be using Windows Server 2012 Datacenter edition for installing the server features. Make a note of Index number which will be helpful while mounting the file.



To mount the .wim file, use the command “dism /mount-wim /wimfile:<path of .wim file> /Index:Indexnumber /mountdir:<path where you want to mount the .wim file> /readonly”.
Wait until the image file is mounted.



To install the GUI and Server Manager use the powershell command Install-WindowsFeature Server-GUI-Mgmt-Infra, Server-GUI-Shell -Source <”path to winsxs folder”>.

 If you do not specify the Source folder, the features will not be installed.



Wait until the installation is completed.



Once the features are installed, restart the computer.


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