Can't Install Desktop Experience on Server 2012 - Sources problem

Hi Guys,
I have been struggling to install the Desktop Experience (Which includes Ink and Handwriting Services) feature on a new Server 2012 VM, and I haven't been able to. It always says it can't find the sources ("Do you need to specify an alternate source
path?"), even though the DVD image is readily accessible to the server I try yo deploy this to (the same server where I tried to add the feature from).
I think I have tried pretty much everything (From UI through Server Manager, to PowerShell and DISM), and I get "The source files could not be found".
My preferred method would be the UI one, but I still can't figure out what I am missing. The Server 2012 image is available on the server directly (through Hyper-V CD mount).
I know that by default, Windows will try to use Windows Update to get the feature files from (if no offline location is specified), but for some reason that one fails too.
I tried using as a source location (My understanding is that the files are inside the WIM):
- WIM:E:\Sources\Install.wim:2
- E:\Sources\SxS\
- Mounting the WIM in a folder on the C drive through DISM, and reference that path in the "Add Roles and Features screen"
And of the countless times I've tried, I always get "The source files could not be found. Try installing roles, role services, or features again in a New Add Roles and Features Wizard session, and on the confirmation page of the wizard, click "Specify an
alternate source path" to specify a valid location of the source files that are required for the installation. The location must be accessible by the computer account of the destination server."
I have rebooted the server, and I have made sure the DVD image is available (by opening the E drive on windows explorer and browsing through the installer folders.
As a side note, on this server I also installed .NET 3.5 from this same offline source, by referencing "E:\Sources\SxS\" as the install source, and everything went just fine. Still not sure what I am missing.
Thoughts?

Thansk Yan!
That clarifies why try to install it was failing. However, I have some other questions:
- How did this happen (This OS was installed from the regular Server 2012 Standard - Not Server Core that was converted to the GUI version)?.
- How can I fix it (Make Desktop Experience be listed as "Available") ?
UPDATE:
I tried installing the Desktop-Experience feature through PowerShell but this is what I got:
PS C:\Users\administrator.MF> Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Source WIM:D:\Sources\Install.wim:2
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The source files could not be downloaded.
Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more
information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. Error: 0x800f0906
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Source WIM:D:\Sources\Install.wim:2
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],
Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Cbs_Download_Failure,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsF
eatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
False No Failed {}
UPDATE 2:
I mounted the WIM in a folder on the c drive through the command:
C:\WIM\Windows\WinSxS>Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:D:\Sources\Install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:C:\WIM /ReadOnly
And ran the install feature again, now pointing to the actual WimSxS folder (as described here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831786.aspx):
PS C:\Users\administrator.MF> Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Restart -Source c:\wim\windows\winsxs
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The source files could not be downloaded.
Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more
information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. Error: 0x800f0906
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Restart -Source c:\wim\windows\winsxs
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],
Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Cbs_Download_Failure,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsF
eatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
False No Failed {}
I am still getting the same result.. Sources not found.

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