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Re: Imaging Operating Systems
From: Sam Sharpe <sam () fireburst co uk>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:57:33 +0100
On 26 May 2004, at 19:55, Michael Schaefer wrote:
I keep hearing suggestions about having a "clean image" to transfer onto the computer.Is there an official Microsoft way to do this?
two methods:1) Unattended Install (link is for a CD based version, we do it from a network install server)
http://www.pureperformance.com/js/showtip.asp?id=1362) Install the machine, ghost it with Symantec Ghost, install spyware trojans etc and then when you've finished, write over it with a clean Ghost image again.
http://www.symantec.com/ghost/
Is some sort of over the network OS installation script in order here?
We have a complete unattended installation setup for Windows 2000/XP that will install every piece of standard software, based on some info in our central db about the machine. Walk up to the machine, PXE boot it, hit yes a couple of times and then walk away for an hour. Come back and you have a complete system. We have something like 17000 machines. You probably don't.
Are there other vendors that do a better job?
For a single machine, Ghost is easier (or for multiple identical machines you can use ghost multicast) for a wide variety of hardware and installs, the network installation method is better.
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