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how to image pc's from master image

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by dessig

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There is one pc that is loaded and configured with win2k. We were asked if we could make an image of this pc's hdd, then image other pc's so they wouldn't have to spend so much time configuring each pc. We were told by our IT Person that it can't bedone because the SID needs to be changed on each pc and you need third party software, ie PowerQuest, to perform this task. Is this the only way this can be accomplished?

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by ann777

Ghosting will work fine... your IT person needs to update his knowledgebase.

All of Symantec's current ghosting software, includes a sub-program called Ghost Walker. You run your image to disk, cd or whatever backup, and then you run Ghost Walker to change the security identifier (SID) or computer name.

by dhood

I used Norton Ghost but I used Microsoft's Sysprep. I downloaded it from the W2K website at no cost. It worked well.

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