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Make A Windows Installation
LockedHello,
I am looking to make a windows installation cd (or dvd, or whatever is necessary) that is the full operating system, with all the settings, and with all of my programs preinstalled and configured. Like something you would get from imaging. I have looked at nLite but that does not seem to allow me to preinstall my programs.So im sure the first answer im going to get to this question is going to be for me to use imaging… Although I have done allot of imaging, I really dont know a whole lot about it (I just know how to use it, I dont really know the behind the scenes) also I have only worked with Novell Zenworks. The problem that I have run into with imaging is as follows:
I start every image I make with the same windows xp installation and the same basic programs. From there I may make branch off images that have specialty software or are specially configured depending on their purpose. So what I have tried to do is make an image of a computer that is loaded with this basic xp configuration, and then download that image to a different model computer so that I dont have to start with a fresh install of windows xp, for each model, for each image I make. Unfortunately when I try to install this image on a different make/model I always get some kind of error (usually inaccessible boot device).
So my overall goal is to make an automated way for me to install windows, all my basic programs, and configure the settings.. and then be able to use this file on any model/make computer.
Thank you in advance!
Justin B.