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Windows 7 PRO Imaging.

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by kiranchinnu

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Hello All,

I want to take image of windows 7 pro and deploy it to another 10 computers which are same model.

I want to do this thru windows 2003 server.

two things i need to consider is
1. I need to take image and able to disturbute it to all computers(same model)
2.Need to change the image from time to time when there are additions or updates of software.

I would consider thrid party applications in this aspect.

Pls help me

Thanks in advance.
With regards,

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by spc_tcol

Try Clonezilla,
I used it already, but only for one to one copies.

by oh smeg

The Industry Standards are Ghost from Symantec

http://www.symantec.com/business/ghost-solution-suite

And Acronis Backup & Recovery

http://www.acronis.com.au/backup-recovery/advanced-workstation/

Now to use these legally you need to be cloning either Volume License Product from M$ or a OPK Install Disc Image for the Hardware. As using the same Product Key on more than one system is Illegal unless you are using Volume License Product where M$ Supplies you a Product Key for that License and tells you how many you can install it on.

Also if there is a copy of Office on this Base System that will be another count of Piracy and if this is for a company which is the only reasonable explanation for the need to clone HDD as a First Offense M$ is going to hit your company $250,000 or whatever your Local Currency is and then string it out for about 12 - 18 months till the Company Owners/Principal agrees to [b]Cease and Desist this Practice,[/b] has paid an enormous amount out to the Legal Profession in an attempt to defend the action brought against them and finally have their Name & Home Address listed in the M$ Enforcement Alerts.

Saving a lot of time and effort is great but when caught it's also horrendously expensive not to mention Embarrassing. ;)

Col

by spc_tcol

Of course I had a volume License and I hope that the guy that asked has one too.
Smeg, don't overdo it with telling whats right or wrong, everybody that works with this stuff should know it.

I tried Clonezilla, because our Ghost was an older version, and it's as good as today's ghost or acronis, but it's free.

Everytime I see something that is free and can do the same as the expensive tools, I am going with the free tool, and I hope that you will try it too.

by oh smeg

Is the ability to use from a server and store/transfer over the network It didn't work for me all that well and did require a lot of messing around. But maybe that's just me.

Just an observation here though [i]everybody that works with this stuff should know it.[/i] Doesn't that also apply to Cloning Utilities? ;)

Col

by screen gems

over the network?

you can deploy images over the network provided that computers have PXE NICs and a valid DHCP server. you could also deploy using virtualized desktops.

With Windows 2003 Server you use a RIS [Remote Installation] server where the images are stored in a share. Once the workstation gets an IP address, you use the command line to access and install the image.

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