Making A System Image

[Blade of Grass]

Hey guys,

A friend approached me and asked if I could make him a general system image for his small buisnesses computers. He basically wants the ability to get the exact same setup on any new computer that he buys.

I looked at some stuff like clonezilla, but I'm not exactly sure how well it will work. And if maybe something like Acronis snap deploy would be better and work better.

So, are their any network admins or IT guys out their that have done this before? Do you have any recommendations/tips/tricks?

Thanks in advanced.

[m0n5t3r]

Well once you built your operating system and it's ready to go.

 

You can use a Windows PE (Windows Pre-environment) with imagex.exe and capture the PC's image. Which you can then deploy to the PCs WindowsPE.

 

There are some great tutorials on YouTube with easy steps to get this done.

[mybeat]

There's also Fog Project, we're using it for generic image deployments.

[Blade of Grass]

There's also Fog Project, we're using it for generic image deployments.

So if I were to use Fog, could I make it so it ran on an isolated lan? Basically, can I use a computer that's running linux, then connect it to a switch, and then connect the other computers to the same switch. Or does the thing have to have to be connected to the  full network?

[Matty_]

You could try BartPE ( http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ ), it has a nice GUI - easy to use

[mybeat]

So if I were to use Fog, could I make it so it ran on an isolated lan? Basically, can I use a computer that's running linux, then connect it to a switch, and then connect the other computers to the same switch. Or does the thing have to have to be connected to the  full network?

It needs to run on the same network where you will do the deployments.