Cloning XP setups (followup)
From: Iskandar Taib (ntaib_at_alumni.indiana.edu)
Date: 10/31/03
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Date: 30 Oct 2003 20:07:09 -0800
This is a continuation of an old thread by the same name (Google
wouldn't let me reply to the old messages). I've got a couple more
questions (it takes us forever to get the money to do all this, hence
the long delay..).
1) We're getting ready to buy Ghost. I've never actually used it
before. Which particular version should we get, considering that we
want to store the image(s) on a file server (using shares) - Ghost
2003 or Ghost Enterprise Edition? There's also "Ghost MFG". Can Ghost
2003 work with images stored on a network drive? Or would using burned
CDs be the way to go?
2) I am unclear about the deployment part. What do you use to boot the
machine on which the image is to be restored, and be able to access
the file server where the images are stored? Do you boot up with the
pre-existing XP, copy the image over, then fire up Ghost and it takes
over from there? Or does Ghost have its own boot environment with
network capability?
3) I've come across mention of Windows PE (Preinstallation
Environment), which supposedly is obtainable from Microsoft. There is
a version of Ghost that works with this. How does this fit in to all
of this, if at all? Or is this for OEMs?
Thanks,
Iskandar
"Darren McGuire" <darren.mcguire@westrac.com.au> wrote:
>To put it simply ....
>1. You need to create your SOE on one PC with all the
>applications installed and have the machine look the way
>you want it to, ie standard wallpapers, screensavers,
>explorer settings, IE settings, the way the start menu to
>look, the way the desktop should look, etc etc
>2. In the administrator account, show all files in
>explorer. Then go to Control Panel - System - Advanced
>and copy the profile that is set up the way you want,
>into the default user profile located in \documents &
>settings\default user. Make sure the permissions to this
>are set to everyone.
>3. Delete the old profile once you are sure the default
>user is set with all the correct settings.
>4. Use Sysprep from the XP CD in extras\deploy or
>something like that ???
>5. Use Setup Manager to create a sysprep file
>6. Run Sysprep.exe and select the option to use mini
>setup and 'reseal'
>7. the system will shutdown after sysprep. Use ghost or
>other imaging software to take your image or snapshot and
>store it on a server or CD for deploying.
>8. Happy deploying.
>Of course you can go so much deeper with one image set to
>work for multiple PC's by loading drivers into the image
>etc
>But the above is pretty straight forward for a staring
>base
>Darren McGuire
>-----Original Message-----
>I've got 100 machines running XP Pro in a student lab.
At this point
>in time, I'm waiting for my Domain Controllers to
arrive, so we've got
>things set up pretty simply (local accounts, workgroup),
and I'm
>looking at various options for when they do arrive.
Unfortunately,
>it's been a while since I've done this sort of thing.
>
>What's the best way of cloning the setup of one machine,
after we've
>installed all the software? Installing and testing a
couple dozen odd
>pieces of chemistry/physics/biology freeware, not to
mention Office,
>Acrobat Reader, etc. on a hundred machines is going to
be a royal pain
>in the neck. Ideally I'd like to have all this stuff
stored on a
>server, but we still need to replicate the basic setup
on the one
>hundred machines.
>
>Will Ghost do this? I seem to recall something in my NT
Admin classes
>about each machine having a distinct SID, which is
necessary in a
>Domain. Not to mention the XP activation issue (though I
think that
>might not apply to us, since the vendor installed XP en-
masse). Or is
>there something built in in Windows Server 2003 that
will do this? A
>way to automatically/unattendedly rebuild machines after
the students
>have finished messing with them once a week would be
nice, too.
>
>Thanks!
>.
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