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  • 1.  Deploying Ghost Image with Files

    Posted Jan 03, 2011 04:41 AM

    Hello.
    I am trying to deploy Ghost image in a way that, it copy's files in the Image to a Specific Place, on  the Deployed Computer. I also want it run a Registry File.



  • 2.  RE: Deploying Ghost Image with Files

    Posted Jan 03, 2011 05:55 AM

    I am not very clear. Can you please elaborate little more.



  • 3.  RE: Deploying Ghost Image with Files

    Posted Jan 03, 2011 07:03 AM

    Are you copying the same files each time?  Or are the files "user specific" ?

    Same for the registry key - is it a constant or "user specific" ?

    I'm going to assume it is user specific, so you could just restore your image, then xcopy the fileset to the correct location, place the registry REG file in the temp folder, and place a batch file in the user's startup folder which will call the reg file during user login, then delete itself.

    If the user profile does not exist when the image is laid down, then you could use pre-configure the build to call the registry key if it exists when the user first logs in.  Or you could place the necessary process into the login script if it is a corporate setup.



  • 4.  RE: Deploying Ghost Image with Files

    Posted Jan 03, 2011 11:58 PM

    i am Copying Same file to All of the Client PC. But i also want to learn how to copy files 'User Specific'.

    Registry File Contain the code which rename, 'My Computer' to the Computer Name. i want it to run after the Deployment. So that if a Local PC has a problem, user can easily tell me the name.



  • 5.  RE: Deploying Ghost Image with Files

    Posted Jan 04, 2011 11:00 AM

    I would like to take a step back and ask which version of Ghost you are working with.

    If you are working with any version of Norton Ghost, then I would recommend you read the sticky posting at the top of this forum for links to the Norton Ghost community.

    If you are using any version of Ghost Solution Suite (based on different technology to Norton Ghost), then you can script operations such as renaming the computer name to your given choice. GSS has a lot of power which you can leverage by first reading the documentation and then asking further questions if anything is not clear. The Articles section also contains a lot of additional information written by other users which you can search for specific topics that interest you.

    As to performing operations such as copying files and renaming the machine on first boot, there is a lot you can achieve by adding RUNONCE operations to the registry of your image source machine before you create the original Ghost image. The possibilities are endless and so it is really up to you to first define exactly what you want to do and then create a simple solution to do it, which can be included wherever possible into your master image. 

    After all, whatever is surplus to your requirements once the machine is built, can be deleted by your automatic processes once the first run configuration is complete.