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  • 1.  Getting Started with Imaging Multiple Machines

    Posted Jun 18, 2010 08:02 AM
    I'm trying to pull together a portable solution to Image PC's at a number of new premises we're opening up.
    We've got Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 but are Struggling to get anything to Work
    Initialy I've been trying To setup a PXE bott Using the Deploy Centre Setup but i the PXE crashes on my server and I'm left with TFTP Timeout Error messaged.
    I've also tried following the 3COM BOOT PXE setup but I'm not having any joy.

    I suppose what I'm asking is for a pointer to some notes for a setup that works and would suit our needs



  • 2.  RE: Getting Started with Imaging Multiple Machines

    Posted Jun 18, 2010 09:13 AM
    If you want a truly portable imaging solution, you need to create a WinPE bootable USB drive, on which you can store one or all of your machine images. You can then boot any target machine to WinPE from your USB drive, call up Ghost32.exe, and image your machine's hard disk.
    If you want to hand crank your own solution, you could start with the article at:
    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/readyadventures-winpe

    This was written for WinPE 2.0 (the vista version).

    However, GSS 2.5 does a lot of the hard work for you and makes adding drivers for different hardware somewhat easier to do.
    Try searching both this forum, and the articles forum, on WinPE and bootable USB and you will no doubt get many hits from which you should be able to choose an optimum path for yourself.