Does Win Toolkit (portable) = Macrium ?


  1. bawldiggle
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    Does Win Toolkit (portable) = Macrium ?


    Does Win Toolkit (portable) come with bundled ware

    Is it an Imaging program similar to free Macrium ?
    - I cannot find a lot about it other than sales spiel at Major Geeks and developers page
    - Softpedia download page ... enough said about Softpedia !

    I thought I would ask here first before wasting an hour or four only to discover Win Toolkit is not a goer !
    - what concerns me is auto updating of drivers which is not always a good idea (in my experience)

    I would appreciate any thoughts :)
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  3. derekimo
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    That's not an imaging program like Macrium, it's for creating custom ISO installation files and images for sysprep installation, etc.

    I don't know if it has anything bundled with it or not.

    It's basically a tool to create tailor made installation ISO's.
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  4. bawldiggle
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    Used in corporate environments to setup up multiple PCs ?
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  6. derekimo
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    It would definitely be useful in those environments, some other uses would be to create an install ISO that has all the updates already installed.

    IT repair guys/gals. Did you want to do something or was it just something you ran across?
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  7. bawldiggle
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    I ran across it in a Gizmo's newsletter.
    It is too easy to waste hours on downloads, VirusTotal, installing, testing, playing ... etc
    ... too often, several hours

    I don't need it now you have explained it more clearly
    - free Macrium will do me

    Thanks for your help :)
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  8. derekimo
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    You're welcome, it looks handy if you need or want to play around.

    I don't have the time either. :)
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