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Wallify

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I work for a small business and lately we have had a quite a few computers that are in need of re imaging. Currently we are using an old and outdated version of ghost left by the guy that was here 2 people before me. I am not really happy with it and would like to move on to something better. Our budget is already set for this year so FREE is about my only option right now. Optimally I would like something that I can update easily (so when we deploy the image I don't have to sit for 3 hours waiting on windows updates every time) and would be able to build different imaged for each department.

Any help is appreciated.
 

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Hi Wallify

Take a look for Windows Deployment Tool Kit 2012 Update 1 . You will also need Windows AIK

:ar: Download MDT 2012 Update 1 from Official Microsoft Download Center - WDK 2012 UPDATE 1

:ar: Download Windows® AIK for Windows® 7 from Official Microsoft Download Center - Windows AIK

A good backup profile tool to use in Enterprise enviroment is USMT that comes with the WINDOWS AIK .

It copies network drives, network printers , and profiles You could add what you want to back up .

:ar: User State Migration Tool 4.0 User's Guide


   Note
ALL these programs are FREE


You could also PXE boot .
 

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I was looking into that, but didnt see an option for imaging multiple machines at one time. Every year we replace a whole department and it would be awesome if we could hook them all up to a switch and image 20 of them at once. This does look like a viable option for doing the one to ones as computers come in in need of repair though.

Thanks for the quick reply King
 

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Win 8 EnterpriseIntel i5 2500K8 1600
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Win 8 Enterprise
CPU
Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68-V LX LGA 1155 Z68
Memory
8 1600
Hard Drives
300GB 7200rpm
and 2 250GB in RAID 0
PSU
Coolermaster 400w
Case
Thermaltake V3 Gaming
Cooling
H80

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Wallify

I wouldn't recommend imaging a lot of PCs at once that will slow your connectivity speed . What program did you use to image 20 PCs altogether ?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimat...Intel Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHzOCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 160...ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P6T DELUXE V2
Memory
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 OCZ3X1600R2
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Sound Card
OnBoard
Hard Drives
WD6400AACS-00M3B0 (640GB SATA )
PSU
CORSAIR 850w
Case
NZXT LEXA
Cooling
Intel Stock Heatsink Fan
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 7000
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
We were using ghost 5 I believe and we were doing 10 at a time though. I have been on the errand boy end of a mscc2012 mass imaging project though. In that we did a whole school district in a few days. We had probably 40 running at a time. and it took about an hour or so for the group. I was more or less just summer work and sent on the boot to PXE errands and report back with errors though.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 8 EnterpriseIntel i5 2500K8 1600
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Win 8 Enterprise
CPU
Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68-V LX LGA 1155 Z68
Memory
8 1600
Hard Drives
300GB 7200rpm
and 2 250GB in RAID 0
PSU
Coolermaster 400w
Case
Thermaltake V3 Gaming
Cooling
H80
Yeah I remember using Ghost 7.5 back in the day . Now everyone is going to Windows Deployment Toolkit. Easy program to use . You use Windows AIK to edit the answer file ( Autounattend.xml) .
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimat...Intel Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHzOCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 160...ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P6T DELUXE V2
Memory
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 OCZ3X1600R2
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Sound Card
OnBoard
Hard Drives
WD6400AACS-00M3B0 (640GB SATA )
PSU
CORSAIR 850w
Case
NZXT LEXA
Cooling
Intel Stock Heatsink Fan
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 7000
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
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