I realize this maybe considered blasphemy considering this is a Linux group. But, Microsoft does have a deployment solution that addresses the issue of deploying Windows to a variety of hardware. As mentioned before, in order to install images it is nessecary to have an image that is for the particular computer type the image will be install on. I worked at a hospital that used the Microsoft solution with success, it does mean that there is setup required prior to doing installs. Its not as easy as just taking an image and deploying it. Quoting Steve Cayford <strayf at freeshell.org>: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:56:48PM -0500, David Alanis wrote: > > [...] > > ... ok here is my question :P what > > recommendations can I get regarding the cloning of Window computers without > > the hassle of using a third party crap? > > > > I've used the feather linux live cd (http://featherlinux.berlios.de) for > making and deploying images of windows XP machines. I shrink the filesystem > with ntfsresize and fdisk to get a standard size, then take an image with > partimage > and drop it on a samba share over the network. Reverse the sequence to > deploy an image. So far the machines have not been in a domain so I haven't > worried about duplicate SID's, but I think you could use sysprep > (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577) for that. > > You should be able to script most of this, but I haven't gotten around to > it, myself. > > You'll still need different images for different hardware configurations. > I'd be happy to hear if someone has a solution for that. > > -Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >