Capturing And Installing Windows

A step by step guidance on how to capture your version of windows and install multiple computers available in your network.

Step1:-Create the PE disk

a). open command promt of waik
start > All program > Microsoft windows AIK > Deployment tools command prompt

b). Create folder for PE and copy required files

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools>copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe86

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools>cd..

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools>cd x86

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86>copy imagex.exe c:\winpe86\iso

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86>cd\

c:\>cd winpe86

c:\winpe86>copy winpe.wim c:\winpe86\iso\sources\boot.wim

c). Now create .iso image of folder where pe files are saved.

C:\winpe86>oscdimg -n –bc:\winpe86\etfsboot.com c:\winpe86\ISO c:\winpex86\winpe86.iso

d). Now write the .iso to CD/DVD with the help of any burning software like nero, power iso, etc...

Step2:-run sysprep

step3:-Now capture windows in a folder.

a) boot the computer using pe

b) now capture the running windows
x:\imagex.exe /capture d:\installationimage.wim "my Win7 Install" /compress
fast

c) boot the windows7 in normal mode and save the captured file in shared folder

Installatin of windows on blank compuer.

step4:- Go to target computer and boot with PE

a)now create partition

Enter diskpart
select disk 0
clean
create partition primary size=100
select partition 1
format fs=ntfs label=”system”
assign letter=c
active
Enter create partition primary
Enter select partition 2
Enter format fs=ntfs label=”Windows”
Enter assign letter=d
Enter exit

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b).configure the ip address in subnet of source computer where file of win7 are shared

x:\windows\system32>netsh int ip set address local static 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0

c).Now create map drive of source's computer folder

Note:- Folder must be shared on source computer where win7 files are saved

how to crate map drive

x:\windows\system32>net use y: \\192.168.0.1\share
type username (computer or domain\username)
type password of that user

192.168.0.1 is ip of source computer
share is the name of shared folder where windows 7(capture file) is shared

step5:-

e:\imagex.exe /apply y:\installationimage.wim 1 d:

step6:-
d:\windows\system32>bcdboot d:\windows

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