I'd use Windows Backup for the "quick-and-dirty" image because it is so darn easy, quick and effective. The right thing to do is to invest the time to learn about imagex, WDS, PXE booting and/or MDT.

The System Preparation Tool (Sysprep), is meant for System Administrators and OEMs, to automate the deployment of the Windows 11/10/8/7 operating system. Once you have performed the initial setup ...

So here's the deal, I am currently contracted with a local credit union who is working towards getting off of XP and onto 7 (like everyone else right now it seems). They used to use Ghost, then at ...

Answer and explanation is below. Answer is D: ImageX is a command-line tool that can be used to capture a Windows 7 installation from a reference computer, and that image can be deployed. ImageX ...

First it was Windows XP. Then we got Xcopy. Next, they changed Word files from .DOC to .DOCX. Now even our operating system imaging tool for Vista is ImageX. I'm seeing a pattern here. We'd better ...

From Microsoft Subnet editor Julie Bort: So, I promised that I would write about the two other cool tools that I saw during a Microsoft TechEd event a few days ago. This post is dedicated to ImageX, ...

Update April 05, 13:44 EDT: Microsoft has fixed this known issue in the optional March preview cumulative update. Microsoft says admins are seeing 0x80073cf2 errors when using the System Preparation ...

The conventional wisdom is that third-party tools leave duplicate SIDs across PCs that create serious security holes. The conventional wisdom is wrong Anyone in IT who sets up computers knows Sysprep, ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing 0x80073cf2 errors when using the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool after installing November Windows 10 updates. Admins use Sysprep to prepare Windows ...