Questions tagged [imagex]
ImageX is Microsoft's command-line imaging utility designed for capturing, editing and deploying disk images.
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Do Microsoft's imagex/dism have the equivalent of wimlib's --delta-from?
For pushing small changes to an existing wim image, you can significantly reduce network traffic by using the previous wim file as a base wim and a file that contains only the "changes" as the main ...
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WDS install.wim breaks WDS service
I am attempting to use WDS to deploy a custom Windows 10 Education image on to my school's computers. I have a VM running Windows Server 2012 R2. When I add a custom install.wim Windows 7 image (...
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Creating 1 Windows image with multiple drivers for different hardware
We have two different computer builds. One AMD Chipset with FirePro graphics card. The other Intel Chipset with NVIDIA graphics card . If I include a answerfile for the Windows image, will it know ...
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Error in Office 2010 when deploying as part of .wim?
We're deploying Windows onto PCs with a very simple VM image setup, capture, and deploy using WinPE and imagex to create a single .wim with no network dependencies or capabilities involved in the ...
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Device imaging process Won't work first time
I'm having an issue regarding a disk imaging process.
To get the machine into it's initial state, I first run a simple DISKPART CLEAN, and then restart the machine.
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Best way to integrate applications to windows 7 install.wim image
I have right now an unmodified .iso of a windows 7 32bit and 64bit installation disk. And I need to integrate to that some applications (office, adobe reader etc) and windows updates so that when ...
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Should you defrag before capturing an image?
If I'm capturing an image with imagex.exe /capture ..., does it matter if I defrag the hard disk prior to doing so (or strictly speaking, before sysprep)? Is there any benefit to doing so with a file-...
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ImageX in Windows PE is complaining that the subsystem is not present
I'm trying to use ImageX from the Windows PE command line. When I run a capture command from the console
cmd> e:\imagex.exe /capture <whatever>
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the subsystem ...
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Proper Imaging Procedures to Restore and Deploy Image with Separate System Reserved Partition
UPDATE: As per my experience here, no one responded. If I do not hear back from TechNet forum members about it, I will post a bounty here, if it makes a difference.
I have banged my head against a ...
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imagex /apply - How can I tell when it's done? Or what it is doing?
I made an image with ICE (image configuration editor), installed it, loaded some programs, and finally I captured the image which was 1.3GB. Then I booted a different machine with windows PE and ran ...
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Create "raw disk file" from WIM file
First timer here. I've searched around here, but haven't found a question like the one I have. Apologies if I missed it.
The challenge at hand: produce a "raw disk image file" from a given WIM ...
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Creating WINPE boot disc for IA64 architecture
Following the steps in the Windows Deployment Services getting started guide to create bootable media. After running Copype.cmd ia64 c:\winpe there is no equivalent of etfsboot.com in the c:\winpe\iso\...
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Live WIM image capture?
Is there a tool that can capture a live Server WIM image? Without having to boot the server into WinPE and use imageX. A free or commercial tool would be OK.
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Is ImageX needed after a Sysprep when preparing Virtual PC's for duplication?
I have researched this question and there seems to be two methods: 1) Run Sysprep, and 2) Run Sysprep followed by ImageX (this is what Microsoft says should be done).
What does ImageX do and any ...
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Easy way to deploy the recovery parition in Windows 7?
We're using ImageX to deploy Windows 7 Professional. We've gotten the Windows partition to work, but the recovery partition (100-200MB at the front of the drive in a standard install) isn't as simple. ...
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Using ImageX for ghosting Windows XP
I'm in a project where the hardware specification is closed. The Windows XP image will run always on top of the same configuration. We are thinking on using ghosting for enabling a quick restore of ...
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Using spanned images (.swm) with ImageX /ref switch
I can't seem to find any working examples of usage of the /ref switch with ImageX. Can anyone provide known working syntax?
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Vista deployment: "BOOTMGR is missing"
I have created a Vista disk image with ImageX, largely following the instructions at http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/sysprepvista.htm. When I apply the image to a clean, active partition on ...
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Dual-Boot Macs: What voodoo is this?
When we manually deploy dual-boot Apple devices, this sequence of steps works well:
Install OS X image over the network
Use Boot Camp to prepare the disk for Windows
Use a Windows XP installation ...
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