sunnyimran Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) HI allSince I am on learning, just a basic level questionFor obtaining a customized installation image for win 7 x64Can this be done ?install a fresh copy on a specific hardwareinstall all drivers , set all customizations etc. capture an image of this working system using IMAGEX or anything othercreate an installation media using this imageburn to dvd take this dvd to other systems of same hardware and install it so we get all settings and drivers already installedactually I have tried rt7lite but I can't get it to install drivers like ATI and other small applications no success for me.Trying DISM and other core utilites . windows updates are integrated OK with it. drivers are still notI have got windows adk but do'nt have proper guides for it for above purpose.please suggest Edited November 19, 2012 by sunnyimran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 install a fresh copy on a specific hardwareinstall all drivers , set all customizations etc. capture an image of this working system using IMAGEX or anything otherThis worked for XP and older OSes, not so much Vista and newer. You should install Windows 7 using an answer file and set it to boot into Audit Mode. Then you do your drivers and customizations for all users. Then you sysprep /generalize, THEN you can capture it, but using DISM and not Imagex. Imagex is deprecated by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustavo21 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hello. First you have to customize your windows 7, in audit mode.- Install new fresh OS.- Execute C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep /audit- When restart delete the user you had done (Only Administrator User left)- Install Updates, customize, install drivers, etc. - Generate an unattend.xml file for unattend the sysprep process and ser copyprofile=true. (if you need help with this just ask)- Execute C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep /oobe /generalize /quit /unattend:unattend.xml- Restart with WinPE- Run Imagex /capture /compress fast c: c:\windows7.wim "Windows 7 Ultimate" (or whatever)Then in other pc, run WinPE with the image you captured beforeIf you wanna clean all HDD and you have no data to keep.Execute DiskpartIn diskpart type:list disk (see what number of disk you wanna install)sel disk 0 (if is 0)cleancreate part prisel part 1assign letter C:activeexitwhen exit diskpart, execute:format c: /q /y /fs:NTFS /v:WindowsImagex /apply X:\windows7.wim 1 c: (X: is the drive you have the image. may be D, E, F etc)When imagex ends:C:\windows\system32\bcdboot c:\windows /s c:exitrestart and wait for a full unattended and universal windows installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 when exit diskpart, execute:format c: /q /y /fs:NTFS /v:WindowsIs there a specific reason why you don't use Diskpart to format the partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinOutreach4 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) In addition to the suggestions made above, you might want to consider using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). With MDT, you can have the ATI driver install after Windows is deployed as a 'post installation' task. In fact, there is no need to pre-load your image with drivers at all, since MDT can manage most driver installations automatically upon deployment by simply importing the drivers into MDT. If the ATI driver doesn't install properly in this manner, then the post installation task can be configured to install the driver.MDT can also create installation media for DVD or USB installations, or the images can be used with Windows Deployment Services (WDS)or System Center Configuration Manager (Config Manager) to allow network deployments through PXE booting. Disk partitioning and formatting can also be done within MDT, so a separate script is not needed. These two videos will show you the power and flexibilityof MDT, and help you to setup your environment:Deployment Day Session 1: Introduction to MDT 2012 Deployment Day Session 2: MDT 2012 Advanced Lastly, more information about deploying Windows 7 with MDT, WDS, and Config Manager can be found on the Deliver and Deploy Windows 7 page of the Springboard Series on TechNet. Hope this helps, David Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro Edited December 20, 2012 by WinOutreach4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustavo21 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Is there a specific reason why you don't use Diskpart to format the partition? Just because is the same. I have to enter in diskpart and exit anyway. At first i included format in diskpart script, and one day, when i made a menu, i just wrote the script in that way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomorrow Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hello. First you have to customize your windows 7, in audit mode.- Install new fresh OS.- Execute C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep /audit- When restart delete the user you had done (Only Administrator User left)- Install Updates, customize, install drivers, etc. - Generate an unattend.xml file for unattend the sysprep process and ser copyprofile=true. (if you need help with this just ask)- Execute C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep /oobe /generalize /quit /unattend:unattend.xml- Restart with WinPE- Run Imagex /capture /compress fast c: c:\windows7.wim "Windows 7 Ultimate" (or whatever)Worked for me. I had trouble before. Captured with GimageX on another windows install. Just had to get the description and wim name right so that ei.cfg would work as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdob Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Add flags at imagex tooImageX Command-Line OptionsSpecifies the version of Windows you are about to capture. The /flags value is required if you are going to re-deploy a custom Install.wim with Windows Setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomorrow Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Add flags at imagex tooImageX Command-Line OptionsSpecifies the version of Windows you are about to capture. The /flags value is required if you are going to re-deploy a custom Install.wim with Windows Setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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