Universal Windows XP image for different Hw(e.g PIII to P4)

[Rex]

Dear Expert,

I'm looking for the formal procedure to create a Universal Windows XP image
for different hardware configuration. I find some information in Microsoft
e.g. sysprep and ghost, but I still cannot clone the P4 image to PIII.

Anyone can share the experience ?

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Rex

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm looking for the formal procedure to create a Universal Windows XP
image for different hardware configuration. I find some information
in Microsoft e.g. sysprep and ghost, but I still cannot clone the P4
image to PIII.

Anyone can share the experience ?

If you are going to be a system administrator dealing with such things, you
need to learn to...

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Tou get you started, here are some links you will find useful in using a
single ghost image as well as other methods that in many ways are better and
more adaptable than imaging (albeit they are slower - they can be easily
used to create base images and instead of deploying a single image - you can
deploy one per hardware type.)

Single image (XP) for many different hardware types:
http://www.gc.peachnet.edu/www/wbeck/W2KXP.htm#Master
for a ghost and a sysprep version.

Unattended Install over Network:
http://unattended.sourceforge.net

Unattended Install with CD/DVD:
http://unattended.msfn.org

Make/deploy packages and scripts (install other applications.)
http://www.appdeploy.com/

Business Desktop Deployment:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/articles/032805ds.mspx

Information on RIS:
How to Deploy Windows XP Images from Windows 2000 RIS Servers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304314

Information on RIS:
Step-by-Step Guide to Remote OS Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/howto/remoteos.mspx--Shenan Stanley MS-MVP--How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html