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Ok turns out that the images I made using GhostConsole (Symantec Deploy Center) are non compatible with PQImgCtr (PowerQuest Image Center). This is kinda f***ed up since both programs come with the same package (Symantec_Ghost_Solution_Suite_v2.0) and PQImgCtr is supposed to be the lightweight/scripted client. This is confirmed by Symantec. They just bought PowerQuest and couldn't care less by what I could figure out. QOUTE from Symantec forums: "OK, I finally talked to Symantec tech support, and it's GAME OVER for Unicast server and ImageCenter client. Those pieces of software don't actually work for restoring images to computers, and the DeployCenter user's manual is wrong for saying that they do. Very disappointing, and I've wasted a lot of time on it" So what I need to do now is make the images using a bootable cd with PQImgCtr.exe on it and then upload them to a network drive manually. Then I'll hopefully be able to get something going. Storing images on hidden partitions locally and restoring from them is my last option. I want it to be 100% bulletproof.

I use a program called Moonscape on the stationary PC's that prevents any changes beeing made to them without an administrator password. They boot in the same config every time they restart. Yes you can schedule GhostConsole to deploy say every morning, but that won't be needed in my case. Imagine a 12yo kid coming to class and his laptop wont boot or he can't use RDP. His teacher is a 50yo woman with no computer knowledge at all. If it takes that ONE person more than 10m to be up and running again that class is basically ruined. It's also possible that every pupil (on several schools) will get his own laptop in the future, so I need to have at least 1 spot in every classroom where they can restore superfast. I like the idea of GhostCast or a mapped networkdrive the most since it gives me the opportunity the update images centrally. Thanks for the answers, I'll try using a similar script to the one u posted Oleg_II. Would be nice if I could just make a "Drive Mapping Boot Package" boot cd using the wizard and add those files/script to pull it from a server totally unattended. That would basically solve my problem

Been looking for a forum like this for ages!! So here goes: Scenario: I have 15 laptops that some students "destroy" at regular intervals. I've bought Symantec DeployCenter that I intend to us for automatic re-imaging. My plan is that this can be done either from the GhostConsole (GhostCastServer) over TCP, a mapped networkdrive or a (bootable) USB disk that will be availible to all the students. I've done some testing and what I need now is to make a bootable cd/iso that runs Ghost UNATTENDED and installs the correct image. I'll be using Ghostwalker for automatic renaming of the laptops after restoring. So; If anyone got some scripts they made please post them here so I can have a look Will I have to make scripts to run GhostCastServer unattended as well?