wax21 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hello to all.It is possible to capture a windows xp image (wim) using IMAGEX and be Hardware Abstraction Layer free?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorphnog Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Nope. The HAL issues still exist. Supposedly with vista you won't have to worry about HALs anymore, but with XP it is still an issue. Whether you use file-based (imagex) or sector-based (ghost) imaging doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wax21 Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 thanks mate.so the only way to eliminate problems with the Hardware Abstraction Layer, is to make sure that the wim image that you capture is going to be deployed on machines with exaclty the same specs with the machine that you original work and capture the wim image!Is that right or is any hiden problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorphnog Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 If you are applying an image to the exact same hardware then you shouldn't have any problems. If you intend to use the image for multiple hardware platforms then you will need to to sysprep the machine with all the drivers you need for your various hardware, and you will have to address the HAL issue properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJW Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 You could pack the windowsXP cd into install.wim and use WinPE (boot.wim) to call windows XP setup in PE-environment: this way you can get around TEXT-setup menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wax21 Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Can you make it more clear for me HJW?You mean to convert the XP CD in .wim format?What exaclty you mean with call windows XP setup in PE-environmentIf is not a trouble can you give me the way to do it?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorphnog Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 He's talking about how to apply the image to a machine using Windows PE (Pre-Installation Environment). However, doing this still has no affect on the HAL issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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