Imaging / Deploying windowsxp / Vista

[surfertje]

I am searching for a new method of imaging deploying pc's on a network. Using windowsxp and Vista. Now i am using Ghost 7 and Ghostcastserver. Every new system that i buy, rstoring the image woth ghost 8 on the machine. Not the best solution however because i have 12 images. To many different systems on our network.

I have read on this website tools like: WDS, WINDOWSPE, IMAGEX, WAIK etc that can deploy windows. Also read about something like a complete microsoft solution for deploying for free...

Can some one explain to me what do i need for deploying windowsxp(vista) with free tools like above. Which tools i need excactly? Is there a manual from beginning to setup those tools on a server to the end (restoring it to a client)?

Freddie

[cluberti]

Look into the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Windows Deployment Services (ships with Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008). These provide the easiest way to deploy XP and Vista.

Also, if you can get yourself a copy of the Vista Resource Kit (2nd Edition) it will go into far more detail on MDT than you will find most places. However, good video documentation on how to set up a base build using these tools is here.

[IcemanND]

Well the WAIK, won't help you with the number of XP images you have. Well possibly, depends upon why you have 12 images, and what else you have avaiulable for your use. you can check out my guide on using imagex to capture and deploy XP, http://www.msfn.org/board/GUIDE-Creating-W...st&p=674778

[surfertje]

Thx. But this is not in combination with a server? I think the best way i wan't to do it is use a server for the images and start the pc with a usb stick or better thru network and then choose a image from the server and restore.