gjviii Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Would someone please give me a link for directions on how to make an XP image that will work on various machines( ie IBM Netvista, Dell GX150, Compaq laptop).I have a few different machines and I want to make 1 image, ghost it , install it on all of my machines and use it as a basic image.I have made xp slipstream but I want to make my image non-hardware compliantDoes that make sense?Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blyster Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 You wont be able to do this using Ghost images. That is the whole purpose for making an unattended windows CD. Check out the site below. It will show you everything you need to know.http://unattended.msfn.org/Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjviii Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 Been there done that. I have an image at work that will work on a variety of computers. The tech who originally made no longer works for the company. for the life of me I can not remember how he made it. I "think" when he originally made it he hit f5 to make it non-hardware related, then built the image, then he copied a few .sys files into the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers folder and ran a .reg file he created and then ghosted it. Now I have an image I use for any machine we have. Compaq, HP, Dell, workstations or laptops. I just didnt want to drive to work to pull the image off of our network. I was hoping there was a guide somewhere.Again, I hope it makes senseThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjviii Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 thanks for all the responses..................I figured where my mistake was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datalore Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 If you figured out the method to doing it, please let us know. Sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjviii Posted April 11, 2004 Author Share Posted April 11, 2004 Sure no problem. Once I get home I'll find the link I used. i used 4 different .sys files then I ran a .reg file. I then ghosted my image and I was able to put the image on an Compaq armada, and a thinkpad T20. The ghost image I created was about 2.5 gb so I was unable to put it on an Auto Install XP cd. Thats why I needed a way just to Ghost the image. I am now down to 8 minutes for a complete 'rebuild'.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datalore Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Wow, sounds cool. Can't wait to see the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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