I haven't tried anything like that, but curious as to why the requirement is
for whole disk imaging?

I know there is a diskpart config text file for the deployment task sequence
in MDT.

I wouldn't use WDS on its own, its basically just a PXE server.

T

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On 1 Apr 2011 20:43, "Jonathan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is pertinent to a conversation I just had with my counterpart @ work
on
> the west coast. They have to image 5,500 machines for a client and he
> mentioned that WDS would only image at the partition level. They are
looking
> for whole disk imaging. Will WDS do that or should he be looking at
> something else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> We are working towards deploying Windows 7 (along with Office 2010) on
>> current and future shipments of new laptops/PCs. We use syprep and Ghost
>> for our XP image, and it works well.
>>
>> I'm looking for your suggestions/warnings/gotchas as to imaging for
Windows
>> 7. Favorite imaging tools, methods, etc? I don't do the imaging here, but
>> my PC guy who does the images seems to be having a bit of a struggle with
it
>> compared to XP images, so I thought I'd as you experts.
>>
>> We already have a Dell Kace system management system here, and I'll be
>> viewing a demo today for the imaging component (additional purchase). I'm
>> open to anything that makes the process as painless as possible. If it
>> matters we use Lenovo ThinkPads for our laptops and Dell Optiplex
business
>> PCs.
>>
>> Your comments are appreciated.
>>
>> Tom
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