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imagex help? WIM?
I understand the basic concept of imagex and wim files. It's basically a capture of a file system, so it can be used on multiple hardware architectures.
The problem is, I have no idea how to utilize the WIM file.
I was given a WIM file, which was created by someone else on the IT staff offsite. It's suppose to be a Windows 7. I was wondering how does one utilize it to put the image on another machine?
Do I install windows 7 first, then put this image over it? Or does this image have windows 7? Again I'm quite new to this. Any step by step help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
The problem is, I have no idea how to utilize the WIM file.
I was given a WIM file, which was created by someone else on the IT staff offsite. It's suppose to be a Windows 7. I was wondering how does one utilize it to put the image on another machine?
Do I install windows 7 first, then put this image over it? Or does this image have windows 7? Again I'm quite new to this. Any step by step help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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I actually ended up being able to create a image and share it out using the two below guides. Doing it via network share helped a lot.
Basically I just created the image and posted it on the share drive. I then created a bare Windows PE Bootable CD.
I popped into the machine I wanted the image on, and ran Windows PE.
Followed the instructions to format the HD
Mounted the folder (I made mine Y:) as a mapped drive (\\share\filename.wim) type in domain/username & pass when asked
Navigate to the CD drive (usually E:)
Type in: imagex /apply y:\filename.wim 1 c:
Restarted and it worked!
http://www.danscourses.com/Windows-7/how-to-create-a-wim-system-image-file-with-windowsaik-and-windowspe.html
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722406(v=ws.10).aspx