Chapter 15. Cloning Disks with Sysprep

Disk imaging entails taking a snapshot of a computer’s configuration, which includes Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Windows) and applications such as those in Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, and then deploying that snapshot to other computers in the organization. It’s essentially like installing Windows on a computer’s hard disk and then copying that hard disk to other computers. Use disk imaging to deploy clean Windows installations in large organizations when hundreds of computers require the same configuration. Disk imaging is more effective ...

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