Imagex /capture driveToCapture wimImagePathAndName "wimImageName"įor example, this command creates a Windows 2003 Standard WIM image ( W2K3STDx86.wim) in the WimImages directory in the data store: Use ImageX to capture the WIM image from the drive. Net use driveLetter pathToDataStore /user:administratorUser passwordįor example: net use k: \\serverA\pxestore /user:Administrator adminpwd Use the following Windows operating system command: Note the drive you are imaging (listed in the output of the list volumecommand). Start the Diskpart.exe utility and use the following commands to verify the disk configuration.
WINDOWS IMAGE CAPTURE DRIVER
Before you run Sysprep, populate the SysprepMassStorage section of the sysprep.inffile with the driver information.
WINDOWS IMAGE CAPTURE DRIVERS
If the hardware on the target servers is not the same as on the reference machine, inject mass storage drivers during system preparation with Sysprep.
WINDOWS IMAGE CAPTURE INSTALL
For example, on a virtual machine, you might install VMware tools. For example, you might install Windows 2003 on a virtual machine.
Install the version of Windows on the machine that is to serve as the source for the WIM image.See Creating WinPE boot image files.įor more information about creating a bootable disk, see Microsoft TechNet: Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM Create a WinPE ISO image using the BMC Server Automation WinPE image creation process and copy the image to a CD.
To capture a WIM image for use in provisioning See Preparing a machine for WinPE image creation.
Use Microsoft Sysprep to prepare a reference machine for capturing the WIM image.Create a WinPE ISO image and copy it to a CD.In general, the steps of WIM image capture are: Microsoft TechNet: DISM - Deployment Image Servicing and Management Technical Reference for Windows).U se the DISM command-line tool.įor more information, see the following articles: The ImageX command-line tool is deprecated in Windows 8.