Make sure you are familiar with the source and target machine’s boot device start options. some machines require you to hit F12, then this will give you the option of booting from the CD/DVD ROM. You will need to be familiar with your computer and which function key you need to press at start-up to bring up the different boot options.WIM file which is single instance, however you will need enough space, just in case. This USB drive will need to be fairly large, the same, if not bigger than the C:\ drive of the machine that you want to take an image of. If you are using a physical PC, then you’ll need the hard copy, so if you have the ISO file only, you’ll need to burn this to DVD. Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium or Enterprise. Try to match the version of Windows 7 you have, e.g. A Windows 7 installation DVD, either as a hard copy or ISO file.
If you want to make this yourself, it’s a bit tricky, you will need the Windows (AIK) Automated Installation Kit and then you follow this guide. My version is 64-bit, which should be okay as most machines are 64-bit these days. You can either make this yourself, or download my pre-made Windows 7 WinPE version in ISO format from here.
Tools you will need for this are as follows:
Also if you have download limits with your internet connection like my Dad does, this will save double downloading of the same thing. This guide is a step-by-step or a walkthrough to assist you in cloning a Windows 7 machine with all its Windows Updates, Software and settings, so that you can deploy onto another PC/computer without having to sit in front of it and manually install the many software packages one by one.
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