Image laptop to DVD for use as recovery disk.. help

adamchapman · 07-07-2009, 04:54 PM

We have purchased 2 laptops this year to give to pupils under the school's 'rewards system'.

We are giving them out under the condition that we will not be carrying out any repairs etc to the system once handed over - as we will become a free laptop repair centre in no time!

Is there a way that I can take an image of the machine (as it comes from the factory) and then save this to a DVD, that can EASILY be restored by the user if the machine needs it in future?

We thought of taking a WDS image and buring to DVD, and then issuing a WDS boot CD - would this work?

Any ideas appreciated!....

rogerblue · 07-07-2009, 05:11 PM

MCDST and you need to ask? lol

SC-UK · 07-07-2009, 05:28 PM

I always do this when I buy a new laptop as the trend for not issuing recovery CD's or even OS media is starting to grow. Never had a problem with it and WDS would be my preferred method as well. Obviously it will depend on the size of the image as a lot of manufacturers fill new systems with so much rubbish these days.

Tom

Brpilot99 · 07-07-2009, 05:51 PM

Didn't they come with recovery discs?

FN-GM · 07-07-2009, 05:53 PM

Or did it come with a recovery partition.

mossj · 07-07-2009, 06:08 PM

More than likely a recovery partition

edwardjrobertson · 07-07-2009, 08:45 PM

You could create an image with Microsoft ImageX and stick it on a Windows PE dvd

You can fully automate the reformat of hard drive and apply image

tumbleweed · 08-07-2009, 03:38 PM

Free & Simple, worth looking at .

Create Recovery Clonezilla

srochford · 08-07-2009, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edwardjrobertson

You could create an image with Microsoft ImageX and stick it on a Windows PE dvd

You can fully automate the reformat of hard drive and apply image

That's what I'd do; it's a trivial batch file to do a diskpart to wipe everything and create a new partition and then an imagex /apply to put the .wim file back.

Doesn't cost anything and is using standard MS tools.

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adamchapman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lincs Posts: 57 Thanks: 14 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 6	Image laptop to DVD for use as recovery disk.. help We have purchased 2 laptops this year to give to pupils under the school's 'rewards system'. We are giving them out under the condition that we will not be carrying out any repairs etc to the system once handed over - as we will become a free laptop repair centre in no time! Is there a way that I can take an image of the machine (as it comes from the factory) and then save this to a DVD, that can EASILY be restored by the user if the machine needs it in future? We thought of taking a WDS image and buring to DVD, and then issuing a WDS boot CD - would this work? Any ideas appreciated!....

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tumbleweed Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: cumbria Posts: 18 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Clonezilla ..? Free & Simple, worth looking at . Create Recovery Clonezilla

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07-07-2009, 05:11 PM	#2
rogerblue Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Halifax Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 3	MCDST and you need to ask? lol

07-07-2009, 05:28 PM	#3
SC-UK Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London Posts: 463 Thanks: 24 Thanked 64 Times in 53 Posts Rep Power: 16	I always do this when I buy a new laptop as the trend for not issuing recovery CD's or even OS media is starting to grow. Never had a problem with it and WDS would be my preferred method as well. Obviously it will depend on the size of the image as a lot of manufacturers fill new systems with so much rubbish these days. Tom

07-07-2009, 05:51 PM	#4
Brpilot99 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Christchurch Posts: 109 Thanks: 7 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts Rep Power: 7	Didn't they come with recovery discs?

07-07-2009, 05:53 PM	#5
FN-GM Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 7,840 Thanks: 272 Thanked 507 Times in 460 Posts Rep Power: 106	Or did it come with a recovery partition.

07-07-2009, 06:08 PM	#6
mossj Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,255 Thanks: 145 Thanked 160 Times in 147 Posts Rep Power: 37	More than likely a recovery partition

07-07-2009, 08:45 PM	#7
edwardjrobertson Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 3	You could create an image with Microsoft ImageX and stick it on a Windows PE dvd You can fully automate the reformat of hard drive and apply image

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