Imagex or DISM full disk image

[daneil16]

Hi guys,

 

I have been using Imagex for capturing the data partition for Windows 7 image capturing fine. What I now want to do is capture the whole disk. i.e C drive and System Partition

 

I can't work out the command do this even if you can. Anyone nkow of a way to do this? Either with Imagex or DISM?

 

Thanks

[bald_pig]

As far as I'm aware, you have to capture and distribute each partition separately.

[Duke5A]

Bald_pig is correct. Neither utility is for disk imaging and will only capture a partition. It sounds like what you want is Ghost32 (not free though).

[X-13]

As far as I'm aware, you have to capture and distribute each partition separately.

 

/append-image could work on the second one, providing I've understood it properly.

 

so:

 

dism /capture-image /image:example.wim /capturedir:C\

dism /append-image /image:example.wim /capturedir:D\

Edited January 18, 2016 by X-13
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[bald_pig]

Normally I'd use Clonezilla for such a job

 

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/append-image could work on the second one, providing I've understood it properly.

 

so:

 

dism /capture-image /image:example.wim /capturedir:C\

dism /append-image /image:example.wim /capturedir:D\

 

correct, but you can't do the whole disk with one command

[Arthur]

Neither utility is for disk imaging and will only capture a partition.

Technically ImageX is a file-based disk imager. Ghost (and similar programs such as TrueImage/CloneZilla) are sector-based disk imagers.

 

You can store multiple images within a single .wim as @X-13 mentioned.

Edited January 18, 2016 by Arthur

[X-13]

correct, but you can't do the whole disk with one command

 

It didn't say it had to be one command.

[bald_pig]

It didn't say it had to be one command.

 

Erm, it kinda did

I can't work out the command do this

[X-13]

Erm, it kinda did

 

TBF, DISM can't be done with a single command anyway. You need to assign a letter to the partition.

 

 

To be honest, the easiest way to do it, would be to script it.

 

Personally, I'd leave assigning letters and mapping network shares [if you use them] as a manual thing, but the DISM commands could be scripted so you only have to proc one thing.

[daneil16]

OK great. Thanks for the quick response and input there guys. I will have to look into 3rd party disk imaging software.

 

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