Quick and Dirty

[TIOAOA]

Hopefully the title got your attention

 

I've been asked to assist a local primary install 30 Win7 workstations over the easter break, this site does not have WDS.

 

I'm looking for the simplest way to setup 1 workstation and all relevant software then copy that to the other 29 workstations - suggestions please

[Bionic]

Is it just Win7 you need to install, or is there other software too?

 

edit: sorry just reread and see that there is other software too. How much additional software is there?

[Norphy]

Is installing WDS not an option?

 

FOG was always a popular option with Windows 7 and XP. It's not one I've ever used but it's still going. https://fogproject.org

[FN-GM]

Clonezilla could be used. You can use it without setting up a server. We use it when we sell our old machines. Takes just a few mins for a bog standard Windows 7 install.

[DrBeaker]

What sort of licence do you have for imaging the machines? With Windows 7 so close to end-of-life, is there any reason why you can't go to Windows 10?

[Rob_D]

+1 for clonezilla. My first school I had a handful of clonezilla memory sticks I went around with to re-image PCs. At least until I got MDT up and running.

[TIOAOA]

Is it just Win7 you need to install, or is there other software too?

 

edit: sorry just reread and see that there is other software too. How much additional software is there?

 

Not sure, it's not my rodeo, the usual plethora of school IT suite garbage would be my guess

[k-strider]

i'd use clonezilla if its a one off job.. boots of memory stick / cd can do disk to disk / disk to image or over the LAN