Trying To User Server 2008 With WDS To Deploy Windows XP Image

[Fazza]

Hi!

 

I've been using Ghost for creating and deploying images for some time now but I have decided to upgrade my skills and learn something new so I'm giving WDS a try.

 

I've managed to upload a SysPreped Windows XP image on to my WDS server but I'm not sure what I need to do now to deploy it on to 6 old laptops that need a software rebuild.

 

When I boot to PXE the only options I get are to install Windows 7 or the Capture Image option.

 

How do I get my Windows XP image on to that list or do I need to do it another way?

 

Thanks.

[sted]

in wds you should have at least 2 boot images one capture one install

 

iirc the default name if you import the boot.wim from a win7 disk is windows 7

 

it should just be a case of selecting the correct boot image and following the on screen prompts I suspect toy want the win7 one its just badly named. You also need your captured image in the install images folder

 

wds console should look something like the image below

[Fazza]

Thanks for that! I knew I must have been doing something obviously wrong/stupid!

 

The XP Image I created is now going on to a test laptop I have.

 

Thanks!