Preparing Windows Images for Mass Deployment - Final Thoughts
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As you can see, we have arrived at the end of this second and final part of this series. By now you should be more than familiar with two of the most common (and probably the easiest and most straightforward) strategies that can save lots of time for us, money for the organization, and perhaps even alleviate possible sources of frustration.
I have placed an emphasis on understanding the “inner workings” of these two routes, because knowing what happens behind the scenes helps us make better decisions when facing dilemmas or simply troubleshooting some weird nobody-ever-heard-of issues. Practice makes perfect; you may struggle at first until you successfully forge your first images and all that, but after that—it’s all routine, productive routine.
All in all, the purpose of this article series was to inform you about the possibilities of these two paths that could be taken when massive deployment of Windows operating systems is required. Surely, there are other possible ways as well. But these two are among the most popular and effective. Ultimately, all that we could do is give you a brief overview of the tools. For deeper understanding you need to do more research.
Speaking of the disk and partition duplications, not too long ago I published an article titled “Clonezilla: Free Mass Disk-Cloning Utility.” It is truly an open source application that performs; think of it as the Symantec Norton Ghost Enterprise suite “on steroids.” And best of all, it’s free. Be sure to check it out!
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