Capture Image of Reference Computer

Question

Hello all,
I have something of an issue that I am trying to resolve. I work for an offshore company, we use thin clients for our users offshore. The USB that we used to image our thin clients was lost with the passing of one of our employees. However, I have a working thin client with the image that I need.
How do I use this as a reference computer and create a working bootable USB to deploy this image on other PC's?
I am having a very difficult time finding a direct answer or solution.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi @Jared Jarvis

There are several methods to accomplish this task, one is using MDT Lite touch and the next one is SCCM.

You can try to create reference images using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). You will create a deployment share, configure rules and settings, and import all the applications and operating system files required to build a Windows reference image.

Create a Windows 10 reference image
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-windows-mdt/create-a-windows-10-reference-image

With SCCM there are fewer steps to achieve this.

-Create a capture media ISO for boot on the desired computer
-Capture the image from the template computer
-Import this image to SCCM

Hope this resolves your Query!!

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