On a singledrive, singlepartition system, this will be c. Imagex is used to capture and apply wim images for windows desktop deployments. In my next post, i will write about the new commandline switches of windows 7 imagex. In the example below we will switch to the drive containing our windowspe disc and then to the directory containing imagex. You will need to get a copy of imagex because of licensing. So now i prepared an image and captured it with the following parameter, when using imagex as a tool. Any one had success in capturing\applying a wim image using a usb pen and imagex. Capturing and applying a windows 7 image using imagex. Ms windows 7 tips and tricks using imagex boson blog. He has more than 35 years of experience in it management and system administration. Capturing windows 7 with imagex solutions experts exchange. By using windows aik, you can automate windows installations, capture windows images with imagex, configure and modify images using deployment imaging servicing and management dism, create windows pe images, and migrate user profiles.
However if i imagex capture a windows embedded 7 before it is syspreped, imagex apply does not work, when it boots it complains that boot files are missing. The website reports that the download size is 1 gb, though. Deploy the image to the target computer using imagex. Capturing windows 7 machines and deploying using imagex. I read recently that imagex is no longer supported by ms and that dism is now being used to capture and deploy images. Although it mentions windows 10, the same steps will work for windows 7, 8 and 8. After you have prepared a windows 7 system with sysprep, you can use the following steps to capture an image of. Capturing an image using imagex windows 7 tutorial. This guide is a stepbystep or a walkthrough to assist you in cloning a windows 7 machine with all its windows updates, software and settings. You can usually capture just the windows partition, and then use files from that image to set up the rest of. Hi, im trying to capture a windows 7 image to a network share. In previous blog posts, we have discussed how you can use imagex to capture a generalized image of a windows 7 installation on a reference. We then use net use to connect to a network share where the image is stored.
Hi guys, if i imagex capture a windows embedded 7 after it was syspreped and shutdown, then i imagex apply the. Imagex also known as wimlib, is a small application that lets you manage windows imaging files. There are some new features in imagex which i will discuss today. Learn how to capture a windows 7 image after the sysprep process using imagex from the winpe boot disk. It uses the microsoft wimgapi api for working with wim files. Imagex is a commandline tool that can be used to capture, modify, and apply filebased disk images for deployment of systems in an enterprise. This is actually the last step of the windows 7 thick image deployment. In windows pe, if necessary, map a network drive to which the created wim file will be saved. I have been trying to successfully image windows 7 boxes using winpe4 or 5 and either dism, imagex, or gimagex. Recently i had to capture a mirror image of a ready windows 7 machine.
Hello all im trying to successfully capture a windows 7 image as a. First connect an external hard drive to the usb port of your computer. If you want to extract the windows 7 waik3 version of this wim file for instance to modify it and use it as a boot. You can usually capture just the windows partition, and then use files from that image to set up the rest of the partitions on the drive. October 7, 20 capturing windows 7 machines and deploying using imagex 201008t04. This document contains the steps necessary to deploy a windows 10 image in provisioning using imagex. It also packs the imagex application, a command line tool for managing wim files. Dism serves as the replacement tool in windows 8 8. For some reason it only captures around 250mb when the c. Imagex for windows 7 new commandline options 4sysops. Learn how to capture a windows 7 operating system image using imagex. The agent then checks in on an aggressive shedule and gets all softwarepatches required. Capture windows 7 image using imagex dimitris tonias.
Imagex is a commandline tool that allows an administrator to capture an image of an entire hard disk drive and its files and folders in a single windows imaging format wim file. It seems that the imagex tool is only available as part of the windows automated installation kit waik. This way i get an image with the actual windows 7 data instead of the boot partition. It is possible to save the wim to a local disk, either internal or external as well. Greenshot captures a snapshot very quickly and easily.
This is the path to the volume image to be captured. Additionally, some scammers may try to identify themselves as a microsoft. Execute imagex with the required command line parameters. I have built brian jacksons winpe4 and utils that incorporates gimagex. I was trying to capture my image with my applicanttions of my windows 7 homepremium. Discussion in windows 10 installation and upgrade started by. You use the imagex capture switch to capture an image. To capture image using imagex first we must boot our computer into a windows pe environment. Prepare for windows 7 image capture utilize windows. Together with windows 7, microsoft will release a new windows automated installation kit waik.
Download imagex, bcdboot and other waik tools rmprepusb. The windows automated installation kit for windows 7. The imagex gui is a native application for the x86 and. I understand you can use third party tools such as ghost to make system image, but i would like to know how to use windows built in tools to do this and the difference between the vhd file created by windows 7 backup and restore and wim file created by imagex, the reason is i might need to deploy the image to several other computers, its not just for home computer backup, thanks. Basic example of capturing and deploying a system image using imagex.
Set it up how you like ie programs, drivers, etc just keep in mind that sysprep will remove certain elements depending on. Boot the target computer into the windowspe environment. Deploy windows 7 image to a new computer dimitris tonias. To see how to prepare winpe read the article create winpe using waik for windows 7. Once the usb key is bootable, either copy the contents of a windows 7 cd to the drive, or extract the iso e. This is easy wait imagex is deprecated in windows 8 8. The entire process requires two or more days of a weeklong windows 7 or windows 8 deployment course to teach in detail. For windows 7 the kit is an iso disc image available for download from microsoft. Imagex is a command line tool that creates an image from a reference computer.
To fix this in windows 7 retail, we create a 100 meg partition with the bcdboot d. Used sysprep with generalize as some stated that was the problem. For help with capturing the image, refer to the following community article. Capture and apply windows using a wim file microsoft docs. Capture a windows 7 image using imagex me, myself and it. Windows 7 forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for microsoft windows 7 computers such as dell, hp, acer, asus or a custom build. The most prominent tool in waik is certainly imagex which is used to capture and modify windows images.
Imagex stores the image in the windows image file format. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. I had numerous successs with windows 7 but have had loads of. This issue occurs on a multiprocessor computer that has the intel huron river chipset. Installation and configuration of wds on windows server 2008 windows deployment service. Windows 7 image capture demonstration utilize windows. If youve created a custom partition configuration, see capture and apply windows, system, and recovery partitions. In my last post, i discussed some of the new features in imagex for windows 7. Imagex, otherwise known as wimlib, is an application that you can use to manage windows imaging wim files.
The program includes the winlib api and c library that lets you read, write and extract wim files. Windows 7 boot problems after deploying with imagex. The machine was ready in the sense that windows 7 was configured and uptodate. The windows automated installation kit for windows 7 windows aik is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and deployment of windows operating systems. Gimagex is a graphical user interface for the imagex tool from the windows automated installation kit v2. Once you have completed the sysprep process and the source computer is now switched off you can proceed to the next step, which is capturing the windows 7 image. We are a windows 7 shop, and i currently use the built in windows imaging process through waik using sysprep to prepare an image, imagex and win pe to capture it, and bootable external hds to deploy it to new machines. To do that go to start all programs microsoft windows aik. With ezimagex no need to remember the difficult imagex. It can be used to capture, apply, mount, export, split and delete wim files. How do you image windows 7 using winpe and dismimagex.