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You've undoubtedly heard of the particular iPad at this point and also most likely grasp several folks which include 1. But yet just what is it, precisely, and why will need to you get you? Is actually it seriously worth the particular cost?
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The particular iPad plus smart software happen to be becoming favored terms nowadays however in case you don't recognize precisely what they do originally the particular popularity of them will probably be completely lost on you. Well, your needs may well only be surprised at just how much easier they will create your existence with simply just a few clicks of a button.  
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== Preamble ==
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Inside brief, the actual iPad itself is a bigger version of the particular iPod. Think of it because a larger iPod that us could store a pictures, music, files, as well as ebooks on. Or alternatively, when you'd like to be able to take it a step further, consider it in order to be a thinner, lighter laptop computer system. We come with the actual ability that would send e-mails, watch movies, create documents, plus access loads of apps on a device that's big enough in order to show lots of details nevertheless little enough to be advantageous to carry around.  
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Should you have an iPod connector then you could attach your individual iPad to be able to a external keyboard, upload pictures from your own iPod, and even route videos to be able to your own HD TV. As soon as us charge it, you can certainly include 10 hours of incorporate, which is 3 times the actual amount which a little bit of laptops offer buyers. Which means anyone no longer include that would worry with regards to being entertained on long-haul flights.  
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The imaging of Windows based computers can be performed with DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) and a Windows PE Environment (Windows Pre-installation Environment). Both are available as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows.
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With the smart software, you could certainly come with availability that would nearly each and every application imaginable most notably GPS and in addition us can certainly edit plus create documents, currently have a calendar plus organizational assistant at hand, and in addition connect that would the internet even whenever anyone don't come with access in order to WiFi.  
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Whilst generally there usually are other devices out there which will certainly allow anyone that would do all the of these elements separately, the actual iPad is unique because it enables buyers that would perform all the of these actions throughout merely 1 device. The actual convenience is only among the things which sets it apart.  
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DISM can work with two different image types. The Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) was designed for virtualisation and represents the physical disk. Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format developed to help deploy Vista and subsequent versions of Windows.
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Several persons currently have had trouble with smaller gadgets throughout the past because the particular text was too little plus the particular small size which created it advantageous originally was the fairly thing hindering their usage of it. But unfortunately, today us could certainly send a emails without wearing out your thumbs and in addition even read a entire novel without straining your individual eyes.  
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The longer which they are out, the particular more inexpensive they become. Within fact, the majority of everyone can afford specific presently. Although a person could have been reluctant to purchase specific within the past, after using it for a few of days and also playing about with just about all of the actual functions, you'll wonder how us were able to be able to dwell without it.  
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WIM's are the preferred method of imaging. It supports compression, single instancing (only one copy of identical files are captured) and has better support for offline maintenance tasks.
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The Windows PE Environment is a lightweight version of windows that can be loaded from removable media. It allows command line executables such as dism.exe to be executed on the host computer. Upon boot-up the C:\windows\system32\startnet.cmd file is executed and can be used to automate the deployment process.
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== Mapping Network Drives ==
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WIM images can be stored on a NAS or network share for ease of backup and recovery. The net command can be used to map network shares within the Windows PE environment:
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net use z: \\192.168.0.253\Images
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== Creating an Image ==
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Creating a WIM image can be performed by booting into Windows PE and using the following command:
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dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:z:\Images\Saturn.wim /CaptureDir:H:\ /Name:"Clean Windows 8 install on Saturn"
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== Deploying an Image ==
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A WIM image can be applied to the target machine by partitioning and formatting the hard disk drive, restoring (applying) the WIM to the windows partition and creating the boot configuration data (BCD).
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=== Partitioning the hard disk ===
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Create a system and windows partition by issuing diskpart.exe the following commands (These commands can be passed to diskpart.exe as a script)
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Select disk 0
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clean
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create partition primary size=100
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format quick fs=ntfs label="System"
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assign letter="S"
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active
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create partition primary
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format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
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assign letter="W"
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exit
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=== Apply the image to the windows partition ===
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dism /apply-image /imagefile:z:\Images\Saturn.wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:W:\
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=== Create a basic system partition ===
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Use BCDboot to create a basic system partition for booting. The BCDboot tool will copy a simple set of system files to a system partition. These files include boot configuration data (BCD) information that is used to start Windows.
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bcdboot w:\Windows
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=== Reboot ===
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Reboot into your newly restored image.

Revision as of 10:22, 19 July 2013

Preamble

The imaging of Windows based computers can be performed with DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) and a Windows PE Environment (Windows Pre-installation Environment). Both are available as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows.

DISM can work with two different image types. The Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) was designed for virtualisation and represents the physical disk. Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format developed to help deploy Vista and subsequent versions of Windows.

WIM's are the preferred method of imaging. It supports compression, single instancing (only one copy of identical files are captured) and has better support for offline maintenance tasks.

The Windows PE Environment is a lightweight version of windows that can be loaded from removable media. It allows command line executables such as dism.exe to be executed on the host computer. Upon boot-up the C:\windows\system32\startnet.cmd file is executed and can be used to automate the deployment process.

Mapping Network Drives

WIM images can be stored on a NAS or network share for ease of backup and recovery. The net command can be used to map network shares within the Windows PE environment:

net use z: \\192.168.0.253\Images

Creating an Image

Creating a WIM image can be performed by booting into Windows PE and using the following command:

dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:z:\Images\Saturn.wim /CaptureDir:H:\ /Name:"Clean Windows 8 install on Saturn"

Deploying an Image

A WIM image can be applied to the target machine by partitioning and formatting the hard disk drive, restoring (applying) the WIM to the windows partition and creating the boot configuration data (BCD).

Partitioning the hard disk

Create a system and windows partition by issuing diskpart.exe the following commands (These commands can be passed to diskpart.exe as a script)

Select disk 0 clean create partition primary size=100 format quick fs=ntfs label="System" assign letter="S" active create partition primary format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows" assign letter="W" exit

Apply the image to the windows partition

dism /apply-image /imagefile:z:\Images\Saturn.wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:W:\

Create a basic system partition

Use BCDboot to create a basic system partition for booting. The BCDboot tool will copy a simple set of system files to a system partition. These files include boot configuration data (BCD) information that is used to start Windows.

bcdboot w:\Windows

Reboot

Reboot into your newly restored image.

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