Preparing Discover Images in C#

Creator Data Matrix ECC200 in C# Preparing Discover Images

To create a discover image using Wdsutil, perform the following steps:

Wdsutil /new-discoverimage /image:boot_image/architecture:architecture /destinationimage /filepath:discover_image

Boot_image is the name of the boot image you want to use to create the discover image (not the file name), and discover_image is the file path and file name of the new Windows PE boot image . Architecture is either x86 or x64 . To create a bootable DVD using the discover image, perform the following steps:

Copy the discover image created in the previous procedures to the \Sources folder of the build environment with the following command .

Copy boot files from the Windows AIK with the following command, where architecture is the processor architecture for the computer being used (either x86 or x64) .

Run the following command in the folder C:\Program files\Windows AIK\tools \architecture, where architecture is x86 or x64 .

After you have installed and configured the Windows Deployment Services service, you can add more Windows PE boot images (Boot .wim) and Windows 7 install images (Install .wim) . This process is straightforward: The files Boot .wim and Install .wim from the \Sources folder on Windows 7 media are used for this purpose . For example, you can add the boot image that MDT 2010 creates to Windows Deployment Services, allowing you to connect to deployment points and run MDT 2010 task sequences across the network .

To prepare to service client computers, you must import a Windows PE boot image . Although Windows Deployment Services in Windows Server 2008 and later versions includes the boot loader code, it does not include the actual Windows PE boot image . You can import boot images directly from the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 source files . You can also customize boot images with hooks into services, such as MDT 2010 . For example, MDT 2010 builds custom Windows PE boot images that connect to MDT 2010 deployment points to install operating system builds . You can add these custom Windows PE boot images to Windows Deployment Services to streamline the LTI deployment process . To import a Windows 7 boot image, perform the following steps:

Insert a Windows 7 DVD into the server s DVD-ROM drive or make an installation source available to the server over the network .

Right-click the Boot Images folder and then click Add Boot Image . Boot Images is located under Servers, server_name, where server_name is the name of the Windows Deployment Services server to which you re adding the boot image . On the Image File page, click Browse to select the boot image and then click Open . For example, you can select the default boot image \Sources\Boot .wim on the Windows 7 media . On the Image File page, click Next . On the Image Metadata page, type a name and description of the image and then click Next . The default name and description is derived from the contents of the boot image file . On the Summary page, click Next to add the image to Windows Deployment Services . When the import task is completed, click Finish .

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Windows 7 includes an installation image on the media . The installation image (Install .wim) can include multiple editions of Windows 7 . You can import one or more of these editions into Windows Deployment Services for deployment over the network .

script, VRKaddInstallImage.vbs, that demonstrates how to script the addition of installation images to Windows Deployment Services. a similar script, VRKListImages.vbs, demonstrates how to write a script that iterates install images. These scripts are samples only and should be customized to meet the specific needs of your deployment environment.

To import a Windows 7 install image, perform the following steps:

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Insert a Windows 7 DVD into the server s DVD-ROM drive or make an installation source available to the server over the network . Right-click the Install Images folder in the Windows Deployment Services management console and then click Add Image Group . Install Images is under Servers, server_name, where server_name is the name of the Windows Deployment Services server to which you re adding the installation image . Name the Image Group and then click OK . This creates a folder for image import . It also allows you to group similar images together for optimal use of disk space and security . Right-click Install Images and then click Add Install Image . Choose the Image Group you created in the previous steps and then click Next .

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