Capturing Custom Images

Windows Deployment Services can deploy more than just default images from the Windows 7 media. You can also create custom boot images and install images and then import them into Windows Deployment Services for automated distribution. Chapter 9 describes how to create custom Windows PE boot images. After creating a custom image, you can import it using the instructions in the section titled Importing Images earlier in this chapter.

To create a custom installation image for Windows Deployment Services, you must install an existing image on a reference computer, customize the reference computer as desired by adding drivers and applications, and then capture an image of the reference computer. Image capture is a two-step process. ...

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