Deploy WDS XP/pre-Vista/7 images using WDS
You can use the WDS capture utility to deploy XP or any other pre-Vista Windows images using WDS.
More information in the WDS whitepaper here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1393400&SiteID=17
See chapter ‘working with images‘, ‘Deploying Earlier Versions of Windows‘.
1. Install XP to a reference computer
2. On the server, add a boot image and create a ‘capture image’
3. sysprep the reference computer. Reboot it to download the ‘capture image’ from the WDS server
4. Follow the instructions to upload the XP image from the reference computer to the server
One key challenge is that XP images are HAL-dependent, so you’ll need multiple images for deploying to computers with different HALs.
WDS in Windows Server 2003:
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WDS 2003 Step by Step Guide – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66145
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Deploying and Managing the Windows Deployment Services Update on Windows Server 2003 – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81031
WDS in Windows Server 2008
You can download this content at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89381, or you can browse it using the following links:
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WDS 2008 Step by Step Guide – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=84628
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Deployment content – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81873
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Technical Reference content – http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/80e4c10d-bb4b-4337-81dd-aa98fe6db7351033.mspx?mfr=true
Moving default image store in WDS
source: http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-deployment/197581-moving-default-image-store-wds.html
You can move the drive and files from a command prompt:
C:\> wdsutil /uninitialize-server
Move the remoteinstall directory to another drive.
C:\> wdsutil /initialize-server /reminst:drive\remoteinstall