I Have 30 Machines and I would like to deploy windows xp to all of them at once. How can I do it including all the programs i want to be installed at once?
Thanks
2006-09-06 23:36:38 · 5 answers · asked by Ndawula M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You can use MS RIS (Remote installation services) or get a copy of Norton Ghost. RIS is free, but Ghost is much easier to set up.
Ignore the guy above me. He's clueless. We deploy dozens of PC's and servers daily using Ghost or RIS.
2006-09-07 00:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can do a remote install and send it out to multiple machines. Either that or install it on one machine, if they're all the same and then ghost the image and install it that way. Takes a lot less time.
2006-09-06 23:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm
2 ways:
1st way:
- install winXP and necessary programs on your first machine. after installing these, make a image of your hard drive using Norton Ghost (your system HD now is about 800MB - 1.5Gig)
- burn the image in DVD including Norton Ghost
- copy/install the image the image on DVD on each machine
(note: all your pc's must have THE SAME specs)
2nd way:
- use "network boot" on your each pc.. activate "network boot" on CMOS on your motherboard
- install winXP on "network boot"
(note: you cannot install programs on "network boot" only win XP)
hope this helps
2006-09-07 00:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by ritziyap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have found that Symantec's Norton Ghost using "multicast" works very well to deploy to multiple units... first you have to do a build of the image you wish to deploy and then save it as an image.. its important to keep in mind that all systems should have predominately like hardware to avoid missing drivers or memory/storage issues. you will have to create boot disks for each system to connect to the multicast and ideally you should use sequential IP's on the boot disks to avoid IP conflicts ... its always smart to reserve that IP range for your use by excluding it from the DHCP pool.
2006-09-07 00:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by casurfwatcher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not, even with a server there will be a time period where the computer has no operating system, network communication will be impossible. Use XP Pro one at a time.
2006-09-06 23:46:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋