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Microsoft image across many devices

Posted on 10/25/16 at 12:35 pm
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10007 posts
Posted on 10/25/16 at 12:35 pm
I am using Acronis True Image 2017 to make an image of Windows 10 on a Lenovo ideacentre stick 300. I need to load this image onto roughly 64 devices for a work conference in Austin.

What would be the fastest way to do this besides loading the software onto each computer one at a time and installing the image?
Posted by FuzzyBearE
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2016
449 posts
Posted on 10/25/16 at 12:39 pm to
You could use a hard drive duplicator - but they aren't cheap.

Drive Duplicator
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10007 posts
Posted on 10/25/16 at 12:51 pm to
Too expensive of a solution, but I appreciate it.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
33850 posts
Posted on 10/25/16 at 1:09 pm to
quote:

What would be the fastest way to do this besides loading the software onto each computer one at a time and installing the image?


Load the image to a bunch of thumb drives.
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10007 posts
Posted on 10/26/16 at 10:25 am to
A far as I could tell, these compusticks aren't able to boot from usb. They are a pain.

I ended up having to disable some security in the UEFI first and then formatting boot drive to FAT32. This allowed me to use Clonezilla and image multiple devices at a time.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43296 posts
Posted on 10/26/16 at 12:24 pm to
Can you set up a server and have the thin clients PXE boot?

eta

Doesnt look like Acronis True Image supports PXE/network booting.. that's pretty shite.
This post was edited on 10/26/16 at 12:29 pm
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Member since Aug 2004
77923 posts
Posted on 10/26/16 at 12:29 pm to
Clonezilla
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10007 posts
Posted on 10/27/16 at 6:30 pm to
I went the clonezilla route.
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