Capturing Windows 7 image using MDT 2013 Step by Step guide
In previous MDT post we deploy fresh operating systems like windows 7 , windows 8.1 now in this post we are going to capture an existing window 7 with office 2010 installed i have an windows 7 installed system and also i have Microsoft office 2010 installed on this system you can install more software as per your requirements for this example i have office 2010 now we are going to capturing windows 7 image using MDT 2013 with software installed on the reference system
MDT 2013 Capture Image Windows 7
Benefits of this capturing is that first we install an operating system with all required drivers and software than we are going to capture it then we deploy this captured image it will save our lots of time to installed drivers and software one by one on several systems
I have one PC on which windows 7 with MS office 2010 installed
First we have to create a task sequence for sysprep and capture to capture windows 7
Open MDT deployment workbench right click on task sequence select New Task Sequence
When new task sequence wizard open at General settings enter Task sequence ID and Task sequence name then click next
From select template window select Sysprep and Capture template
Select OS at OS selection window it will not affect your capturing you can select any OS
Select option Do not specify product key at this time then click next
At OS settings window type Full name and Organization name then click next
Type local admin password or select do not specify admin password at this time click next
See summary then click next
When process complete click on finish
We had created Sysprep an Capture task sequence for Capturing Windows 7 image using MDT 2013 now we are going to update our deployment share so that this task sequence available for use
Right click on MDT deployment share then click on update deployment share
Click next
Click next
When deployment share updated click on finish
Now it’s time to capture window 7 go to window 7 PC then go to run type your deployment share address to access deployment share then click OK
When deployment share open go to script folder run LiteTouch script
From task sequence window select Capture windows task sequence which we had created
Specify location where you want to save captured image
Type admin user name password and domain name here then click next
When ready click on begin to continue
Task sequence execute Sysprep
After Sysprep window 7 pc will restart after that MDT create WIM
When capturing windows 7 image using mdt 2013 complete you will see a message completed successfully click on finish windows 7 capture is complete
In this post we captured an existing installed windows 7 image with MDT 2013 in the next post we are going to install this captured window 7 image using MDT 2013
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Man, this is SO much better than capturing an image using WDS, with their stupid network drivers that have to be injected in every image. I work in a pretty small company where I only have to install like 6 laptops in a month, so i’m totally gonna try this, and after that make a offline installation of the .wim file on a usb stick to install the other laptops, thanks!!
Hi, I am trying to make a capture. But have some troubles. I have opened Lite Touch.vbs -> made a choice in Task Sequence menu, but after clicking Next button, there is no choice Capture Image. Just Credentials. Where could be a problem? Thank you
Problem solved.
Just change the CustomSettings.ini and Bootstrap.ini files for your deployment share to this values:
CustomSettings.ini
[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty
[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES
SkipCapture=NO
SkipAdminPassword=YES
SkipProductKey=YES
BootStrap.ini:
[Settings]
Priority=Default
[Default]
DeployRoot=\\SEA-DC1\DeploymentShare$
Maybe I’m noob but where are you finding these?
Ran issue at running the LiteTouch.vbs script
Process stops when it’s trying to sysprep the donor PC.
Error describes that the PC from where I run the script (the donor PC) is part of the domain and that sysprep can’t run on a PC that is part of the domain.
Do you have any feedback on this on how to fix this?
Hi Radu,
You can not capture PC that is part of domain first unjoin domain than start capture.