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 The LANDesk OSD and Provisioning module is imaging tool agnostic and can be used with a with a wide variety of imaging tools.  You may use whichever tool you are familiar with, provided you have approach licensing.  

Imaging tools

  • ImageW
    • ImageW is sector-based imaging tool (like Ghost) that comes bundled and licensed with LANDesk.  It is the recommended method for capturing and deploying images.
  • LANDesk:Norton GhosGhostt
    • Norton Ghost can also be used to capture and deploy images with LANDesk, provided you have appropriate licensing.  Historically, Norton Ghost has been used at Tufts since most technicians are familiar with using Ghost as an imaging tool
  • ImageX
    • ImageW is a file-based imaging tool from Microsoft.  It can also be used to capture and deploy images using LANDesk; It uses the .wim file format. It is distributed as part of the free Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
    ImageW
    • ImageW is sector-based imaging tool (like Ghost) that comes bundled and licensed with LANDesk.  It is the recommended method for capturing and deploying images.