ImageW
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Overview
ImageWÂ is a x86 and x64 imaging tool from Terabyte Unlimited licensed through Landesk. ImageW is a program for creating and restoring images of partitions or disks. Under the licensing through Landesk, it can be used both within Landesk or outside of Landesk and is therefor a great alternative to Norton Ghost
Usage
ImageW has both a robust GUI and many command line options. Read through the Users Guide linked below for a complete list of the command line options. The GUI will also provide you with the equivalent command line at the last screen before you start the imaging process. Images can be created or restored manually using the GUI, or automated using the command line. Below are some examples of
Examples
The following templates should not be used by other departments before modification - they are provided as examples of how to create your own. They often use accounts and shares specific to OIT. Instead, groups interested in using similar templates should make a copy of them and modify the template to use the appropriate accounts and shares for their department.
Manually creating an image using WinPE - The linked page explains how to manually create image using the Landesk WinPE bootable environment
Example 1 - Backup hard drive
OIT - BackupHardDrive PUBLIC - This template is designed to be run from within WinPE. It maps an OIT specific network share to the letter Z:\, then creates and image with a file name based on the computer name and time the image was taken.
The command line used for backing up the image is:
imagew.exe /b /d:w0 /f:"Z:\images\%ldHostname%-$~YYYY$-$~MM$-$~DD$-$~HHMM$.TBI" /v
Example 2 - Imaging machine with provisioning template
OIT-ProvisioningTemplate-Windows7-v3.1 PUBLIC - This template is OIT's primary template for imaging and configuring new computers. In performs many tasks to automate the process of building a new computer (such as installing software, joining the domain, etc) but it also restores an imageW file to the computer. The command line used for restoring the image from a network drive mapped to the letter Z is:
imagew.exe /r /o /d:0 /rb:0 /f:"Z:\PR\OIT\win7_oobe_fulldrive.TBI" /x
Additional Tools
TBI Viewer - TBI Viewer lets you open .TBI images created with ImageW and extract specific files or folders
PHYLock - PHYLock is a utility that lets you capture an image while Windows is running. In most cases, this is not necessary and ImageW should just be run from WinPE
Additional Documentation
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