Create the Images

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Create the Images

To create the Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 2008r2, Windows 8, Windows 2012 ImageX images, proceed as follows:

Install the operating system (Windows 2008r2, Windows 8, Windows 2012, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7) for the model computer and add all service packs needed for the installation.
The system drive for the installation should be drive C: and the file system type should be NTFS.

It is recommended not to install any further applications. Because OSIM will also install a DSM Software Delivery agent, this should be left to Software Delivery.
When the installation of the model computer is complete, apply sysprep there:
- Create the directory C:\sysprep
- Copy the files sysprep.exe and setupcl.exe into this directory.
The files can be extracted from the cab file
```
SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB 
```
on the OS installation CD.

(This step is not necessary for Windows Vista and Windows 2008: Just call:
```
c:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe)
```
There are small differences between Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 2008r2, Windows 8, Windows 2012.

Please consult the sysprep-documentation .

Note: Service packs could include new versions of sysprep, which must be used when the service pack has been applied.

(This step is not necessary for Windows Vista because it includes already:
```
c:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe)
```
Run sysprep on the model computer.
- For Windows XP, or Windows 2003:
  Open Start, Run, execute
```
c:\sysprep\sysprep.exe -mini -reseal -quiet 
```
- For Windows Vista and Windows 7, Windows 2008r2, Windows 8, Windows 2012:
  Open Start, Run and execute.
  Then:
```
cd c:\windows\system32\sysprep
```
  and call
```
sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /quiet /shutdown
```
Important! After system shutdown, do not restart the computer from hard disk!
Insert the bootable Windows PE CD and boot the target from CD.
Mount the IPS share, for example:
```
“net use v: \\IPS-system\mytarget
```
and change to the target subdirectory.

Execute the ImageX or Ghost client.
Provide an ImageX or GHOST image of the system partition, for example,
```
winxpsp2.wim 
```
in the target subdirectory on the share.

Note: GHOST cannot be used for Windows 2008 and VISTA.

Note: If you use the ImageX tools to provision Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and additional language packages are required to be added to the installation, then the boot image used must be derived from the version 2 AIK SDK (WinPE 3.0). If a WinPE 2.0 image is used, the language pack install fails because there is no pkgmgr.exe available on WinPE 2.0 boot images.

Note: Enabling BitLocker drive encryption during OSIM provisioning is not supported on Windows Server 2008 editions. The BitLocker option appears (with no value) during OS image creation due to definition files that are common with Windows 7 imaging.