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Cloning a PC

  • 10-07-2006 9:29am
    #1
    skorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭


    I have 8 new Dell PC's here.
    All are gonna need the same software, printers ..... installed on them.
    Is it a good idea to install everything on one PC and clone it onto all the others using something like Symantec's Norton Ghost?
    Will this even work or should I stop being lazy and just do them 1 by 1?


Comments

  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    As long as all are absolutely identical, there should be no problem with that.


  • #3
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    why waste days of tedious installation when you can do it all in a few hours


  • #4
    TomCo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭TomCo


    Lads here in work charge €200 a pop to re-install a stored clone :D

    The amount of cash I see wasted every day is crazy.


  • #5
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    Definatly clone.


  • #6
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    ghost works flawlessly on identical machines, i use ghost 20 times a day in work


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  • #7
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Be sure to sysprep the image first before deployment. Resets the SID (Security Identifer) and allows you to input the correct licence key, assuming you aren't using a volume\corporate licence.

    You can somtimes get away without sysprep, but its better to be safe than sorry IMO. For one, you may have validation\WGA issues further down the line, not to mention all the computers will have the same NetBIOS name. Not a major issue, but another one that you can prevent by using sysprep.

    Sysprep


  • #8
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    eMachines use the same damn image on every pc my friends one even hasall this freeserve **** built in the internet explorer is provided by freeserve even it makes thge net go through there proxy


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