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Note: Imaging systems using ImageX is
not recommended for fully configured
systems which have special ACLs (e.g.
file access rights) or reparse points - you
are expected to use ImageX on
sysprep'ed images only.
The following are the issues when you
use the ImageX.exe tool as a backup
mechanism:
File extended attributes are lost.
The ImageX.exe tool only applies
reparse points that are symbolic
links or junctions.
Sparse files on the system are
captured and applied. However,
the sparse files are no longer
sparse after they have been
applied.
Object IDs on files are lost in the
capture process or in the apply
process.
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1 How to image a Microsoft Windows
system using a bootable WinPE USB drive
and ImageX
1.1 Requirements
1.2 Procedure
1.2.1 1. Install WAIK and create a
Windows PE folder
1.2.2 2. Make a bootable USB drive
1.2.3 3. Boot the target system and take
an image
1.2.4 4. Restoring an image
1.2.5 5. Connecting to the network
1.2.6 6. Preparing images for
duplication
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How to image a Microsoft Windows system using a
bootable WinPE USB drive and ImageX
ImageX allows you to take complete backup of a Microsoft Windows
volume and save the image to a file. You can then restore any system
with it's original image in just a few minutes.
Requirements
A Microsoft Windows system with a minimum of 3GB free disk space.
A USB flash memory drive or USB hard disk drive (a minimum of 1GB is
recommended).
RMPrepUSB
The Windows 7 Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
A utility that can mount an ISO file (such as the freeware utility 'Virtual
CloneDrive').
Procedure
1. Install WAIK and create a Windows PE folder
Using your personal Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 PC (not the target
system that you wish to image):
1. Download the Windows 7 WAIK ISO file (e.g. KB3AIK_EN.iso 1.7GB).
You must agree to the Terms and Conditions.
2. Download and install your ISO mount utility. (VirtualCloneDrive in this
example)
3. Double-click the WAIK.iso file. The WAIK Welcome window should
launch. If not, double-click StartCD.exe on the new drive letter in Explorer.
4. Install the .Net Framework Setup from the WAIK menu.
5. Install the MSXML 6 SP1 Setup from the WAIK menu.
6. Install the Windows AIK Setup from the WAIK menu.
7. Exit from the WAIK menu.
8. Click on Start Menu, All Programs, Microsoft Windows AIK, Deployment
Tools Command Prompt to open up a command prompt window.
9. Type copy ..\xS6\imagex.exe c:\ and press Enter.
10. Type COPYPE xS6 c:\peS6 and press Enter.
11.
Type copy c:\peS6\winpe.wim c:\peS6\ISO\sources\boot.wim and
press Enter.
12. Type copy c:\imagex.exe c:\peS6\ISO and press Enter.

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2. Make a bootable USB drive
1. Connect your USB drive to the USB port.
WARNING: All contents on the USB drive will be destroyed!
2. Double-click on RMPrepUSB.exe.
3. Set the following options:
SIZE = MAX (default)
VOLUME LABEL= WINPE (optional)
BOOT OPTIONS = WinPEv2 [BOOTMGR]
FILESYSTEM and OVERRIDES = FAT32 + HDD (Note: If you want to store
image files >2GB on the UFD use NTFS instead of FAT32)
COPY FILES = Tick it
Copy Folder = Type C:\peS6\ISO
4. Click on Prepare Drive.
5. The USB drive should now contain:
bootmgr
imagex.exe
\sources (Check whether the folder contains boot.wim)
\boot
\EFI
6. Now you can add any other files you wish to the USB drive.
7. When finished, click the RMPrepUSB Eject button.
3. Boot the target system and take an image
The following actions are performed on the target system (the one that you want to
take a backup of):
1. Connect the USB drive to the target computer's USB port.
2. Switch on the target computer and press the appropriate key to enter
the BIOS Setup menu. (eg F1, F2, DEL)
3. Check whether the Legacy USB support is enabled, and configure the
Boot Order so that the USB drive will boot first. Ensure that the BIOS USB-
ZIP mode setting is set to Fixed Disk and not Removable Disk (if available).
4. Save and Exit the BIOS menu. The target system should now boot to
the Windows WinPE environment from the USB drive.
5. To find the USB drive and hard disk drive letters - type NotePad,
then click on File, Open and click on the Computer icon. You can now see
how your hard disk volumes are lettered in WinPE. Assume that your USB
Flash drive has the letter F: and you wish to backup your C: drive in the
instructions below.
6. Exit from Notepad.
7. At the command prompt, type F:\image /cape c:
f:\mbackp.im "m commen hee" /nopfi /check
/eif and pe Ene.
8. When this is completed, a backup of the C: drive is available in the
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9. If, at a later date, you wish to take another backup, you can append
this to the previous backup as follows: imagex Jappend c:
f:\mybackup.wim "second backup" Jcheck Jverify Jnorpfix
Note: ImageX using single-instancing, so adding
subsequent similar images does not greatly increase the size of the .wim
file.
You can backup other volumes from the hard disk, by following the above procedure.
4. Restoring an image

1. Boot to WinPE from the USB drive
2. Format the target drive volume first (otherwise the existing files will still
remain). Eg Type format C:
3. Type imagex Japply f:\mybackup.wim 1 c: Jcheck Jverify
Note: If you want to restore the second backup that you made, replace
the 1 with 2 in the above command.
If needed, you can use DISKPART to partition and format a blank hard disk first as
follows.
DISKPART Js dpart.txt
where the file dpart.txt contains the lines:
LIS DISK
SEL DISK 0
CLEAN
CRE PAR PRI SIZE=100000 ALIGN=16065
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="MYDRIVE" quick
ASSIGN LETTER=J
ACTIVE
CRE PAR PRI ALIGN=16065
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="BACKUP" quick
ASSIGN LETTER=K
LIST VOL
SEL DISK 0
SEL PAR 1
LIST DISK
LIST PAR
DETAIL PAR
EXIT
In case of an XP image, type Bootsect Jnt52 J: or you may see a 'bootmgr is missing'
error when you attempt to boot the XP target system. The drive letters assigned in the
diskpart script above are used to prevent conflicts with existing volume letters. When
the system reboots, the active partition (J: in this example) will become drive C: and
the other partition (K:) will be given the D: drive letter.
Note: The ALIGN=16065 text portion is needed only to boot a 'pre-setup stage' XP
image (i.e. an image that will run Setup.exe or Setup32.exe when it boots). You can
usually omit this portion of text for most Windows images.
Bootsect.exe can be found in the WAIK, under Tools\PETools\x86.
Before you reboot the system, you can also make any small adjustments to the files on
the J: drive as you have direct access to these files (for instance, you could copy files
or folders to drive J: or K: or add a link to the Windows Startup folder so that a
program runs on first user log-in).
For instance, a simple prep.cmd script file to automatically install Windows XP image
onto a new hard drive in approx. 5 minutes from a bootable WinPE USB flash memory
pen drive would be as simple as:
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diskpart /s dpart.txt
imagex /apply mybackup.wim 1 J:
bootsect /nt52 J:
echo Finished! - Press a key to reboot
pause>nul
wpeutil reboot
If you have problems booting to Windows 7 or Vista, you may have problems with
the BCD. Boot to WinPE and use bcdedit Jenum Jv to view the BCD settings. To fix
BCD boot issues, you can use the following procedure:
1. del C:\boot\bcd
2. bootrec /RebuildBcd
Now test it to see if that worked - if not repeat step 1 and then skip to step 3
onwards...
3. bcdedit.exe /createstore c:\boot\bcd.temp
4. bcdedit.exe /store c:\boot\bcd.temp /create {bootmgr} /d "Windows Boot Manager"
5. bcdedit.exe /import c:\boot\bcd.temp
6. bcdedit.exe /set {bootmgr} device partition=C:
7. bcdedit.exe /timeout 10
8. del c:\boot\bcd.temp
Now we have a clean, working bootloader. But we need to add a Vista/Win7 entry
to it:
9. bcdedit.exe /create /d "Windows Vista" /application osloader
use "Windows Vista2 or "Windows 7" as appropriate
bcdedit.exe should return a message with a GUID for the newly-created entry,
something like this:
The entry {c0dfc4fa-cb21-11dc-81bf-005056c00008} was successfully
created.
You'll need to use the value that bcdedit.exe returned for you below, along with the
drive letter for the drive that Windows is installed to:
10. bcdedit.exe /set /set {default} device partition=c:
11. bcdedit.exe /set {default} osdevice partition=c:
12. bcdedit.exe /set {bootmgr} device partition=c:
13. bcdedit.exe /set {c0dfc4fa-cb21-11dc-81bf-005056c00008} path
\Windows\system32\winload.exe
14. bcdedit.exe /set {c0dfc4fa-cb21-11dc-81bf-005056c00008} systemroot \Windows
And, last of all, tell the Vista/Win7 bootloader to boot the new entry by default:
15. bcdedit.exe /displayorder {c0dfc4fa-cb21-11dc-81bf-005056c00008}
16. bcdedit.exe /default {c0dfc4fa-cb21-11dc-81bf-005056c00008}
Tip: Right-Click on the top-left command shell window icon and select Mark, then
highlight the GUID in returned in step 8 and press {Enter}. The use the same icon to
paste the GUID into the command line for step 9 and then use {UP-ARROW} to edit
the command line for the next commands.
5. Connecting to the network
WinPE can connect to a network. You can then save and restore images directly from
a network folder or your own computer. Check the example procedure given below:
In the example, we will connect to a shared folder on Fred's Windows XP office
computer named 'FredsPC'. The read/write shared folder that Fred has made on his
office PC has been named 'sharefld' and Fred is on the 'mydomain' network and has a
username of 'freddy' and a password of 'mypassword'.
1. Connect an Ethernet cable and boot to WinPE from the USB drive
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prepared earlier.
2. Type IPCONFIG Jall and check whether you have the valid IP
address (not 192.168.1.1).
3. If valid IP addresses are not listed, your WinPE operating system does
not contain the correct drivers. To rectify this, copy the correct Windows 7
network driver files (INF/CAT/SYS etc) to your WinPE USB drive, e.g. to the
folder F:\NETPE. Then on the target system, type drvload
F:\NETPE\xxxxxx.inf (where xxxxxx.inf is the name of your driver inf
file). Note that all driver files should be present (including xxxxx.inf,
xxxxx.cat and xxxxx.sys). Wait for one minute and then type ipconfig
Jall again. You can also try typing netcfg -winpe to re-initialise the
network stack.
4. Type IPCONFIG and check whether you have the correct Default
Gateway and DNS Suffix listed.
5. To connect to a network share folder, type
NET USE N: \\FredsPC\sharefld JU:mydomain\freddy press Enter,
and when prompted for the password type mypassword.
6. You can now use the N: drive to keep your WIM image files and even
backup to the network or restore from the network.

6. Preparing images for duplication
If you want to use the Windows image on another computer, you must first prepare
the operating system for duplication before you image it. This is because the
computer name and Domain Security IDs are contained in the image. The normal way
to remove these identifying values is to use the Sysprep tool.
For XP systems, you must acquire the correct version of Sysprep.exe from
the XP installation CD - see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577 for
details and use the Reseal button. C:\Sysprep\sysprep.inf controls what
happens on first user boot.
For Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems, Sysprep.exe is already in the
operating system. C:\Windows\System32\Panther\Unattend\Unattend.xml
and C:\Windows\System32\Oobe\Oobe.xml control what happens on first
user boot. Ensure you remove all other instances of unattend.xml
from all drives (including your USB drive if it is attached when you boot the
OS after sysprepping.)
Please research on the Internet for more information about Sysprep.
Tip: When you first boot to a new operating system, the first Windows Welcome
screen will be displayed (called the OOBE or Out-of-Box-Experience). If you
pressCTRL+SHIFT+F3 at this point, you will be asked if you want to go into Audit
Mode. In Audit Mode you can install software and generally prepare the OS for
duplication, without creating any user accounts. When you have finished configuring
the system, click on the reseal/OOBE button on the sysprep window to shutdown the
system (for Vista/Win7 choose OOBE+Generalize). You can then image it using
ImageX as above. After imaging, allow the system to boot to test out the image on
the hard disk. If it is not successful, restore the image and then use the CTRL-SHIFT-
F3 key combination to enter Audit Mode again and fix any issue.
Editing the contents of a WIM file
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Using the WAIK, you can mount the backup that you have made to a folder on your
office hard disk and then edit the files in that folder which directly edits the image. In
this way you can make small adjustments to the image contents (eg moving, deleting,
adding or editing files), without needing to boot the target system, make the changes
and then re-capture the image. This can be done as follows:
1. On the 'office' system, launch the WAIK command shell (right-click -
run as administrator) window using the Start Menu. Close all other cmd and
Explorer windows.
2. Type mkdir c:\mount to create an empty folder
3. Type dism JMount-Wim Jwimfile:C:\mybackup.wim Jindex:1
JMountdir:C:\mount
4. You can now use Windows Explorer to edit the image which you will
find at C:\Mount. Note: If using Windows XP, you are advised to hold down
the SHIFT key when deleting files or folders in the image.
5. When finished, commit the changes using the command: dism
JUnmount-Wim JMountDir:C:\mount Jcommit
Note: If you do not want to keep the changes, use Jdiscard instead
of Jcommit.
Read the WAIK .chm help files for more information.
Tip: I would recommend you always use the Jcheck Jverify switches with
ImageX. Some BIOSes have bugs which can cause wim file or restored file
corruption - you have been warned!
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