Tag Archives: Image

MacOS – Creating a clean initial image

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

To create a “clean” image – Basic goal – you don’t want anything except the basic MacOS installed. So be certain that the mac serial number is not scoped to a JAMF pre-stage enrollment. You don’t want JAMF to install … Continue reading →

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Mac – 10.13.4 – Wipe and clean install of OS

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

On a mac that is already running 10.13.4 and that has an APFS drive you can wipe the drive and reinstall the OS without having to boot to anything external, external drive or netboot. Get the MacOS 10.13.4 (or better) … Continue reading →

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Windows – Creating a Sysprep answer file

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

Sysprep allows you to image a customized windows installation and “clone” that to other similar systems.  It is described in detail by Microsoft at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep–system-preparation–overview I have always used sysprep answer files when using sysprep. The process to create these … Continue reading →

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Mac High Sierra – Imaging APFS formatted disks

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Back when High Sierra (MacOS 10.13) was coming out we were all told that disk imaging would be dead because of the new APFS disk format.  And, while It is true that you can not/should not apply a High Sierra … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 – Imaging with DSIM GUI

Posted on July 18, 2016 by

Reports are that ImageX is deprecated in favor of the newer DSIM tools in windows 8 and above. Here is a link to a DSIM GUI: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vdism/

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Windows 10 – Prepare a system for cloning/Imagining with CopyProfile

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

My steps to prepare a Windows 10 system for cloning/imaging with COPYPROFILE: Note: I make no claim that this is the recommended Microsoft way, I can only say this process worked for me! I used a clean install on a … Continue reading →

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Image Build – Mac – AFP location files for each graduating class

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Students have network file space on our Achilles server based on their graduating year.  I presently provide links to these locations in a common area on the Mac image. in /Library/Application Support/Williams/Network File Space/Achilles are a series of .afloc files … Continue reading →

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Software – Google Chrome for All Users

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

To install Google Chrome on an image for All users see the post at: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/118663?hl=en

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KeyServer – Client specific files that should not be included in cloned image

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Before Capturing any master image be sure to delete these files: (For details see: http://www.sassafras.com/hrl/7.0/clone.html ) The following is from the above link … Windows file list The following files and directories should NOT be copied from one computer to … Continue reading →

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BootCamp – Imaging windows with winclone

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Using a lab windows image on a dual boot mac — Prepare a base windows image in Dell hardware and sysprep Take an image with KACE/Ghost but don’t allow drive to boot after With ghost you need to uncheck “Reboot” … Continue reading →

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