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MDT: Imaging different hardware types?

  • We use numerous make and model of laptops in our research. To this point we've always used "ghost" to image them (w/ XP). Im wondering about the feasibility of using MDT instead. Would I need a separate image for each make / model or is there some way to generalize an installation so it will work on different types of hardware?

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    Yes, where you are is exactly where we were about two years ago. Jump head first into MDT and luxuriate in the freedom of the single image :-) You will need three tasks ideally (IMO - many people combine tasks 1 & 2) 1 build vanilla XP SP3 (then install all the software you want on this machine) 2 capture the 'reference' machine. 3 deploy the captured image to all other devices.

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Yes, the current thinking when using MDT is not to image them but to "deploy" them. A "deployment" consists of the base OS (thick or thin) + model specific drivers, plus any apps for the particular role you are deploying. Driver management can be as specific as you want. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2008/03/13/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-lite-touch-video-walk-through.aspx for a video walkthru of how to deploy a system with MDT

Jim B

To expand a little on http://serverfault.com/a/370558/111860 you can get driver packs that will help you out too. Dell put out drive packs on their http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/2065.dell-driver-cab-files-for-enterprise-client-os-deployment.aspx Also you can user http://driverpacks.net/ too.

Hugh

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