Imaging using SMS 2003

[tramimaus]

hi, can anyone help me out?

I created a bootable Create Image CD via SMS 2003. Insert it into my target-laptop (running Win XP SP2), run the Image Capture on the target-laptop. Copied Sysprep into C:\sysprep. during the wizard, I put the image name, where the image is copied to, the admin password, etc. When I click finish on the last screen, Sysprep starts working, the laptop shuts down. When I boot up, it goes thru this mini setup (asking to agree to EULA, if I want to join the network, etc)... then it reboots, and when I reboot, that's it. Nothing happens. The image file doesnt get created on the network share.

the only change I see is, the laptop's C-drive got renamed to "SMS 2003 OSDFP". Any ideas?

thanks for any help!

-td

 

[VictorySabre]

It appears your PC did not boot up with the Image Capture CD.

Before you run the Image Capture CD, make sure the BIOS setting for your laptop is set to boot up from CD before hard drive.

So after you've created your master PC and run the Image Capture CD, the PC will perform the reboot. During the reboot, if the PC doesn't boot up into CD-ROM automatically and a prompt is asking you to press any key to boot from CD, do so.

Then after that, the image capture will proceed automatically.

 

[tramimaus]

HI,

thanks for the advice. I did put the settings in the BIOS to boot from the CD first. It somehow just run the mini-setup and then booted up in regular Win XP. Now when I try to run the Capture Image CD on that target laptop again, it gives me an SMS 2003 error "Failed to change administrator password. Change password length policy to allow blank password".

any ideas? Please help!

Thanks!