Hey,
At the High School I work at we are using Netware 6.5 as our N/OS and Zenworks 4.01ir7.
We have several different king of Windows XP Professional SP2 images, one image for each below:
1) Dell GX260
2)Dell GX280
3) Dell GX620
4) Dell Optiplex 170L
5) IBM Netvista Tye 6792
6) IBM Netvista Type 6578
7) Seanix Victoria
8) Tandex PIV
There are few other different vendors and model numbers as well but the above are the main ones.
Recently we got several Dell GX260 computers in and at the time we didn't have an image made for this model.
Because the Dell GX280 is similar (i.e. uses IDE hard drives), but it did have a different motherboard and chipset, I decided to try and drop the image from the Dell GX280 on to the Dell GX260.
The image did get dropped down, but when I booted up the Dell GX260 there were a lot of problems with it such as not being able to log into the network etc. I got all the drivers and INF files for the Dell GX 260 and ran them to match the Dell GX260 as the original image dropped down was from the Dell GX280 as mentioned above.
I decided to try and run a Windows XP Repair Install and there were still problems.
When I decided to do a full clean install on the Dell GX260 aall the problems I was having went away and everything worked great.
I know Windows XP uses a file called Hal.dll (hardware access layer).
Because my supervisor at the Board usually order all kinds of different computers (i.e. different motherboards, chipsets etc.) is there a way I could use a previous image made which has a different motherboard and chipset (i.e. Dell GX280) on to another computer with a different motherboard and chipset (i.e Dell GX260)?
If it is possible how would I go about doing this? Is there a program or something that would allow this?
The reason I wish the above was possible is to save valuable time. Building an image from scratch is very time consuming when you factor in all the configuration and applications needed on the image.
If it is possible to drop an image from one computer with a different motherboard and chipset on to another computer that has a different motherboard and chipset, all I would have to do is update the drivers and INF files, but as mentioned previously I wasn't successful at doing it.
Thanks for your time!
At the High School I work at we are using Netware 6.5 as our N/OS and Zenworks 4.01ir7.
We have several different king of Windows XP Professional SP2 images, one image for each below:
1) Dell GX260
2)Dell GX280
3) Dell GX620
4) Dell Optiplex 170L
5) IBM Netvista Tye 6792
6) IBM Netvista Type 6578
7) Seanix Victoria
8) Tandex PIV
There are few other different vendors and model numbers as well but the above are the main ones.
Recently we got several Dell GX260 computers in and at the time we didn't have an image made for this model.
Because the Dell GX280 is similar (i.e. uses IDE hard drives), but it did have a different motherboard and chipset, I decided to try and drop the image from the Dell GX280 on to the Dell GX260.
The image did get dropped down, but when I booted up the Dell GX260 there were a lot of problems with it such as not being able to log into the network etc. I got all the drivers and INF files for the Dell GX 260 and ran them to match the Dell GX260 as the original image dropped down was from the Dell GX280 as mentioned above.
I decided to try and run a Windows XP Repair Install and there were still problems.
When I decided to do a full clean install on the Dell GX260 aall the problems I was having went away and everything worked great.
I know Windows XP uses a file called Hal.dll (hardware access layer).
Because my supervisor at the Board usually order all kinds of different computers (i.e. different motherboards, chipsets etc.) is there a way I could use a previous image made which has a different motherboard and chipset (i.e. Dell GX280) on to another computer with a different motherboard and chipset (i.e Dell GX260)?
If it is possible how would I go about doing this? Is there a program or something that would allow this?
The reason I wish the above was possible is to save valuable time. Building an image from scratch is very time consuming when you factor in all the configuration and applications needed on the image.
If it is possible to drop an image from one computer with a different motherboard and chipset on to another computer that has a different motherboard and chipset, all I would have to do is update the drivers and INF files, but as mentioned previously I wasn't successful at doing it.
Thanks for your time!