Re: Windows XP Disk Imaging Advice

From: Dan Walker (danjwalker_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 12/29/04

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    Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:38:55 -0000

    ghost may do you a deal as you are non profit. i work in a school and each
    ghost licence just cost me about £8 each.

    "Nick Payne" <nickDOTpayne@internodeDOTonDOTnet> wrote in message
    news:%23kVedO05EHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
    > We use RIS on a network with about 4500 workstations. If you have a 2000
    > or 2003 server then implementing it costs you nothing extra except some
    > time. If you have a dogs breakfast of hardware types then you may need
    > quite a few different images.
    >
    > I also have it running on my test network at home with two workstations...
    >
    > Nick
    >
    > "Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:DA3D59AE-1826-437D-826D-495F966A9996@microsoft.com...
    >> I'm looking for any feedback on how sys admins are doing this. I have a
    >> network of around 60 workstations and would like to start using some kind
    >> of
    >> disk imaging technology to help the speed of rebuilding desktops.
    >>
    >> I have looked at Ghost, v2i and they both seem to do what I want, but
    >> they
    >> are a little expensive and I'm not sure how good they will perform as the
    >> network is a real mixture of hardware (nothing is the same!). I work for
    >> a
    >> non profit community group and cost is a big issue.
    >>
    >> Is there any other tools or methods that might help me, also any war
    >> stories
    >> on the above mentioned tools?
    >
    >

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