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[Dohnut]

I've used both VMWare and VirtualBox, and to be honest, I prefer VirtualBox.

My XP test I did a bit ago:
VM Software: Oracle's VirtualBox
1st V-HDD - NTFS XP Home installed
2nd V-HDD - Fat32, nothing installed

Acronis Home 2010 had no problem at all making the NTFS partition image. I checked the boxes to copy sector by sector and preserve the boot info, but left the one to copy blank sectors unchecked.

[ccuappz]

Hi again,

Is there any similar tool for creating a universal image for windows 7 too? An alternative to SPAT for W7?

Thanks

[Shirin Zaban]

SPAT can be used for windows 7 too.
But you should use that without drivers,you can read link below about that:

http://www.boot-land...showtopic=11033

shirin zaban

[Technotika]

I just HAD to try and so far it's worked brilliantly after restoring from ghost.

This is such a good thing to have....

2. Took me almost 3 hours to get my old sp2 cd installed and FULLY upated to latest sp3 etc on my test machine.

3. Less than 20 minutes to boot back into windows with ALL but 1 driver installed!!!!!

Cant wait to try this out on other machines - THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

THINGS TO MENTION
1.) I used a PRE slipstreamed ISO (with some drivers) to install windows first time round and that never completed properly.....
so if you having trouble make sure you use a CLEAN installer of XP SP1, 2 or 3.


Now to try the new 7 image !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ccuappz]

Here is good news:

- Yesterday new SkyDriver 11 was released.
- The new SPAT 6.0.7 is out too. It's called "SPAT 6.0.7 Final" .

[Technotika]

+1. I'll be grabbing those. Class. Hope there easy to find.

[ccuappz]

You can find it here too.

http://gostep.info/d...rs-11-full.html

[Technotika]

With these new drivers got a lot of errors with missing files where as with earlier versions was ok. Testing for real on third party machine so will let you know!

[ccuappz]

With these new drivers got a lot of errors with missing files where as with earlier versions was ok. Testing for real on third party machine so will let you know!

I tried it only on VM so far. But I'm gonna deploy it in other systems in a couple of days too. It would be great if you tell us your findings and opinion about this new driver pack.

P.S I put SPAT in desktop but after deployment it wasn't deleted from desktop.
Is copying it to sysprep folder the right way?

[M4ctrann5]

Hi

Ok, everything is fine, i like your tutorials , but i have a question.. where can i find those executable files (ComputerRename.exe and SupersrsFinisher.exe) ... i did a research but couldnt find anything.. just some japanese websites.. lol

ill wait for your response
Good bye , keep up the good job

[ccuappz]

but i have a question.. where can i find those executable files (ComputerRename.exe and SupersrsFinisher.exe)

I don't know what they are used for, but here you can find it in one RAR file.
Linky

[Technotika]

I deployed to a laptop yesterday "HP6325" and it behaved in the same way as on my tests.

Maybe 15/20 prompts along the lines of "this driver blah blah hasnt been certified by microsoft" do you want to install it anyway YES or NO. Also a few missing file errors aswell. I never got any of that with the older versions?

After a lot of "yessing" about, the image went down fine and there were NO driver's left to install. However although everything seemed fine I am still bit concerned. The guy who I did this for will be in later so I'm sure he'll tell me any problems.

Still impressed with 25 mins for sp3 FULLY uptodate with antiv and basic softwares. Brilliant.

I'm having a lot of ideas about this.

PS. When I was preparing this image I first tried Microsoft Security Essentials as a nice bit of antiv for "a customer" to get started with. It told me SPAT was a virus and completely broke the sysprep process!!!!???

[M4ctrann5]

I don't know what they are used for, but here you can find it in one RAR file.
Linky

Thanks you were very fast , I appreciate your help. See ya

[M4ctrann5]

Hello

I tried this method and it worked fine. I just have a question... i wonder if this software (SPAT) has te ability to detect the HAL to the destination computer.

You know, sometimes i get older computers (pentium 3 or so) and it would be great if i just had to have one Image working with different HAL.

Thanks

[maanu]

it already has this functionality by default. just try it on different systems.

[ccuappz]

Maybe 15/20 prompts along the lines of "this driver blah blah hasnt been certified by microsoft" do you want to install it anyway YES or NO. Also a few missing file errors aswell. I never got any of that with the older versions?

What version of SPAT did you use?

The 6.0.7.0 Final was not automatically deleted (a bug IMO). I think your problem is about driver signing which SPAT should have taken care of too.
I tried latest SPAT+latest driver pack on VM. I saw just a prompt. It was about VM driver which the source had a newer dll file than the driver pack. No driver signing nags.
Please let us know your other experiences if you have other deployments too. I'm almost finished with my VM now and have to deploy it very soon. Thanks in advance.

[Technotika]

I used the latest after you kindly posted the links to the new releases 6.0.0.7 And Sky 11?

[ccuappz]

Well SPAT 6.0.7 definitely removed some items in autorun. I reverted back to 6 Beta 5 and all is good now. (I'm still testing in VM)

[ccuappz]

JFYI the new updated SkyDrivers XP Plus 11 full is out now.

[Technotika]

i'm getting reports as of SPAT (all versions) as a virus?????????????????

avg
mse
nod32
kaspersky

Do you? Must be false pos, better be or I'm in troube!

[Shirin Zaban]

Hi all

Just for information:
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The SkyDrivers 11 that is downloaded by some users needs some fixes befor using that.
you can download fixes from links below:

Fixes for SkyDrivers 11 Lite version
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Intet.7z (17.257 MB)
http://www.mediafire...nywo7de827xrdmm

Nividia.7z (14.257 MB)
http://www.mediafire...63tr24ggi7q8i7v

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Fix for Full package of SkyDrivers 11
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Nividia.7z (29.99 MB)
http://www.mediafire...ci71zhbjf2dsb9j

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Fix for Notebook.7z (6.16 MB) for full and lite version of SkyDrivers 11
http://www.mediafire...4djgok5j4j4n3jt
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And fixed SkyDrivers XP Plus 11 full (183.01 MB) "SkyDrivers 11 XP Plus 24/07/2010"

http://www.mediafire...mcpxjehvb79j13c

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@Technotika

Look at post #24in link below (Thanks teehard):

http://www.boot-land...?...20&start=20

shirin zaban

[ccuappz]

Tried the newest full version, just like the previous version (Jul/19/2010) it showed a message during driver installation that disappeared without user interaction, it said something about "sysprep" and "easy sysprep" in chinese.
The image is working fine though, still testing on VM.

Apart from this, I personally think SPAT beta 5 is better than 6.0.7.9 .
The Final 6.0.7.9 removes some items in autorun section. Can somebody confirm?

TIA

[vazurahan]

Will this work on FOG PROJECT NETWORK IMAGING TOOL?

It uses PartImage for cloning.

[maanu]

Will this work on FOG PROJECT NETWORK IMAGING TOOL?

It uses PartImage for cloning.

yes

[M4ctrann5]

Hi

Thank you shirin zaban for this tutorial, I did several tests, and everything worked perfect. Also, i used this for windows 7 Spanish and English Version, and yep, you made my life easier with this. Thank you again. Goodbye