Hi, I am currently having some issues with WDS 2003 and capturing a Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) machine.
The server is running Windows 2003 SP2 Standard with WDS installed, I am currently able to deploy Windows XP images without any issues fully automated.
Firstly I added a boot image (boot.wim) for Windows 7 Professional from the /sources directory in the WDS MMC console
Then I created a capture image by right clicking the previously added boot image in the WDS MMC and choosing create capture image.
I then setup my reference computer with Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) with drivers, applications etc.
I then ran sysprep from c:\windows\system32, sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown
I then booted via the network card and selected my Capture Image created earlier from the WDS menu.
Initially I was unable to see a 'Volume To Capture' in the drop-down box, so I did a SHIFT + F10 and ran DISKPART then lis dis . Sure enough, it appeared that the mass storage controller drivers needed to be loaded, as the volume wasn't listed.
I then ran drvload xyz.inf to load the mass storage drivers from my USB HDD. The drivers successfully loaded, I then ran DISKPART again and then rescan .
The RAID volume was then visible, however the volume to capture drop-down box is still blank. I'm not sure where I'm going wrong here, as this works perfectly fine when capturing Windows XP on the same hardware. It looks like sysprep worked successfully as when I exit WDS and allow the machine to boot up the sysprep process goes through fine.
Any ideas? As I'd really like to be able to deploy Windows 7 machines.
Regards
Chris
The server is running Windows 2003 SP2 Standard with WDS installed, I am currently able to deploy Windows XP images without any issues fully automated.
Firstly I added a boot image (boot.wim) for Windows 7 Professional from the /sources directory in the WDS MMC console
Then I created a capture image by right clicking the previously added boot image in the WDS MMC and choosing create capture image.
I then setup my reference computer with Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) with drivers, applications etc.
I then ran sysprep from c:\windows\system32, sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown
I then booted via the network card and selected my Capture Image created earlier from the WDS menu.
Initially I was unable to see a 'Volume To Capture' in the drop-down box, so I did a SHIFT + F10 and ran DISKPART then lis dis . Sure enough, it appeared that the mass storage controller drivers needed to be loaded, as the volume wasn't listed.
I then ran drvload xyz.inf to load the mass storage drivers from my USB HDD. The drivers successfully loaded, I then ran DISKPART again and then rescan .
The RAID volume was then visible, however the volume to capture drop-down box is still blank. I'm not sure where I'm going wrong here, as this works perfectly fine when capturing Windows XP on the same hardware. It looks like sysprep worked successfully as when I exit WDS and allow the machine to boot up the sysprep process goes through fine.
Any ideas? As I'd really like to be able to deploy Windows 7 machines.
Regards
Chris