WHY use SYSPREP ? ? ?

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For over 5 years I have been building & Ghosting PC's for our network.
>From Windows 2000 to Windows XP PRO, and I have never used SYSPREP.
I know since NT came out I have to use a floppy with cloneing that has
the IDE drivers.
This is the only way you can clone from one PC's to another that are
not alike.
But I have never has to use a SYSPREP procedure to get my PC's to work
on the network.

So why is it needed?

Terry
PC/Network Technician
Dallas Texas

 

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<terry75115@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> For over 5 years I have been building & Ghosting PC's for our network.
> From Windows 2000 to Windows XP PRO, and I have never used SYSPREP.
> I know since NT came out I have to use a floppy with cloneing that has
> the IDE drivers.
> This is the only way you can clone from one PC's to another that are
> not alike.
> But I have never has to use a SYSPREP procedure to get my PC's to work
> on the network.

> So why is it needed?

Its got some advantages with bulk cloning to a variety of different
hardware, just a bit easier to get the clone up on a particular machine.

The repair install is obviously easy enough to do but it isnt that fast.
And that speed can matter if you are cloning enough at one time etc.

 

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Hello Terry

Can you elaborate on how exactly do you copy one image to another computer.
What do you mean by "From Windows 2000 to Windows XP PRO"?

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<terry75115@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1120240547.306731.86150@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> For over 5 years I have been building & Ghosting PC's for our network.
>>From Windows 2000 to Windows XP PRO, and I have never used SYSPREP.
> I know since NT came out I have to use a floppy with cloneing that has
> the IDE drivers.
> This is the only way you can clone from one PC's to another that are
> not alike.
> But I have never has to use a SYSPREP procedure to get my PC's to work
> on the network.
>
> So why is it needed?
>
> Terry
> PC/Network Technician
> Dallas Texas
>