Re: Need solution recommends, for PC "imaging", prefer from the i

Dave

Not exactly the thing you might be looking at, but an app called nlite can put together an installation with the options you want to use - as well as add things like Media Player and the latest fixes up to the date you run it. I used it to create an installation image that gave me 3 partitions on a new machine - took a lot of dancing to do it - and I was able to put Program Files on the D: drive and Documents and Settings on the E: drive

I think this is used often to have a standard installation with only what you want, with the settings you want. You can even leave off Solitaire!

One general term or subset for this technique is slip-streaming windows hot fixes

HTH
Vern

Dave Odom wrote:

Here I'm speaking of keeping the PC master image on the i, so I don't think this is a PCTECH forum problem. Like we used to do from mainframes in the mid '80s... you keep the PC OS, programs, an "image" of a master PC system for say, regular users and one for power users, etc.. Then when, a person get's a new PC, they get their new PC "built" from the ground up for the type of user they are, from the i. I was hoping someone in the i community was doing it that way like we used to do from the mainframe. But, regardless of how you do it, I'd like your recommendation of software, processes (high level), etc., for doing this kind of work.
I'm NOT talking about making an image of the i5 DASD for backups or any reason.
Thanks,
Dave