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Originally Posted by fritzi93
Your method seems...inefficient. Better to (in order of preference):
1) Image each machine after a clean install with everything configured and working properly. Archive the images. Then it's a simple matter of restoring the specific disk image each time. For example with Acronis or Ghost.
2) Develop your own custom unattended install disc, with all drivers, programs, etc., pre-configured:
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/
3) Even cloning each clean install and swapping drives would be better than a laborious re-install each and every time. Or have two drives in each machine, identical bootable clones. Change boot order and re-clone each time, turn and turn about. This would have the advantage of still booting up if one drive died.
And what's wrong with Monty's suggestion? [scratches head] Sure, one needs a clean install from time to time, but not THAT often. Or are you taking about hundreds of hours of uptime? I'd be more worried about a hard drive taking a crap.
I must be missing something.  |
Don't get me wrong I didn't say there was anything wrong with Montys suggestion or your own either, it makes sense that I am wasting time by doing it this way. Thanks for the link I will look into it and hopefully learn a faster way of reinstalling everything on my machines.