Use ImageX to capture a Windows 7 Image

In the EARLIER post we showed you how to create WinPE boot disk to capture the Windows 7 reference machine. Now we will discuss the steps to be used to capture the reference machine using ImageX.

1.       Configure Windows 7 the reference machine as per the requirement (applications and settings).

2.       Make sure you have 2 partitions on reference machine, one OS partition and other to capture and save the image.

3.       Go to Windows 7 reference machine Start type cmd , run the command prompt as administrator.

DISM Commands for inserting drivers into Image file

DISM Commands

For Mounting Image File-
DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /wimfile:"C:\DeploymentShare\Operating
Systems\WIN7ENT\WIN7ENT.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:C:\Mount

*Note- In "" your .wim file path. Also its one continues command.

For Adding Drivers-
DISM.exe /Image:C:\Mount /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\LAN_Broadcom_14.4.2.2_W7x64 /Recurse

*Note- The Above is one continues command.

For Commitiing changes-
DISM.exe /Commit-Wim /MountDir:C:\Mount

For Dismounting WIM File-
DISM.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\Mount /Discard