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robertkwild · 05-10-2016, 08:45 AM

hi all,

im in the process of cloning windows 10 hard drive to an image file (device-image) on a samba server

the device with windows 10 is on is 320g, so does that mean from now on the hard drives i want to deploy this image to needs to be equal or more than 320g?

also in wds i sysprep it using OOBE and Generalize to make every new image brand new, is there a way i can do it with clonezilla as arnt they going to have the same pc names etc etc

many thanks,

rob

DennisT · 05-10-2016, 10:01 AM

Yes, any destination devices have to be as large as the source device when the backup is a device backup. If you want to go to a smaller drive I suggest shrinking your partition and backup up partitions. As for generalizing images with clonezilla, I don't think it supports that. You have to generalize it before you make the image.

robertkwild · 05-10-2016, 10:06 AM

how do i generalise before making the image?

DennisT · 05-10-2016, 10:10 AM

Sorry, I can't help with that. I use clonezilla for backups. Haven't had a need for base images since we moved all our users onto TS (long time ago). Sysprep?

robertkwild · 05-10-2016, 10:13 AM

oh... so its the same method as to if i want to sysprep it to my WDS server

sysprep /oobe /generalize /shutdown

DennisT · 05-10-2016, 10:15 AM

Sounds reasonable. Obviously testing can prevent great disappointment later.