Questions About Cloning...

[codebreak]

Hey guys, quick question here.

We're looking to refresh our computers here at a photo studio. Due to years of employee turn around these PC's have accumulated lots of crap and, as such, we're going to be running Depp Freeze on the next new batch. but before we even get that far...

...to keep everyone on the same page in terms of the software and settings everyone is using, is it ok if I configure one PC with all of the settings, drives, updates, and software...and then remove the drive for cloning to other drives to place into the other systems?

I basically want the EXACT same setup on all PC's, while not having to hand configure every single PC at the same time. Is it possible, or no?

And, if yes, will each computer have it's own identity? Or will they all think that they're one another?

 

[FreeDataRecovery]

This is done all the time but you need to prepare a master image for cloning. For details do a google on "sysprep"

 

[jsc]

That will work assuming all the computers are identical - well, identical motherboards and video adapters.

 

[ggbroughton]

That will work assuming all the computers are identical - well, identical motherboards and video adapters.

not necessarily, if the other machines have the same drivers they should work fine as long as the bit versions are the same on each machine... transferring 32 bit operating systems to a 64 bit machine is fine but definitely not the other way round.

good luck!

 

[ggbroughton]

if you want to know goos software for cloning drives i would recommend Norton Ghost