windows based FREE imaging app
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We use Reflect Free and a USB external spinner. It should handle pulling from a NAS allow for centralized storage of images based on hardware type.
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@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
It's not windows based - but Clonzilla does what you want, and you can figure out the script/command line for it too.
Does clonezilla run off a usb stick?? I need something that doesn't require a network.
Yes, I can't recall if you can have the image repo on the bootable media since it' been a while, but it's definitely an off-line option. When I was using it the USB sticks I could afford weren't big enough to hold an image so it was a USB to boot and an external HDD for the images.
Yep, sounds like what I'll do.
They've released a Lite version so you don't need a server anymore, runs off a USB. I'm checking it out now.
I think you're looking for the live version: https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php
From what I'm seeing, the Lite version looks like it still wants to use a network source as the image repo.
AAHHH, yep, live, not lite. I downloaded the lite version and yep it wanted a servery type thing for the source images.
I'll try the LIVE version and see what happens.
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I did find a nice & easy to use command based tool, that works very well.
Just checked its' price though, it's in euros and conversion puts it out of reach unfortunately.
Thanks everyone for the help, it is greatly appreciated.
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@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
It's not windows based - but Clonzilla does what you want, and you can figure out the script/command line for it too.
Does clonezilla run off a usb stick?? I need something that doesn't require a network.
Yes, I can't recall if you can have the image repo on the bootable media since it' been a while, but it's definitely an off-line option. When I was using it the USB sticks I could afford weren't big enough to hold an image so it was a USB to boot and an external HDD for the images.
Yep, sounds like what I'll do.
They've released a Lite version so you don't need a server anymore, runs off a USB. I'm checking it out now.
I think you're looking for the live version: https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php
From what I'm seeing, the Lite version looks like it still wants to use a network source as the image repo.
AAHHH, yep, live, not lite. I downloaded the lite version and yep it wanted a servery type thing for the source images.
I'll try the LIVE version and see what happens.
You have screen shots showing the requirement for network access?
I mean, it's an option for sure, but definitely not required.
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@dashrender Don't need network access friend.
I took a look at Clonezilla Live, it is nice, but takes me too far away from what I'm looking for, something that will boot up, let me run 1 command a walk away while the PC images.
I spent time with DISM, it works and does what I want, but it's a little slow, but I may have to put up with that.
Thanks everyone for the help.
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@siringo why do they need imagef? Would a reset work? What's the background?
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@obsolesce g'day. they just need the 'corporate' image on them. They're brand new.
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@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce g'day. they just need the 'corporate' image on them. They're brand new.
Does the corporate image have anything additional than the one it comes with?
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@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce g'day. they just need the 'corporate' image on them. They're brand new.
Does the corporate image have anything additional than the one it comes with?
How about the fact that is likely doesn't come with a bunch of crapware from teh OEM
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@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce g'day. they just need the 'corporate' image on them. They're brand new.
Does the corporate image have anything additional than the one it comes with?
How about the fact that is likely doesn't come with a bunch of crapware from teh OEM
What is he buying with the PC? Which crapware is he trying to prevent?
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@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@siringo said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce g'day. they just need the 'corporate' image on them. They're brand new.
Does the corporate image have anything additional than the one it comes with?
How about the fact that is likely doesn't come with a bunch of crapware from teh OEM
What is he buying with the PC? Which crapware is he trying to prevent?
Hell - the brand new HPs and dell both come with HPs and Dells built in shit that almost no one really needs plus they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase. and those things all come back when you do a refresh image inside windows.
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@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
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@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
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@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
I suppose one of the reasons to not order Dell/HP, or at least not the default stuff.
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@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
I suppose one of the reasons to not order Dell/HP, or at least not the default stuff.
Can't speak to HP, but with Dell, unless you get setup with their imaging program (you provide them with your desired stock image and it's $$$ from what I recall) they're sending you their stock OEM image with a significant amount of bloat-ware. In a corporate / enterprise setup consistency is king so it's normal that you want to reimage with something that's tested and known to play nice in your environment.
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@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
I suppose one of the reasons to not order Dell/HP, or at least not the default stuff.
Can't speak to HP, but with Dell, unless you get setup with their imaging program (you provide them with your desired stock image and it's $$$ from what I recall) they're sending you their stock OEM image with a significant amount of bloat-ware. In a corporate / enterprise setup consistency is king so it's normal that you want to reimage with something that's tested and known to play nice in your environment.
Business class devices shipping with trial anti-virus software that is well known to be much worse than the default Windows Defender? That alone is reason enough not to go with that manufacturer (still not a showstopper, as automation can fix that in later steps). If you need to touch a device before an end user gets it, you're wasting a ton of time and money. That's decades old procedures... having your IT department receive the device, reimage, configure, maintain images, and all the requirements that go along? That is a huge waste of resources.
Wouldn't you rather have a device sent directly from CDW to the end-user, without needing a special image, ready to go for the user and the work environment... managed, configured, secured, and compliant as part of the OOBE?
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@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
I suppose one of the reasons to not order Dell/HP, or at least not the default stuff.
Can't speak to HP, but with Dell, unless you get setup with their imaging program (you provide them with your desired stock image and it's $$$ from what I recall) they're sending you their stock OEM image with a significant amount of bloat-ware. In a corporate / enterprise setup consistency is king so it's normal that you want to reimage with something that's tested and known to play nice in your environment.
Business class devices shipping with trial anti-virus software that is well known to be much worse than the default Windows Defender? That alone is reason enough not to go with that manufacturer (still not a showstopper, as automation can fix that in later steps). If you need to touch a device before an end user gets it, you're wasting a ton of time and money. That's decades old procedures... having your IT department receive the device, reimage, configure, maintain images, and all the requirements that go along? That is a huge waste of resources.
Wouldn't you rather have a device sent directly from CDW to the end-user, without needing a special image, ready to go for the user and the work environment... managed, configured, secured, and compliant as part of the OOBE?
Who besides maybe MS devices come with zero bloatware? None I've ever seen. And yes I'm talking business class machines, not shit ass consumer junk.
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@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
I suppose one of the reasons to not order Dell/HP, or at least not the default stuff.
Can't speak to HP, but with Dell, unless you get setup with their imaging program (you provide them with your desired stock image and it's $$$ from what I recall) they're sending you their stock OEM image with a significant amount of bloat-ware. In a corporate / enterprise setup consistency is king so it's normal that you want to reimage with something that's tested and known to play nice in your environment.
Business class devices shipping with trial anti-virus software that is well known to be much worse than the default Windows Defender? That alone is reason enough not to go with that manufacturer (still not a showstopper, as automation can fix that in later steps). If you need to touch a device before an end user gets it, you're wasting a ton of time and money. That's decades old procedures... having your IT department receive the device, reimage, configure, maintain images, and all the requirements that go along? That is a huge waste of resources.
Wouldn't you rather have a device sent directly from CDW to the end-user, without needing a special image, ready to go for the user and the work environment... managed, configured, secured, and compliant as part of the OOBE?
Dell charges a bit more for imaging with your Intune AutoPilot profile but can be arranged and most Dell with Windows Professional and up licensing barely come with bloatware as far as I have been working with them.
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@dbeato said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@notverypunny said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@obsolesce said in windows based FREE imaging app:
@dashrender said in windows based FREE imaging app:
they generally come with AV and other crap you don't want at purchase
Oh I see, that sucks. Are the company devices being bought from Walmart or something?
Seriously?
I order these from DCW. I haven't had a laptop not come with at least some third party AV in ages...
I suppose one of the reasons to not order Dell/HP, or at least not the default stuff.
Can't speak to HP, but with Dell, unless you get setup with their imaging program (you provide them with your desired stock image and it's $$$ from what I recall) they're sending you their stock OEM image with a significant amount of bloat-ware. In a corporate / enterprise setup consistency is king so it's normal that you want to reimage with something that's tested and known to play nice in your environment.
Business class devices shipping with trial anti-virus software that is well known to be much worse than the default Windows Defender? That alone is reason enough not to go with that manufacturer (still not a showstopper, as automation can fix that in later steps). If you need to touch a device before an end user gets it, you're wasting a ton of time and money. That's decades old procedures... having your IT department receive the device, reimage, configure, maintain images, and all the requirements that go along? That is a huge waste of resources.
Wouldn't you rather have a device sent directly from CDW to the end-user, without needing a special image, ready to go for the user and the work environment... managed, configured, secured, and compliant as part of the OOBE?
Dell charges a bit more for imaging with your Intune AutoPilot profile but can be arranged and most Dell with Windows Professional and up licensing barely come with bloatware as far as I have been working with them.
CDW and many other CSPs will register them in Autopilot for you for a couple dollars extra, OEMs can do it too, there's no need for a custom image. For some special purpose orders, sure, but not typically needed.
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Hello.
These things come with whatever's on them (Acer) and we install the provided image which contains tons of free educational apps, Office, and lots of other stuff. I work in an education environment, so the image contains whatever the Department provide.
Yes, we buy Acer's, HP's, Dell's, Lenovo's, whatever the supplier has on hand when stuff is needed.
