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Using ImageX to save an image of a Vista System

If you are just getting around to installing Vista, you may want to create an image of the system in case things go awry.

To do this you can use Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) with ImageX.
  • Pop in your windows PE disk with ImageX (Windows PE ships with the Business Desktop Deployment 2007 package (BDD). If still has not been released, you can use the beta version.)
  • Restart your system
  • Once you get a command prompt, load any drivers you need (drvload.exe)
  • You can then run the "imagex" command to capture or restore any images
Example command lines:

//capture the c: drive and save to d:\vista_img.wim
imagex /capture c: d:\vista_img.wim "name"

// restore a drive from the first image in a wim file
imagex /apply d:\vista_img.wim 1 c:


-JP