Oct 27, 2009 I'd just like to add my 2¢ worth to the discussion re Ghost's incompatibility with Windows 7 ('7'). First off, 7 has an incompatibility utility which attempts to get. Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more. Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition (v. 7.5) - media overview and full product specs on CNET.

How do I create a universal ghost image of Windows 7 pro and use a VM as my master machine? With the limitations in Sysprep in Windows 7 and just ease of managing our image I would like to create a master universal Windows 7 image on a virtual machine in vmWare. I have Windows 7 volume licensing. We use all Dell workstations and laptops. Daz3d : Dynamic Backpack. Right now I have three different physical 'master' machines. So the first part to this would be creating a universal Ghost image.

The other piece is to create this 'universal image' on a VM. This will give me the ability to restore a snapshot whenever I need to update my master (pre-sysprep) and not run into the sysprep limitation imposed on Windows 7. Also, I just like the idea of managing one single image from a VM rather than three different physical machines. I know using Symantec Ghost you were able to create Universal Images of Windows XP (a former co-worker did it, he was even able to eliminate his 'master' physical machine and was using a VM as his master (I sure wish I could get a hold of this guy)). I would only assume doing this using Windows 7 would be much easier, especially with concern to drivers. Windows 7 is a hundred times better with hardware drivers then Windows XP ever was.

Most of the time I hardly ever have to download drivers when building a new machine from scratch with a Windows 7 license. I really can't image this isn't possible. Contos Da Montanha Pdf here. I would like to build a Ghost Image that I can use to restore on any of our physical machines or at least three of our most common workstation/laptops.

I was hoping to build the 'Master Computer' as a VM so that I could manage that within our vmware environment (and not be reliant on multiple laptops or workstations) and also have the ability to restore my 'master image' from a snapshot (pre sysprep). I hope that helps explain a little better. In theory this seems doable. I'm just not sure how to setup a Windows 7 VM as the 'master computer'. I can see HDD partition being an issue. Is there some kind of script to run that restores the Ghost Image 'Universally' to a physical machine and recognizes that physicals HDD partition size? Maybe I'm trying to do too much here?

The fact that this is documented and worked for XP really convinces me that doing it with Windows 7 should be an option. 'Ghost image' refers to a ghost program. Planix Home Designer there.

It used to be that you would take an identical image and have to send it to identical hardware. You do not have to do that anymore. Ghost, itself, is dated. There is much better solutions out there. VM conversions are usually only meant to go one way, and even that has problems sometimes. This is called a P2V Basically, what you want to do is this There are a number of solutions to capture your image. A few of them are free.

Alot of Spiceworks users use FOG. The points Galen in Laguna and Sean Wolsey made about creating a “universal image” using Sysprep and Ghost because of the differences in hardware configuration across multiple hardware types. It also might become troublesome to keep track of 4 different images for the two workstations and 2 laptop models you mentioned.

While, I understand your end goal is to create a VM that is fully up-to-date that you can simply restore to multiple machines, I did want to bring two possible options to your attention. The first option you have that I recommend checking out is the. MDT acts as a common console for all of your images; plus, it’s free and it can be used to deploy Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2008 and Windows 2008R2. Using MDT, you can easily add both applications and drivers,, create task sequences, join a domain, add a KMS or MAK product key, create an administrator account, specify time zone, etc. You can also import all user data into the new environment using the (also free).