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December 27, 2009 By Christopher C. Charles AKA DrPC http://drpcdr.ca http://drpcdr.ca/public_html Deploy My Image of 32 bit Windows 7, Vista and XP onto PCs
Deploy 32-bit Windows XP, Vista and 7 December 26, 2009 By Christopher C. Charles AKA DrPC http://drpcdr.ca Deploy My images of Windows onto PCs. No activation or produuct keys required! Restoring images wipes everything off the target partition and is NOT for newbies! XP image can be restored onto a 40 GB HD, minimum 512 MB RAM, 2+ GHz. If the processor speed is less than 2 GHz then RAM should be 1 GB minimum for XP Vista and Win7 need minimum 80 GB HD and minimum 1.5+ GB RAM, 2+ GHz Apparatus: 1. Desktop PC only (If BootitNG cannot see external spare HD on laptop) 2. DVD burner 3. For XP, minimum 40 GB spare preferably IDE HD 4. For Vista/Win7 a spare 80GB HD IDE or SATA 5. 3 blank CD-R disks (1 for bootit boot disk, 1 for winXP and 1 for Vista lite) 6. 1 blank DVD-R disk for Windows 7 Software needed: Torrent client to download torrents, http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/u-torrent/uTorrent.html Help.txt This help file IZArc4.1.exe zips and unzips files. If you already use a zip utility then ignore this file. BurnCDCC.zip creates Windows installation CD and DVD disks from ISO images. If you already have software to do this then burncdcc.zip is not needed. Bootitng.iso creates BootitNG boot CD for restoring/creating images and repairing partitions If you already have XP pro SP2, vista ultimate or Win7 ultimate then the following are not needed: xpprosp2.iso, vista ultimate l.iso and win7_DVD.iso. The Vista and Win7 installation disks are needed to perform initial boot repairs. Soometimes the XP image may need a repair install which resets IE 7 back to IE6. I have included IE7.zip incase you need it. If repair install is needed to boot XP image, key.txt has Windows XP Pro key. win7_DVD.iso creates Windows 7600 Ultimate DVD (has all five 32-bit Win7 versions. Needs activation) Vista Ultimate L.iso creates Vista Ultimate Light CD (no key or activation required) XPProSP2.iso creates XP Pro SP2 CD (key required but activation not needed) DrPCDr.flv is an 8 minute movie explaning the bootit restore procedure and how to manage Avast antivirus. IE7.zip is used after XP repair install to reset IE 6 back to 7. Win7 Crack.zip has been used to activate the Win7 image and is not necessary to download. Deploying Windows XP and Vista involves restoring the windows partition onto free space. Then the data partition is restored onto the remaining free space. The data partition is resized to max capacity of the HD. Deploying Win7 is the same as above except an extra boot partition, win7sys.img (only 100 MB) must be restored first before the OS partition, win736.img. Vista is probably the easiest to deploy. Win 7 is not so easy and must be deployed OFFLINE! The images of Windows were created in 2GB blocks: XP: xp17.img, xp17.001, xp17.002 xpdata.img is the data partition for XP. Vista: Vista37.img, vista37.001, vista37.002 vstadata.img is the data partition for Vista. Win7: Win736.img, win736.001, win736.002, win736.003, win736.004 Win7data.img is the data partition for Win7. METHOD: All ***Steps are essential. ***Step 13 does not apply to XP. ***Step 1: Download bootitng.iso and the image files (.img) for the windows of your choice. If you have the windows installation disk then no need to download the Windows iso files. ***Step 2: Use Bootitng.iso to create BottitNG boot CD and leave it in the drive. ***Step 4: Shutdown your desktop PC. Remove top cover of case to expose top side of MB. ***Step 5: Connect spare HD as slave to MB. ***Step 6: Turn on PC and check bios to make sure CDROM boot device boots before HD. ***Step 7: Make Spare HD all free space: Place Bootit CD into DVD drive. Turn off PC then turn it on again The PC must be set to boot from CDROM before your HD. If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets BootIt setup screen appears: Click CANCEL [TAB] [ENTER] Click OK to you are now entering maintenance mode [ENTER] Click PARTITION WORK [ALT] + [W] Bootit will automatically list all prtitions on primary HD0 Carefully select the HD that is your spare (probably HD1). Delete all partitions. Your entire spare HD should be all free space. If you are restoring the Win7 image then you must first restore win7sys.img. The procedure is the same as in step 8 below. Once win7sys.img has been restored and set active then follow step 8 again using image file, win736.img instead. Then follow steps 9 and 10 using Win7data.img. NB win7 Windows partition is NOT set active! ***Step 8: Restore OS Partition of windows XP or Vista to spare HD. If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets Click HD0 [ALT] + [0] If HD0 is partitioned then navigate to the partition containing the downloaded image files Click Image [ALT] + [i] Click restore from file [ALT] + [R] Navigate to where you downloaded the image (.img) files Click on xp17.img or vista37.img Click OK [ENTER] When it says Paste Pending at bottom of screen: Click HD1 (Just below HD0 at top left under work with partitions) [ALT] + [1] Click Paste [ALT] + [P] Bootit will start restoring the image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse. Click OK to operation completed successfully [ENTER] Make sure restored Windows partition is active (bootable) The boot partition of HD1 you just restored should already be selected. Click view MBR [ALT] + [V] If the boot partition is not set active then Click Set Active [ALT] + [S] Click Apply [ALT] + [P] If you want to make C:\ larger follow step 10 below. You may resize the Windows partition to a larger size. Remember to leave enough space for the data partition which must be equal or greater than the windows partition in order to paste an image of windows onto it. ***Step 9: Restore Data Partition onto free space below Windows partition If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets Click HD0 [ALT] + [0] If HD0 is partitioned then navigate to the partition containing the downloaded image files Click Image [ALT] + [i] Click restore from file [ALT] + [R] Navigate to where you downloaded the image (.img) files Click on xpdata.img or vstadata.img or win7data.img Click OK [ENTER] When it says Paste Pending at bottom of screen: Click HD1 (Just below HD0 at top left under work with partitions) [ALT] + [1] Select free space Click Paste [ALT] + [P] Bootit will start restoring the image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse. Click OK to operation completed successfully [ENTER] ***Step 10: Use BootitNG to resize data partition to maximum HD capacity If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets The data partition you just restored should already be selected Click resize [ALT] + [R] Click OK to error check the file system [ENTER] Click in new size window [TAB] Enter number displayed for max size. Click OK [ENTER] Click continue to warning about data loss [ALT] + [C] When resize is completed click close [ENTER] ***Step 11: Remove BootitNG CD from drive and power off PC. ***Step 12: Disconnect your HD. Connect the spare HD as master. Turn on PC. If you are restoring images of Vista or Windows 7 then do a boot repair, Step 13 ***Step 13: Use Windows Vista/7 installation DVD/CD to do boot repair: Insert Windows Vista/7 installation DVD/CD Power off PC then power on again. When prompted press any key to boot from Windows CD/DVD Wait while Windows DVD loads files Click next to Install Windows 7/Vista screen Click repair your computer Wait while Windows DVD/CD attempts repairs to your Windows Click Repair and restart Step 14: If image fails to boot set the bios SATA operation to Auto, IDE or compatability mode Step 15: If image stil fails to boot do the following: Place Bootit CD into DVD drive. Turn off PC then turn it on again The PC must be set to boot from CDROM before your HD. If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets BootIt setup screen appears: Click CANCEL [TAB] [ENTER] Click OK to you are now entering maintenance mode [ENTER] Click PARTITION WORK [ALT] + [W] Bootit will automatically list all prtitions on primary Select boot partition then Click Properties [ALT] + [T] The following error pops up: Invalid Head and SPT Values exist in the BPB. Fix it? Yes/no Click Yes [ALT] + [Y] Restart your computer and it will boot just like magic! Step 15: If XP image fails to boot the cause may be lack of SATA drivers. Obtain SATA drivers on floppy disk and do a repair install pressing F6 to load SATA drivers. Step 16: If Vista or Win7 images fail to boot then try the following: Recently, my 8-user Windows 7 ultimate image has refused to boot on HP laptops which lack the SATA settings option in the bios. Vic’s post was extremely useful! On an HP dV9700 laptop, using a spare laptop SATA HD, I installed Windows from the Windows 7 DVD. Using regedit I explored the start DWORD values for aliide, amdide, atapi, cmdide, iastorv, intelide, msahci, pciide, viaide in HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/ Using my desktop PC I restored my 8-user image of windows 7 onto the customer's 250 GB SATA laptop HD. Using the Windows 7 DVD I completed the boot repair and booted windows on my desktop PC. I explored the start DWORD values for aliide, amdide, atapi, cmdide, iastorv, intelide, msahci, pciide, viaide in HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/ I noticed that on my image of Windows 7 the msahci start DWORD value was set to 3. On the Windows installed from the Windows DVD, the msahci start DWORD value was set to 0. Also, the pciide on my image was set to 0 but on the windows installed from DVD the value was set to 3. On my desktop PC I changed the start DWORD values for msahci from 3 to 0 and, pciide from 0 to 3. I put the customer's laptop HD back into the laptop and BINGO! It booted! Hallelujah! Thanks to the genius of Vic! Source: http://web2.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31980 ***Step 17. Install MB devices, peripherals and specialized software: Everest found in stuff >Tools may help you install uninstalled motherboard devices. After device manager is perfect proceed to install peripherals like printer and webcam. Avoid installing drivers and software while connected to the Internet. ***Step 18: Create an image of the Windows partition for emergency restoration of your Windows. Images may also be pasted onto a series of blank DVD or CD disks. The peocedure is similar to step 19 below, however, CDz is selected after it says paste pending. Burn images onto blank CD-R or DVD-R at 8X speed. Just follow the screen prompts. If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets Put BootIt Boot CD Disk in DVD Drive BootIt setup screen appears Click CANCEL [TAB] [ENTER] Click OK to you are entering maintenance mode [ENTER] Click PARTITION WORK [ALT] + [W] Click on Windows partition (MBR Entry 0 for XP and vista, new MBR entry 1 for Win7) Click IMAGE [ALT] + [i] When it says paste pending at bottom of screen: Click Data Partition [Down Arrow] (New MBR entry 1 for XP and Vista, new EBR entry 2 for Win7) Click PASTE [ALT] + [P] Give the Image File a name, 8 characters max, all 1 word no spaces (default extension is .img) Click OK [ENTER] Click YES TO VALIDATE [ALT] + [Y] If it validates then Operation completes successfully. Step 19: In Emergency, use BootitNG to restore your Windows without losing your files: If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets 1. Start computer 2. Put Boot Restore CD Disk in CDROM Drive 3. Restart computer BootIt setup screen appears: 4. Click CANCEL [TAB] [ENTER] 5. Click OK to you are now entering maintenance mode [ENTER] 6. Click PARTITION WORK [ALT] + [W] 7. Click on Data Partition (new MBR Entry 1 for XP + Vsta, new MBR entry 2, Win7) [DOWN ARROW] 8. Click Image [ALT] + [i] 9. Select Restore from file [ALT] + [R] 10. Click OK [ENTER] 11. Click on image file created in Step 18 above (scroll to see it) [TAB] [DOWN ARROW] 12. Click OK at top [ENTER] 13. When it says paste pending at bottom, Click on Windows partition (MBR entry 0 for XP + Vista, new MBR entry 1, Win7) [UP ARROW] 14. Click paste [ALT] + [P] 15. Click yes to all data will be destroyed popup [ALT] + [Y] 16. Click OK to restoring image popup [ENTER] 17. Click No to popup about validate [ALT] + [N] Restoring should progress to successful completion Do not touch keyboard or mouse while restoring 18. Click OK to operation completed successfully [ENTER] 19 Remove Boot CD from DVD drive 20. Power off Computer 21. Power on Computer If you decided to paste an image on CD or DVD blanks then do the following restore procedure: Step 20: Restore image of Windows from Series of CD or DVD Disks If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ] If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets Click CDz [ALT] + [Z] Click Image [ALT] + [i] Insert image disk 1 DVD into DVD drive. Click OK [ENTER] Bootit will request the last disk of recovery set Remove image disk 1 DVD and insert last DVD disk into DVD Drive. Click OK [ENTER] Bootit will eject last DVD disk then request disk1 DVD Remove last DVD disk and insert disk 1 DVD into DVD Drive. Click OK [ENTER] When it says Paste Pending at bottom of screen: Click HD0 (Just above CDz at top left under work with partitions) [ALT] + [0] Click on free space [down arrow] Click Paste [ALT] + [P] Bootit will start restoring the DVD image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse. Bootit will Eject disk1 DVD then request disk2 DVD Insert disk2 DVD into DVD Drive. Click OK [ENTER] Bootit will start restoring the DVD image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse. Click OK to operation completed successfully [ENTER] Remove Last DVD from DVD drive Enjoy my disciples! May the force be with you! Discussion of the Results: I had to hack the Win7 disabled create custom default user. I cloned 8 user accounts in Win736 image. Windows media player 9 on my Win XP image cannot be updated. The image once contained a cracked windows media player 11. It will not crack again. What I installed on Windows 7 Image: 1. Firefox 3.0.8 2. Essential PIM 3. DVD Decrypter 4. DVD Shrink 5. Nero 7 * 6. Power ISO 4.2 * 7. UndercoverXP 8. Pamela * 9. Skype 10. Windows Live Messenger 11. Yahoo Messenger 12. Adaware 2008 13. CCleaner 14. Hijackthis 15. IlSystem Wiper 16. Regseeker 17. UTorrent 18. Free YouTube Downloader 19. Free YouTube to Mp3 Converter 20. Shareaza (don't update) 21. 130+ old skool games for PC 22 Adobe Reader 8 23. PhotoFilter 1.0 24. XnView 25. Office 2007 * 26. Power DVD8 * 27. DVD Region + CSS Free * 28. Real Player 10 29. iTunes + QuickTime 30. VLC Media Player 8.6 31. Winamp 2.95 32. ABBY scan tO Office * 33. Avast Antivirus 4.8 34. PC Tools Firewall Plus 35. SpywareBlaster 4.2 36. WinPatrol 37. Diskeeper * 38. Encrypted FTP 39. Everest 5 * 40. Hidownload 7.03 * 41. IZArc 42. PhoneTray Free 43. RegSeeker 1.55 44. Sequoia View 45. Kid's Typing Tutor 46. KP Typing Tutor 47. DirectX 11 48. Java 6 Update 13 49. Flash 10.0.22.87 in IE8 and 9.0.64.0 in Firefox 3.0.8 50. ShockWave 11.5r596 in IE8 and Firefox 3.0.8 51. Yet Another Webcam 52. FruityLoops 8 * 53. Virtual DJ 4.3 * 54. Audacity 55. Privacy Eraser * 56. Adobe Illustrator 10 * 57. Adobe Photoshop 7 * 58. Media monkey 3.2 * 59. My Professional Business Cards 60. kirans typing tutor 61. Rapid Typing 62. Stamina Typing 63. Ares Vista * (user 1 only) 64. Limewire Pro * 65. ConvertxtoDVD * 66. Free Adobe authorware in browsers Big Thank you to all the torrent trackers, uploaders, seeders and commentators. Without your help these images would cost more than hours of toil. Thanks to Pirate Bay, ISOhunt, btjunkie, snapfiles, cnet, filehippo, oldversion.com, mydigitalife, blackviper, BootitNG, Avast, Driverguide, Youtube, Google, CUSTOMERS! NB my disciples: Beware of Acer Computers. Acer HDs change the first partition on the HD. Therfore you need to do Step 9 after Step 7. This puts a dummy 1 GB data partition onto the beginning of the HD. After you restore the dummy partion then continue with steps 8 - 9. Remember this will shift everything down by 1. So MBR Entry 1 becomes MBR Entry 2 and New Volume-2 becomes New Volume-3. Also beware, if the PC has micro drives then remove the wire from the motherboard first, because the drive letter D: will be assigned to one of the micro drives. Drive letter D: must be assigned to the data partition. Upon first boot the drive letters should be assigned properly. Upon first boot, HD must boot alone without any other hard drives or flash drives attached. Then shutdown PC and reconnect micro drives. If drive letter D: is not assigned to New Volume partition then: click start >Right click computer >manage >disk management > Right click on DVD or micro drive that has been assigned letter D: > Change drive letter and paths >change > Click drop down arrow and choose available drive letter > Yes to warning about programs may not run correctly >Change New Volume to D: Good Luck my disciples! May the force be with you! Please post some comments You may email me at cccharlz@gmail.com