LAB 4

CAPTURING A REFERENCE IMAGE

This lab contains the following exercises and activities:

Exercise 4.1 Installing Windows 7 AIK

Exercise 4.2 Creating an Answer File

Exercise 4.3 Creating a Windows PE Boot Image

Exercise 4.4 Capturing an Image

Lab Challenge 4.1 Creating a Capture Image

SCENARIO

As part of the planning stage of a Windows 7 workstation deployment project, you have been assigned the task of installing the Windows 7 Automated Installation Kit, building a reference computer, and capturing an image of the reference computer.

Estimated lab time: 80 minutes

| | | | | | | | Exercise 4.1 Installing Windows 7 AIK | | | | | | | | | Overview | In Exercise 4.1, you install Windows 7 | AIK on a workstation, using | | | | installation files stored on your server. | | | | | | | | | Completion time | 10 minutes | | | | | | | | |

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1. Log on to NYC-CL1 using the contoso\Administrator user account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Click Start, and in the Search programs and files box, type \\rwdc01\labfiles\waik\startcd.exe and press Enter. The Welcome to Windows Automated Installation Kit window appears, as shown in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1

The Welcome to Windows Automated Installation Kit window

3. Click Windows AIK Setup. The Windows Automated Installation Kit Setup Wizard appears.

4. Click Next to bypass the Welcome page. The License Terms page appears.

5. Select the I agree option and click Next. The Select Installation Folder page appears.

6. Click Next to accept the default folder. The Confirm Installation page appears.

7. Click Next. The wizard installs the Windows 7 AIK, and then displays the

8. Installation Complete page.

9. Click Close.

10. Close the Welcome to Windows Automated Installation Kit