Create Universal Ghost or WIM Image of Windows XP TutorialsCreate Universal Ghost or WIM Image of Windows XPHi all. I am going to explain process of creating hardware independent image of windows XP. This means that if you restor the created image on any computer by any kinds of hardwares,it should work. May be it is not correct to say hardware independent image,because as i will say during tutor ,it is better to say each image that we make,may workby some kinds of systems and will not work with others. Any way do it by your own risk. Step0. Note befor begining the jobTalking about hardware independed image,mostly began by windows vista. Lets see what is hardware independed image First thing that we should know is HALHardware Abstraction Layer. In simple define we can say in Windows NT, 2. XP,HAL is a kind of driver that provides interface between Operating System and hardware. There are several kinds of HAL that windows can use,some of them are Standard PCAdvanced Configuration and Power InterfaceACPI PCACPI Multiprocessor PCACPI Uniprocessor PCMPS Multiprocessor PCMPS Uniprocessor PCIf you want to know which kind of HAL is used by your PC,do as below 1. Right click the My Computer icon on desktop,and click Properties. Go to the Hardware tab,then Click Device Manager. Double click Computer to view which HAL is loaded. HAL. Now lets talk a little more about different kinds of HAL Standard PC Is Old Hal, Uses Hal. HAL. Advanced Configuration and Power InterfaceACPI PC Uses Halacpi. ACPI Multiprocessor PC uses Halmacpi. Note Sysprep in Vista can be run with a GUI interface. Although generally, you would not do this, if you type just sysprep. We have a vhd copy of physical a windows vista machine. Since we dont want to touch the physical machine, we like to run sysprep on the vhd. Unfortunately this vhd. I am trying to create an image for Vista Enterprise using sysprep and ImageX. The image is being has been. Install a Language Pack to an Offline Image. Create Universal Ghost or WIM Image. Talking about hardware independed image,mostly began by windows vista. OfflineSysPrep if. I have existing WIM files I use for my. Then install Windows Vista SP2. Finally, sysprep the image again. I was really hoping for an offline method for. Offlinesysprep Vista' title='Offlinesysprep Vista' />HAL Halmacpi. Halaacpi. ACPI Uniprocessor PC Uses Halaacpi. MPS Multiprocessor PC Uses Halmps. HAL of Halapic. dlland Halmps. The following illustration shows the work flow for this scenario. When you service an offline image. In Windows VistaВ. Sysprep Technical Reference. OfflineSysPrep Page 1 Universal Imaging DriverPacks. Forum The support forum for the DriverPacks Pkgmgr. Windows Vista IT Pro Windows Vista Deployment and Imaging. MPS Uniprocessor PC Uses Halapic. Last Point If you want to make your image as compatible with most systems,you should use the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI PC HAL. This HAL will work on most any modern computer, but it wont take advantage of multiple processors or even hyperthreading. It also wont work at all on older Xeon based computers. HAL in tutor. Step0. Needssp. I3. 86 folder of your XPCD. Your XPCDpatches hotfixes KB8. KB8. 87. 81. 6,KB9. Sys. Prep Driver Scanner, from http www. I suppose that you have saved files above some where in your system. Step0. Installing system and applications1. Install Windows XP sp. Clean Install and in drive C. Notes If you do this work in virtual pc,after installation,install virtual pcs addons too. During install process,do not use addministrator passwoord,and do not join domain. After installation,restart,then logon as Administrator To do this during logonhold Ctrl Alt and press Del twice ,then Enter Administrator as the username and leave the password field blank. Install Needed Drivers Just manufacturer specific drivers for hardware that Windows cannot detect. Extract files below from sp. Rename halacpi. dll to hal. Install hotfixes KB8. KB8. 87. 81. 6,KB9. Delete some files that you do not need for example MSN Explorer and unneeded screen savers and. Easy Tool For Keygen. Make your favorite adjustments for example set wallpaper,adust monitor resolution to 1. Disable hibernation,Setup Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts and. Install and configure necessary softwares. Note that Do not run softwares that require user registration for example MS Office. Step0. Getting ready for taking image 1. Create directoy sysprep in root of your C drive C sysprep. Extract deploy. cab to C sysprep folder. Copy spdrvscan. exe Sys. Prep Driver Scanner to C sysprep folder. C drivers. 5. Copy All drivers Needed for all computers that you want to use the imageon them. Note that you need to use 3rd party to prepair needed driver filesNormaly INF and DLL files. The form of driver folder should be some thing like C DriversAudioC Media9. Needed files for this modelC DriversAudioC Media8. Needed files for this modelC DriversMass. StorageMarvellNeeded files for this model6. Now you should create sysprep. C sysprepsetupmgr. Sysprep setup ,Fully automate. C sysprep directory. UnattendedDriver. Signing. PolicyIgnore. Update. Installed. Download Etap Electrical Power System Software. DriversYes Sysprep. Mass. StorageNote We can add some other entries and add some other commands to sysprep. Run C sysprepspdrvscan. Extention sectionIn Search Path section type C DriversClick Scan button. Click Add button and in coming window type C Windowsinf and ok it. Click Save button. HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDevice. PathClick Done button,to exit the program. Open command prompt and go to C sysprepType sysprep bmsdPress Enter. The command will write mass storage devices under Sysprep. Mass. Storagesection in sysprep. Clean any Temp folders and unneeded files and also Make sure to empty recycle bin. It is beter to backup your system by ghost or other tools in this step. Step0. 5 Finishing the job1. Now system is ready to use Sys. Prep. Run sysprep. C sysprep,you will see a widowEnable Use Mini SetupIn Shutdown mode section select Shut downClick on Reseal button. The process of program will begin. Sysprep. Mass. Storage section in sysprep. Now use 3rd party for example ghost and get image of your drive. This image can be restored to any computer that uses the same HAL,and after boot you will have a mini setup process few minutes to finish. After taking image you can turn on your computer to see mini setup process. Note SYSPREP will automatically delete c sysprep directory when it completes. Thats allhope will be some helpshirin zaban.