

Windows system imaging is more robust for redeploying an image to other endpoints but it is also more complex. So, the last thing you want to do is "clone" an image unless you are going to reapply it to the exact same machine and hardware. MDT's built-in task sequences take care of that for you. That is why WinPE is designed to strip drivers and identifiers before you capture an image. If you don't, it will create duplicate GUIDs in AD because it will literally be a clone and that isn't good for SIDs and GUIDs. In fact, you should also make sure that you run all phases of WinPE to prep and finalize the image. If you are going to capture an image using dism or imagex, make sure that the image you are capturing is not domain joined. The target image can also handle the domain join. This allows you to fully automate the build process and use a base image to deploy with other applications and drivers added through the target image. Follow the instructions to create a reference image and target image task sequence to capture (reference) and deploy (target) an image to machines from the MDT repository. It is available in a Lite version, which offers full mounting capabilities – just follow the steps below to learn how to do this.If you want to have some real fun, download and install MDT.

There are a number of disk-mounting solutions available on the internet, but Daemon Tools was one of the first, and is consequently very well respected.


TBH, Im not entirely certain that this would work. Select the ISO image you wish to mount using. ISO as a virtual optical drive, but it wont merge them into a single image. There are no drawbacks to mounting image files - as far as the computer is concerned, it is reading an actual physical disk. DAEMON tools should solve your problem even though it is illegal Wolf Not what the OP is looking for, Im afraid. Daemon Tools is the original standard in Windows drive emulation, allowing the fast and pain-free mounting of disk image files onto virtual drives, in just a few clicks, without the need for burning to CD or DVD.
