Capturing an Image to MDT Using DISM

Posted by admin on May 8, 2014
Posted in: Microsoft Windows.

Here is a summary of how to capture an image for the Deployment Workbench.

  1. Boot the system to be captured and use the sysprep tool.
  2. Boot the system from either the CD or PXE boot and choose command prompt from the menu.
  3. Run diskpart at the command prompt.
  4. list volume # Check the volume of the disk you are imaging to get the correct drive letter
  5. exit #leave diskpart
  6. net use u: \\g212win2012r2\DeploymentShare$ # Capture network drive to place image in.  You will need to adjust based on your server name and deployment share.  This is using the default share created by MDT.  Use domain name in the username.
  7. dism /Capture-Image /CaptureDir:D:\ /ImageFile:U:\Captures\TestImage.wim /Name:”TestImage”
  8. Import captured OS in the Deployment Workbench
  9. Create new task
  10. Boot from CD or PXE to install your newly capture image to another system