I have 10 or so laptops that will be "checked out" to users in our enterprise. We have a Microsoft site liscence so all of our computers use the same product key so liscensing isn't an issue. These laptops will need to be completely reloaded when they are returned from being checked out. We have been doing remote installations over a Server2003 RIS server, but these laptops have broadcom chipsets that don't support the RIS.
What I need is probably for a setup where I can make a master image on a USB portable HD that I can use to download an image of a master install to all of the machines. I know that there is software designed to work for backing up a single computer to removable storage, but what about backing up a single computer to removable storage then repeatedly pulling that image down onto multiple clients? Also, what if one of the dumb users formatted the computer (possible); would we then have to reload it with Windows and Client software in order to recover it?
Any help would be appreciated.
What I need is probably for a setup where I can make a master image on a USB portable HD that I can use to download an image of a master install to all of the machines. I know that there is software designed to work for backing up a single computer to removable storage, but what about backing up a single computer to removable storage then repeatedly pulling that image down onto multiple clients? Also, what if one of the dumb users formatted the computer (possible); would we then have to reload it with Windows and Client software in order to recover it?
Any help would be appreciated.