I would use Norton Ghost Walker.  Very easy and not a great deal of
intervention required.

Arturo

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Terry Taylor [SMTP:taylota AT CHAMPINT DOT COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:35 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Using ADSM to creat disk images

        Hello all,

        We are getting ready to roll out a fairly large number of NT servers
this year,
        both new servers and replacements.  With all of the additional
products we
        install after NT, it takes about a day to build a server.  We are
looking at
        ways to decrease this installation time.  One of the methods we were
        contemplating is to use ADSM to create an image after we had
completed the
        initial server installation.  Have any of you ever done this?  Had
any success?

        We could build out first server and use some sort of dummy name.
After we
        install all of our additional software, we could then run a full
ARCHIVE of the
        C Drive.  When it came time for the next server install, we could
install a
        minimal version of NT in a different directory than NT is normally
installed in.
        This server would be INITIALLY be named as the dummy server name.
Next, we
        would install the ADSM client.  We could then do a full retrieve of
the original
        image.  We could then reboot from the normal NT directory and change
the server
        name and assign the correct IP address.

        I know there are more steps than this required, but I was trying to
keep this
        short.  Any major flaws in this?  I'm thinking this may cut our time
down by at
        least half.  Thanks in advance!!!