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3-24 Chapter 3 Deploying Windows XP Professional
Lesson Review
The following questions are intended to reinforce key information presented in this
lesson. If you are unable to answer a question, review the lesson materials and try the
question again. You can find answers to the questions in the “Questions and Answers”
section at the end of this chapter.
1. What is disk duplication?
2. What is the purpose of the System Preparation Tool?
3. What does the /quiet switch do when you run Sysprep.exe?
Lesson Summary
■ The first step in disk duplication is preparing a computer running Windows XP
Professional that will serve as a reference computer. This preparation includes
installing, updating, and configuring the operating system, as well as installing
other applications. After the reference computer is configured, the next step is
using the System Preparation Tool to prepare the computer for imaging. The final
step is using a non-Microsoft disk duplication utility to create a hard disk image.
■ To use the System Preparation Tool, you must extract the files located in the
\Support\Tools\Deploy.cab file on the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.
■ One of the primary functions of the System Preparation Tool is to delete security
identifiers (SIDs) and all other user-specific or computer-specific information.
■ When the user restarts the destination computer, the Windows Setup Wizard
appears, but requires very little input to complete. You can automate the completion
of the Windows Setup Wizard by creating a sysprep.inf file.