Installing Windows 7 Using Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) - Part 3

In Part 3 of this series, I'll show you how to take the answer file that we previously created and use it to create a Windows 7 reference machine.  This machine will become be base build from which end user machines will be built.

In this video, the following topics are addressed:

1. Tips and tricks for doing an unattended installation on a Hyper-V virtual machine including:
1. How to create a virtual device to become the reference machine
2. How to build a virtual floppy disk (.VFD)
3. How to use the .VFD to copy the answer file so that it can be used when installing the reference machine
2. How to verify that your answer file settings were implemented during the unattended install
3. How to sysprep your reference machine and get it ready to be imaged for use with end users.

Future installations of this series will address how to create bootable WindowsPE media, as well as how to install over the network.

Reference Material Used in Creating this Blog:

• Step-by-Step: Basic Windows Deployment for IT Professionals