Windows imaging using AIK tool kit

First download the AIK tool kit from the microsoft download centre.There are mainly three steps when clonning a PC's system using AIK(or ADK).

1.Make a winpe bootable disk to capture and deploy images.

2.Capture .wim(the image of the system that u want).

3.Deploy .wim to the PC that u wanted to cloned.


1.Make a winpe bootable disk to capture and deploy images.

• Install the downloaded AIK toolkit.
• Go to the start > Microsoft Windows AIK click Deployment Tools Command Prompt.
• Then become a prompt.
• type > copype {system architecture} c:\{destination u want to save}

                    example: copype x86 c:\winpe_x86

                    Note:if it's 64 bits, instead of x86 type amd64

• enter
• After that there will some copy paste functions...like this

1. copy c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim
2. copy "c:\Programe Files\windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" c:\winpe_x86\ISO\

• go to c:\winpe_x86\ISO\
• and burn all files in to a cd(or make a bootable pen copying them)

2.Capture .wim(the image of the system that u want).

• insert the bootable disk.
• go to C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep
• run the "sysprep" application
• Select OOBE,check "generalize"
• select either Reboot or Shutdown (proffered)
• while rebooting boot from the disk
• you will see a cmd prompt there.
• first you need to find where ur system has installed(in which drive).to confirm that go to different different drives by typing the drives letters A B C D E like that.

             ex: in cmd

                  c:

                  c:\dir

    type dir to find what files inside that drive.

    from that u can find which drive the system exist.

• after that decide to where u are going to capture this image.
• like u found where ur system exist find the directory that u want to copy the image.
• let assume my system in c:\ and i want to get the image to d:\
• then we are going to now capture the image.
• go to the directory(drive) that ur pe bootable exist.(as we did prev.)
• type dir enter.u can see the files that u copied to make it pe bootable.and u see there the "imagex.exe"
• while u stay in the same drive type this

          imagex /capture c:\ c:\systemimage.wim "type any description of wim u want" /verify

• it's very easy type   imagex /?  then u get a help menu.u can easily type the commands using that.
• and also u can find the command for deploy the image.

3.Deploy .wim to the PC that u wanted to cloned.

• insert the pe bootable and boot from it the PC that wanted to be cloned.
• find the drive that the pre installed system exist.
• then we need to format it by using diskpart tool
• this is how to format disk using disk part

1. type diskpart and enter
2. then cmd will open
3. type list disk. there will show disks and there sizes.
4. decide what is ur hard drive disk by considering the size.(mostly disk 0 would be the hard disk).
5. type select disk 0 (assume this time the hard is in disk 0)
6. type clean
7. type create partition primary
8. type select partition 1
9. type active
10. type format fs=ntfs quick
11. type assign letter "c"
12. (in this i assigned the letter c to local disk that system going to be cloned)
13. then u know the drive u want to be cloned the image is c:
14. so type imagex /?
15. do deploy
16. after deployed dont forget to type this\

            bcdboot c:\windows /s c: