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new acquired company, how to format the machine without losing data

Unanswered new acquired company, how to format the machine without losing data

  • Monday, October 29, 2012 8:04 PM
     
     
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    we have  acquired a new  company, say skid row, there are around 400 computers,, our company is called  megadeth

    i want to  format each and every  400 computers from  skid row and install the image  from megadeth to the skid row  company computers using mdt 2012

    the thing is

    skid row computers are running windows xp 32 bit and   windows 7 32 bit  professional and  ultimate

    i want to change them all to windows 7 64 bit  enterprise edition

    the computers got  c drive and d drive

    if i am able to wipe the c drive  only and  install the new operating system without touching the  d drive

    i am in heaven, because d drive contains  the data and i dont want to back it  to a external portable drive and stuff and restore it later on

    any help would be  of great help

    To be successful in life, you need to work smarter and not harder, and dont forget to drink your milk and say your prayers

     

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  • Monday, October 29, 2012 9:58 PM
     
     
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    Quite the company names you have there :)

    To answer your question, you can certainly do that, just use a custom script to locate the correct drive (better than taking a gamble and assuming it's C:) then format it. In the case of Windows XP you'll also need to use bootsect to apply the NT60 boot sector but the machines that you currently have as Windows 7 should just boot up.

    You might also want to look into USMT. Although you say you don't want to back stuff up it is an alternative to consider, and with USMT you can completely automate the process should you chose.

     
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:59 AM
     
     
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    how to write and use the custom script

    i have the  c drive labelled as  system

    and the d drive as data

    what is this  nt60 boot sector you are talking about

    and how to go about that

    To be successful in life, you need to work smarter and not harder, and dont forget to drink your milk and say your prayers

     
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:59 PM
     
     
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    I reccomend to use the Refresh Computer scenario, not New Computer. With Refresh the user's data will be saved and restored using USMT. Please read the comprehensive MDT documentation that comes with the product (the optional print-ready documents are excellent).
     
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:18 PM
     
     
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    as i mention above i want only the data files to be  backed up from d drive,,,,,,,all of them

    so pls help me from scratch how to go about from the above for the usmt

    To be successful in life, you need to work smarter and not harder, and dont forget to drink your milk and say your prayers