Image new system before setup?
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:51 pm
I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery of a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon running Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit with a 256GB SSD.
I'd like to image the SSD as it arrived before turning on the system and finishing the OS setup. I have an external DVD drive, an external 3TB drive, and licenses for both BIBM and IFW. Presuming I can boot from the external DVD, can I use a BIBM boot disk to run IFD and image the SSD? Or would I have to remove the SSD from the new laptop and attach it to some other box to image it?
For now, I'm not planning to partition the SSD, though that may come later.
Thanks!
I'd like to image the SSD as it arrived before turning on the system and finishing the OS setup. I have an external DVD drive, an external 3TB drive, and licenses for both BIBM and IFW. Presuming I can boot from the external DVD, can I use a BIBM boot disk to run IFD and image the SSD? Or would I have to remove the SSD from the new laptop and attach it to some other box to image it?
For now, I'm not planning to partition the SSD, though that may come later.
Thanks!