You have a computer that runs Windows 7. You need to capture the operating system and all the computer configurations to a Windows image (WIM) file. What should you do before you capture the image?
A.
Run Oscdimg.exe.
B.
Run Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM).
C.
Open a command prompt that has elevated privileges.
D.
Start the computer by using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).
Explanation:
Windows PE
To access a network share as an installation source from the client computer, you need to boot the client computer into the Windows Preintallation Environment (Windows PE) environment. The Windows PE environment is a minimally featured operating system that allows you to access diagnostic and maintenance tools as well as access network drives. Once you have successfully booted into the Windows PE environment, you can connect to the network share and begin the installation by running Setup.exe.
NOT Windows SIM
Opens Windows images, creates answer files, and manages distribution shares and configuration sets.
NOT Oscdimg
Oscdimg is a command-line tool for creating an image file (.iso) of a customized 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows PE. You can then burn that .iso file to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Oscdimg supports ISO 9660, Joliet, and Universal Disk Format (UDF) file systems.
The question/answer doesn’t make sense. It says nothing about the requirement to install over a network. Before capturing ANY image you must run sysprep.exe which requires an elevated command prompt (Answer C) or be built into a deployment script.
Bruce, the explanation is not very relevant. IMO, the answer D is correct because you need to capture the hard drive image while the system is booted from another drive, and it must be assumed SYSPREP has already been run. I would choose answer C if it stated to run SYSPREP. Microsoft has a bad habit of creating amibiguous questions.
Also the question does give you a bit of a hint where it says capture everything to a windows image – Image capturing is done by ImageX which is done in WinPE so that is the closest answer.