Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes

This is the method I learn from Microsoft Event a few weeks back,
Microsoft, more and more Stingy. This method is provided for those system builders which no need to install every new customize PC with Windows Vista.

This method let those system builders just install once in a machine, and make an image in either CD-ROM, Pen Drive or Portable HardDrive, replace or image it into new PC within 10 minutes.

I not going to talk about windows vista here and any pre-installation step. I just apply this method for Windows XP, and assume that you now finish your windows XP installation and all the application you need (ms office, photoshop, WinZip, FTP software and …..), this PC is ready for you to start your work~(we call this stage as TIME X)

Now is the beginning of the whole process, I will guide you how to clone the whole image up, and next time you need to format your PC, only 10 minutes time to recover it to (TIME X)

Here you need…

Windows PE bootable Disk
D drive (secondary drive) or PenDrive or Portable Hard Disk
Another Choice is to Burn into CD

You require this bootable Windows PE CD to capture an image of your master copy and deploy that image to your PC again once you need to format your PC

Create an Image (once only)

Insert the Windows PE CD in your PC (TIME X) and restart, a command prompt will appear
type E:\> imagex.exe /compress fast /capture c: d:\yourimage.win “my master copy” /verify
At step 2, you actually capture the image in your PC (c:) by using ImageX(E:\> imagex.exe) located in your Windows PE CD to D Drive (d:) which file name are “yourimage.win”

After this step, you need to remove the CD and restart your PC, once your PC is up, copy “yourimage.win” to either Pendrive, or burn it to CD-ROM, or leave it at the same place. (assume leave it at the same place) This is your TIME X image, all the software and windows are in there.

Deploy an Image (During PC need format)

Once you feel that is time to format your PC, You require Windows PE CD

Insert the Windows PE CD in your PC and restart command prompt will appear
Format your C drive type c:\> format c: /q /fs:ntfs
after finish format, apply the image to your C drive by type
e:\>imagex.exe /apply d:\yourumage.win 1 c:
Mean you are using imageX from Windows PE to deploy “yourimage.win” from d: to c:
It takes less than 10 Minutes to deploy(depend on your PC speed)

Once you restart your PC after deploy, you are having your TIME X back.

I will Upload the Win PE file, any one who need may FB Messenger Me : @FollowCalvyn, or you may look for my future post, I plan to post the link here soon~

23 Comments

Kesh on October 20, 2007 at 10:03 am

Thats something cool 🙂

Drop by to inform that I just uploaded the Winternals ERD Commander 2005.

Mitz on October 20, 2007 at 11:25 am

I having a problem seeeking the WIN PE CD, how can i find it?

calvyn on October 20, 2007 at 11:38 am

Kesh > well, thank for the softwre, downloading now

Mitz > I will send u the link to download the win PE file

john on October 20, 2007 at 12:25 pm

“Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes”
It’s ‘than’ you douchebag.

Kitkat on October 20, 2007 at 12:56 pm

I know people use Norton Ghost to do that. But Win PE… never try before.

Srdjan on October 21, 2007 at 12:04 am

Hi , can you send me Windows PE file or something, hm like make it available for download.
Thanx

Mitz on October 21, 2007 at 6:31 pm

well, thank, waiting for your link

Sean on October 21, 2007 at 8:41 pm

It sounds coOL… but I am no dare to try a new thing… haha~
I also dunno what’s Win PE :p

Mr Henree on October 21, 2007 at 8:54 pm

It sounds interesting! 🙂

Edward Khoo on October 21, 2007 at 8:59 pm

Erm… Mind to explain what’s Win PE?

lukxiufung on October 21, 2007 at 11:13 pm

My blog is back to normal now!!! Thanks Calvyn!!

Calvyn on October 22, 2007 at 12:20 am

WINPE is “Windows Pre-Installation Environment” , i will upload this file another 2 days time

yapkevin on October 24, 2007 at 3:43 pm

i thought using Norton Ghost was more simple?

archie on November 7, 2007 at 2:08 pm

can you deploy it in another machine with diff. hardware?

calvyn on November 7, 2007 at 8:30 pm

Archie > for XP, no, cannot deploy with different machine, driver problem. But for VISTA, there was no problem, event both motherboard are different brand and different hardware, it will automatic detect after deploy

clara on December 23, 2007 at 11:18 pm

Hi,
I have two hard disks in my PC. One is 9G with XP installed. The other is 80G, with XP also. Initially, I wanted to format the 80G hard disk and treat it as a storage disk but I can never format it. Recently I found out that this 80G hard disk is actually the system disk.

Could you tell me how to I format the system disk?

calvyn on December 23, 2007 at 11:44 pm

clara > Probably is your jumper setting, set ur 80G HardDisk to be secondary hard disk, you will able to format it already

H4RRY on January 19, 2008 at 4:10 am

Using DriveImage XML is better, it’s legal n free.

jadisson oliviera on November 26, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Cara, isso é muito bom! preciso formatar máquinas de meu serviço praticamente 3 por semana. Tem como me enviar todo tuto por email?

VALEU!

Rohit on December 12, 2008 at 10:14 pm

hey calvyn dis is rohit i will also b a part of IT field in coming 2 years i really want ur help to find my rigt way in dis field..
but first i want to know how can i format my p.c winthin less dan 10 min.if u would den plz help me out as soon as possible……
thank u…

calvyn on December 13, 2008 at 11:44 pm

Rohit >

just follow above step with the few command line only… I able to to restore my PC with the previously setting 🙂

Syamami on July 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm

it’s something new for me. but worth to try..

viresh on April 21, 2010 at 2:39 am

any kind of onlinehelp or any software you need call me on

9870356202
9768481082

Kesh on October 20, 2007 at 10:03 am

Thats something cool 🙂

Drop by to inform that I just uploaded the Winternals ERD Commander 2005.
Mitz on October 20, 2007 at 11:25 am

I having a problem seeeking the WIN PE CD, how can i find it?
calvyn on October 20, 2007 at 11:38 am

Kesh > well, thank for the softwre, downloading now

Mitz > I will send u the link to download the win PE file
john on October 20, 2007 at 12:25 pm

“Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes”
It’s ‘than’ you douchebag.
Kitkat on October 20, 2007 at 12:56 pm

I know people use Norton Ghost to do that. But Win PE… never try before.
Srdjan on October 21, 2007 at 12:04 am

Hi , can you send me Windows PE file or something, hm like make it available for download.
Thanx
Mitz on October 21, 2007 at 6:31 pm

well, thank, waiting for your link
Sean on October 21, 2007 at 8:41 pm

It sounds coOL… but I am no dare to try a new thing… haha~
I also dunno what’s Win PE :p
Mr Henree on October 21, 2007 at 8:54 pm

It sounds interesting! 🙂
Edward Khoo on October 21, 2007 at 8:59 pm

Erm… Mind to explain what’s Win PE?
lukxiufung on October 21, 2007 at 11:13 pm

My blog is back to normal now!!! Thanks Calvyn!!
Calvyn on October 22, 2007 at 12:20 am

WINPE is “Windows Pre-Installation Environment” , i will upload this file another 2 days time
yapkevin on October 24, 2007 at 3:43 pm

i thought using Norton Ghost was more simple?
archie on November 7, 2007 at 2:08 pm

can you deploy it in another machine with diff. hardware?
calvyn on November 7, 2007 at 8:30 pm

Archie > for XP, no, cannot deploy with different machine, driver problem. But for VISTA, there was no problem, event both motherboard are different brand and different hardware, it will automatic detect after deploy
clara on December 23, 2007 at 11:18 pm

Hi,
I have two hard disks in my PC. One is 9G with XP installed. The other is 80G, with XP also. Initially, I wanted to format the 80G hard disk and treat it as a storage disk but I can never format it. Recently I found out that this 80G hard disk is actually the system disk.

Could you tell me how to I format the system disk?
calvyn on December 23, 2007 at 11:44 pm

clara > Probably is your jumper setting, set ur 80G HardDisk to be secondary hard disk, you will able to format it already
H4RRY on January 19, 2008 at 4:10 am

Using DriveImage XML is better, it’s legal n free.
jadisson oliviera on November 26, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Cara, isso é muito bom! preciso formatar máquinas de meu serviço praticamente 3 por semana. Tem como me enviar todo tuto por email?

VALEU!
Rohit on December 12, 2008 at 10:14 pm

hey calvyn dis is rohit i will also b a part of IT field in coming 2 years i really want ur help to find my rigt way in dis field..
but first i want to know how can i format my p.c winthin less dan 10 min.if u would den plz help me out as soon as possible……
thank u…
calvyn on December 13, 2008 at 11:44 pm

Rohit >

just follow above step with the few command line only… I able to to restore my PC with the previously setting 🙂
Syamami on July 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm

it’s something new for me. but worth to try..
viresh on April 21, 2010 at 2:39 am

any kind of onlinehelp or any software you need call me on

9870356202
9768481082

Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes

Create an Image (once only)

Deploy an Image (During PC need format)

23 Comments

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