Talk:Sysprep/Archive 1

Does this article want to be a history of sysprep, or is someone trying to turn this into technical documentation? Splat215 20:18, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Isn't this article suppose to be technical in nature providing detail on the use of Sysprep? Shogun01 09:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

"Some laptops (known issues are with Dell and Hewlett-Packard) with SATA Hard Disk Drives do not support standard Microsoft Windows XP installations, or Sysprep installations, unless the SATA enabling is "Disabled" in the BIOS "

Where is the source for this information? Sounds like someone's personal experiance working with Sysprep and then trying to make it a fact (When really it wouldn't be a Disk Imaging/Sysprep issue, but rather a SATA Drivers issue - And SATA driver issues arn't specific to HP/Dell laptops, but rather most computers that boot from a SATA HDD.--220.239.221.186 08:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree. This "issue" is not specific to any computer manufacturer and is not limited to laptops. The actual situation is that Windows XP doesn't include out-of-box mass storage drivers for these newer SATA controllers. While disabling SATA Emulation in the BIOS does allow an XP installation to boot on these controllers using out-of-box mass storage drivers, the appropriate method is to include the 3rd party driver for the SATA controller in the installation. From a sysprep prospective, this means including a valid entry in the [SysprepMassStorage] section in sysprep.inf. The inability to boot Windows XP without a required driver has nothing to do with Sysprep so this edit should be removed. Shogun01 09:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Partition size on cloned drives?
"'If you put a 10GB image on a 40GB hard drive the new drive will only use 10GB, wasting 30GB unless you use the ExtendOemPartition=1 in sysprep.inf.'"

This depends upon the deployment tool being used as well as how it is used and has nothing to do with the functionality of sysprep other than to state that this setting can be included in a sysprep.inf file. Shogun01 06:30, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Removed the disk cloning issues section as this information belongs in the Disk cloning page. Shogun01 07:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Opinion or fact?
"'Vista's Sysprep is best invoked from a command line prompt:'"

Should this article be limited to statements of fact? Shogun01 06:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedic in tone? Tutorial?
Previous contributors have written some extremely useful material, but parts of this article are heading towards becoming a tutorial or manual. In some places the tone is not encyclopedic. See WP:NOT - "Wikipedia articles should not include instructions or advice " [...] " or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals...". This useful material should be moved to a sister site.

"Wikipedia is an encyclopedic reference, not a textbook. The purpose of Wikipedia is to present facts, not to teach a subject matter. It is not appropriate to create or edit articles which read as textbooks, with leading questions and step-by-step problem solutions as examples. These belong on our sister projects Wikibooks and Wikisource" CecilWard 18:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)