Mike Gore - 2021-10-03

Windows 10 base image installation

References

• Lenovo Laptop Specific Configuration and Install Notes
  • LenovoLaptopSpecific - BIOS settings, USB key booting, Lenovo Support Drivers and update tools
• Windows10BaseImageCreation - Creating a Windows Base Image
• WindowsActivation - activating Windows
• CustomClonezillaUSBKEY - creating a Windows 10 Clonezilla install key
• SaltWindowsInstallFall2021 - installing salt minion and adding CSCF packages

Local USB key and images on ASIMOV

• location *asimov:/coregroup/images/research/CSCF-CLONEZILLA-USB-KEY

Installation

System Boot menu

• Insert USB key into system with Clonezilla and Images created with CustomClonezillaUSBKEY notes
  • For Lenovo Laptops See LenovoLaptopSpecific for BIOS and boot settings
• Power on/Boot system
  • You need to press a key several times at the BIOS start screen until you get the BIOS boot menu
    • For Desktops press F8 repeatedly while booting (some use F12)
    • For Lenovo Laptops press Enter to interrupt startup -> F12
• Pick the USB key boot entry and press enter
  • If it is missing you may have to enable USB booting in the bios

Clonezilla menu

• You will be given a menu with entries like the following
• CSCF Clonezilla Manual Setup
  • Use this to create images or restore images with prompting for additional options like if the disk type or size differs
  • Always use "Expert mode"
    • restore-disk to restore images
      • if disk type or size differs
        • Check icds option
        • Check resize partition table proportionally option
    • save-disk to create images
      • Use a name that reflects the OS version and all of the features

• Other Fully Automatic Menu Options - installs without any questions
  • win10-21h1-update-drivers-sysprep-t480s-2021-10-01-17-img
    • Lenovo T480s Windows 10 + Updates + Drivers + Sysprep OOBE on next boot
  • win10-21h1-updates-drivers-sysprep-t470s-2021-10-01-20-img
    • Lenovo T480s Windows 10 + Updates + Drivers + Sysprep OOBE on next boot
  • The system will reboot when finished and start the OOBE setup
    • Note: if you do not want to run the OOBE setup press F10 to get an MSDOS promt (Shift + FN + F10 on some systems)
      • Type: shutdown -s -f -t 0 this will shutdown the system without messing things up -you can continue the OOBE setup later