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How to clone Windows 10 installation to multiple computers

Super User Asked by Quadrivics on January 31, 2021

I have tried finding topics about this on here but none of them answered my question:

Is it possible to install Windows 10 on a PC (let’s call it PC-01), customize it (add users, wallpaper, installed programs) and then put this install on a USB stick to install Windows 10 like it is configured on PC-01 on a different computer (PC-02,03,04 and so on)?

If yes, is there a tutorial I can follow somehere?

What I tried:

  1. Using DISM to convert install.esd to a wim file and edit it with MSMG Toolkit. This failed because the toolkit ignores some commands and it makes me use a completely clean Windows ISO instead of the possibility to convert an existing install to a bootable version.

  2. Trying to create a configured install in virtual box and export this using the virtual box extentions, but none of this could help me get a working customized Windows ISO boot.

Can anyone help me with a plan/tutorial how to:

  1. Export a configured version of Windows 10 to USB (along with the users, programs and wallpaper customizations).

  2. Install that version on multiple laptops so it functions as a clone of the first PC.

One Answer

Officially, if the hardware is all the same then you can use SysPrep to prepare a PC for cloning to other machines. Unofficially, you can usually clone without using SysPrep. You'll also need imaging software. I prefer Macrium Reflect which offers a free version.

Answered by Mike Lowery on January 31, 2021

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