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Three years of imaging gigs and I'm done with the winpe flash drive method
Back in 2021 I used to swear by manually booting every machine into WinPE from a USB. Then I landed a contract in Austin for 40 laptops a month and that workflow fell apart by week two. Switched to PXE boot with a local server and my imaging time dropped from 25 minutes to under 9 per unit. Everyone on here kept saying keep it simple, but the simple method was costing me 14 hours a month. I get the appeal for one-off repairs, but if you're doing volume, the extra setup pays for itself fast. Anyone else made the jump and found the learning curve way smaller than they expected?
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oliviagrant2mo ago
What kind of server setup did you land on for the PXE boot? Just curious if you threw it together with spare parts or bought something dedicated.
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