Build Bart PE Ghost Image

  1. Copy your network and storage drivers from unattended installation to C:\pebuilder3110a\drivers\ according to Bart PE documentation
  2. Build BartPE CD
  3. C:\pebuilder3110a\BuildFolder\I386\SYSTEM32\CONFIG to C:\pebuilder3110a\BuildFolder\Programs\Registry
    • Note: I create a batch file called copyregistry.bat that does this for me.
  4. Rebuild ISO with PE Builder (F5)
  5. Create new virtual machine or use available physical machine
    • Virtual machine specs: 5gb HD, 256mb RAM
  6. Mount Bart PE ISO as CD-ROM in virtual machine or burn disc and insert into physical PC
  7. Boot PC from CD
  8. Skip Bart PE autorun
    • Press Scroll Lock key as soon as the blue desktop appears
    • Press “N” to all prompts except for network
    • If you were not prompted, reboot and try again
  9. Partition Drive (If new VM or completely blank drive)
    1. Run CMD
    2. diskpart
    3. select disk 0
    4. clean
    5. create partition primary
    6. select partition 1
    7. assign letter=c
    8. active
    9. exit
  10. Reboot PC to flush NTFS logs if you partitioned the disk to make it useable. Be sure to skip autorun the same way again.
  11. Prep drive for Bart PE install
    • Automatic (create batch file from manual method):
      1. Run custom PEPREP
      2. Enter
      3. Quit
      4. Enter
      5. Exit
    • Manual:
      1. Format drive: format C: /fs:ntfs /q /y
      2. Create empty boot.ini
        1. C:
        2. echo > boot.ini
      3. Run PEINST
        1. Source: X:
        2. Dest: C:
        3. Install Files
        4. Install boot.ini
  12. Create Ghost image
    1. Remote desktop into Ghost server
    2. Create manual Ghostcast session
      1. Session Name: [Anything]
      2. Create Image
      3. Image Filename: [On your file server]
      4. Accept Clients
    3. Start Ghost32 on Bart PE machine
      1. Go -> Programs -> Ghost8 -> Ghost32
      2. Ghostcast -> Unicast
      3. Join Session you created previously
    4. Start image dump
  13. Done!