I made an image with ICE (image configuration editor), installed it, loaded some programs, and finally I captured the image which was 1.3GB. Then I booted a different machine with windows PE and ran imagex /apply, and applied the image to the c:\ drive. At one point, it showed 2 hours left, and I could watch the status as the time changed. Now its just sitting there without any visible progress. It doesn't seem to be done because it didn't go back to the command prompt. Just a cursor blinking, nothing else.
I also ran the /verify switch too.
So has anyone ever run this imagex /apply /verify commands before? Is this normal behavior? Am I really waiting for something at this point or should I do a hard reset and take my chances?
thanks
Best Answer
Given that it took 2 hours to deploy this image, I'd say your source media is fairly slow (Is it a USB Drive? A network share?) The /verify option does exactly what it sounds like, and verifies the write operation succeeded by comparing it to the source image. You will nearly double your imaging time by doing this.
Also note, that if you accidentally enter into a Select text operation (right click mouse) in the Windows PE command prompt window, the entire ImageX operation will also pause waiting for you to copy/paste text. I've done this myself once or twice by simply bumping my mouse accidentally.