Injecting Drivers with WDS win 7 image

sysprepwdswindows 7

HI I am creating a Windows 7 Image to be deployed out through WDS. THe problem I am having is so new that when I run sysprep to install the drivers it crashes. So my question is where should I install my drivers so it can continue and go through sysprep

Best Answer

If you are using Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012, WDS has a driver store that can manage your drivers based on PnP hardware calls. There is no need to inject them into the image manually. If you are on Server 2003 or 2008, then the driver node doesn’t exist and Katherine Villyard’s advice will help you.

However, you should look into using the free Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) with your WDS, whichever version. MDT is a task based deployment solution that manages device drivers, installs software after the OS is deployed, and much more. These two videos will show you the benefits and how to get started with MDT:

Deployment Day Session 1: Introduction to MDT 2012

Deployment Day Session 2: MDT 2012 Advanced

Hope this helps,