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Deploy Windows 10 Pro image to multiple PCs

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Hi,

I have 5 new Lenovo identical PCs with Windows 10 Pro. If I use True Image bootable media, can I deply image to 5 PCs? I have to turn on (login) all the PCs first for the windows activation?

 

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Alex

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Alex, welcome to these User Forums.

Assuming that each of your 5 new Lenovo PC's have all been activated for Windows 10 Pro, then you could take a backup image from an identical Lenovo PC and recover this to your 5 new PC's by using the Acronis bootable Rescue Media, then let the restored Windows OS activate again based on the prior activated hardware signature of each PC.

Please note that this would be a manual process for each PC, where you would need to boot each one in turn using the Rescue Media with the backup drive connected (containing your backup image), then do a full disk recovery.

The Rescue Media needs to be booted using the same BIOS mode as used by Windows 10 on your PC's but as these are all new PC's, then this should be in UEFI mode - you can check this by running the msinfo32 command and checking the value shown for BIOS mode.

I would recommend making a backup image of each new PC before attempting to recover the image from the source PC so that you have a means to get back to your starting point should that become necessary.

I agree with Steve that you should create a backup for each PC before doing the 'cloning'.

Ian