When user bring us their laptop to the servicedesk for repair, we provide them with a "loaner" laptop.
These loaners are Bitlocker encrypted, W7 Enterprise installed (custom image=no source file,source files are on server), and has all the basic configurations (printers, applications, corporate applications).
When the laptop of the user is finished from repair, they bring back the loaner and pick up their personal laptop.
These loaners can have additional user software ect installed at moment of return.
I'm looking for a way to return these loaners to the original ' loaner' state in a fast way. The loaner needs to stay encrypted at all times due corporate policy's and it shouldn't take longer then a few hours at top, otherwise a complete re-image would be quicker. Normal re-image won't work with bitlocker active, same as Windows Sysprep tool as far as I know..
any ideas?
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Clonezilla will use dd mode to deal with Bitlocker encrypted file system. Therefore it will take a lot of time to restore an image.
As for Sysprep, I have no idea if it works in this case.
Anyone on this forum has similar experience to share?
Thanks.
Steven.
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It might be quicker to have the loaner PC all configured and ready to go without Bitlocker enabled. You can then use sysprep and powershell script to enable the bitlocker. This way bitlocker will do it's thing in the background before deployment. You will have to Google on how to do this.
Also if you want to protect the Clonezilla images you can use the encryption feature during imaging. This way in your mind everything is secure.
Bit cloning with Clonezilla takes forever and makes no sense for this.
Hope this helps.
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When user bring us their laptop to the servicedesk for repair, we provide them with a "loaner" laptop.
These loaners are Bitlocker encrypted, W7 Enterprise installed (custom image=no source file,source files are on server), and has all the basic configurations (printers, applications, corporate applications).
When the laptop of the user is finished from repair, they bring back the loaner and pick up their personal laptop.
These loaners can have additional user software ect installed at moment of return.
I'm looking for a way to return these loaners to the original ' loaner' state in a fast way. The loaner needs to stay encrypted at all times due corporate policy's and it shouldn't take longer then a few hours at top, otherwise a complete re-image would be quicker. Normal re-image won't work with bitlocker active, same as Windows Sysprep tool as far as I know..
any ideas?
Clonezilla will use dd mode to deal with Bitlocker encrypted file system. Therefore it will take a lot of time to restore an image.
As for Sysprep, I have no idea if it works in this case.
Anyone on this forum has similar experience to share?
Thanks.
Steven.
It might be quicker to have the loaner PC all configured and ready to go without Bitlocker enabled. You can then use sysprep and powershell script to enable the bitlocker. This way bitlocker will do it's thing in the background before deployment. You will have to Google on how to do this.
Also if you want to protect the Clonezilla images you can use the encryption feature during imaging. This way in your mind everything is secure.
Bit cloning with Clonezilla takes forever and makes no sense for this.
Hope this helps.