How To: Create a Image Assist Dynamic USB drive for restoring an image

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**It is not possible to create a USB drive from within Hyper-V** Restore Instructions for Dell Ready Image   Create a TechDirect account and download the latest version of Dell Image Assist from:                   https://techdirect.dell.com/Portal/DellImageAssist.aspx   After you download the DIAX tool, unzip it to a Windows 10 or 11 desktop. Note * Please edit the ImageAssist.exe.Config file. Change the: <add key='SkipApplicationLaunchValidations' value='false' /> to value='true' Save the file. Proceed to Step 1. Run the ImageAssit.exe   Run the ImageAssist.exe. User Account Control | Click 'Yes'   Welcome to Image Assist    Terms and Conditions Scroll the Terms and Conditions | Click 'Next'   Which type of image do you want to create?  Select 'Image Assist Dynamic – (Recommended)' | Click 'Next'   Pre-Installation Dynamic Validation. 'Click Next'    Welcome to Image Assist Dynamic. Select the Gear | Click 'Additional Tools   Create USB Drive or ISO File. Click 'CREATE'   Create USB Drive or ISO File Insert a USB Key with at least 32GB available.Note * A larger USB might be required. Depends on the size of source WIM. Select the USB key previously connected to the system. Verify 'Bootable USB' is selected | Verify You have selected the correct USB Key and Click 'CREATE USB' The creation time for the USB key varies by system. 13-14 minutes in this example. Click 'OK' | Close Image Assist   Download a Family Driver Pack that matches the system on which you are deploying the image.https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000180534/dell-family-driver-packs Copy the driver pack to the 2nd partition 'Dell_Driver_Packs_Local' folder on the USB key. Note* Do Not Extract the Family Driver Pack Copy the Ready Image (provided in OneDrive download link) to the 2nd partition 'Dell_Images' folder on the USB key. Boot the USB key on target system, and select 'Restore' This will restore the image and inject drivers. When completed, remove USB key and reboot the system. Boot the USB key on target system, and select 'Restore' This will restore the image and inject drivers. When completed, remove USB key and reboot the system. Related Articles: ‎Testing an Image Assist image before uploading for new factory orders | DELL Technologies What is the layout of the Image Assist USB Drive? Need help or ready to send your image to Dell for new orders? Contact the Imaging Support Team Want Dell to build your image? Dell provides fee-based Image Management Services.  Use the appropriate link below to contact one of our regional IMS teams for more information. Americas Europe, Middle-East & Africa Asia Pacific & Japan Join us each week for our live imaging webinar > www.dell.com/imaging-webinar  Image Assist - List of helpful links & articles

DELL-Tyler M · Accepted Answer

@BumpyLogz

Please open an incident with our helpdesk so they can assist. If you're able to provide the log files - that would be helpful.

How to Capture ImageAssist Log files for troubleshooting

US_OSImaging@Dell.com

(866)340-0541

Thanks, TM

BumpyLogz · Answer

Hello! I have changed the entry   to 'true' but the tool hangs when next is pressed with a spinning arrow indicating generating EULA acceptance and in the background I can see the error regarding 'System cannot be a member of a domain' which was present before changing the above entry one step sooner. Cheers!s

aac123 · Answer

Spoiler     trying to create a bootable thumbdrive for Image Assist but i dont see the Additional Tools after i click the wheel icon on the top right hand corner in ImageAssist. i am using a 16GB thumb drive.

DHC2Pilot · Answer

What is the line I am supposed to change in the config file.....there is nothing but a blank space after the statement 'modify the ImageAssist.exe.Config and change the false value to true for the following line:'

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