Dell ImageAssist 8.x Command Line Switches & Features

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Installer   /english Tool will be in English. /forceinstall Forces install of the toolset skipping over system checks, WIMBoot and FIDA checks as well. This is intended for access to the tools and not to run IA on that system. /? Display this help screen ImageAssist   /english Tool will be in English. USB Drive Creator   /english Tool will be in English. /nodrivers Skip dynamic injection of current system drivers into Bootable USB Drive. /iso Create an ISO file of the USB drive for use in Virtual Machines. ISO file saved to the following location > C:\Dell_RESTORE_ISO.iso /? Display this help screen Unattend XML Creator   /english Tool will be in English. /win81hides Will add lines to the XML file to hide Win81 settings to make more silent.   true   true   true /win10hides Will add lines to the XML file to hide Win10 settings to make more silent.   true   true   true Validation Checker   /english Tool will be in English. Auto Capture Prep Tool   /english Tool will be in English. /sysprep Runs Sysprep before capturing image. This switch is used automatically when run from the ImageAssist interface’s Run Selections button. /nodrivers Skip dynamic injection of current system drivers into the ImageAssist Environment. /? Display this help screen Selector Tool   /english Tool will be in English. Capture Tool   /english Tool will be in English. Restore Tool   /english Tool will be in English. Right Click You can right click in the Windows and Data Partition Size boxes to be able to set them to 'Rest of Drive'.  Only one can be set to that value at a time. %model% Environment variable for the system model.(5130, E5540, etc.) %type%  Environment variable for the system type. (OptiPlex, Latitude, etc.) %serial%  Environment variable for the system service tag. %chassis%    Environment variable for the chassis. This is pulled from a WMI query. (Tower, Laptop, etc.) File Explorer   /english Tool will be in English. System Summary   /english Tool will be in English. Uninstall   /english Tool will be in English. While booted to USB Drive (PE)   F7 Press this key anytime within Image Assist Environment (PE) to show a command prompt F8 Press this key anytime within Image Assist Environment (PE) to show a dialog to save a ZIP file of all logs to. F9 Press this key anytime within Image Assist Environment (PE) to capture a screenshot. This will be added to the logs captured from F8. F10 Press this key anytime within Image Assist Environment (PE) to show the Task Manager F11 Press this key anytime within Image Assist Environment (PE) to show regedit   Image Assist - List of helpful links & articles

NRadonich · Answer

Hi Tyler,

I would like to know if I can build a 'Universal' Windows 7 Professional build using Image Assist, then deploy to multiple models using their specific Driver CABs.

I tried earlier today, using a Windows 7 WIM I built using Dell Image Assist, but then it failed trying to inject drivers, it also did not correctly identify the model (E7250) that I was trying to deploy on.

DELL-Tyler M · Answer

Hi NRADONICH -

Yes, it is possible. Have you used the following resources to help you with the image build / restoration process?

erwilliams · Answer

Greetings Tyler!

Is there a switch i can use to insist the USB Drive Creator builds a 32bit compatible image?

I used the /secureboot command as the USB is intended for tablet use, but on the ATOM cpu equipped tablets the error message states that i'm trying to load 64bit software.

Specifically \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

Thanks!

Ernest Williams

Gary Babcock · Answer

Ernest,

No switch is required for the tools to use the 32BIT PE. This is the version that is used by default currently.

Thanks,

Gary Babcock

Software Development Senior Engineer

Dell | Configuration Services

DELL-Tyler M · Answer

Please note the /secureboot switch has been depreciated in the newest release 5.0.1.1 of ImageAssist.  The USB creator tool will now auto-create the drive based off the OS architecture it’s run from.  e.g. if 32-bit, it will create a 32-bit PE.  if 64-bit, it will create 64-bit PE.

Kirb4220 · Answer

Any Chance of command line switches being added to the Restore Tool in ImageAssist to help us automate and speed up the imaging process a bit? ... It's lacking a bit. Not really much need to technicians that would be using this to be limited to a GUI. Great at what it does, though!

shane_hourigan · Answer

Just to add, the restore tool is provided to just verify built images before supplying to the factory. Its not designed as a deployment tool. When your image is deployed from factory you have no real technician time required.

cmasonrun · Answer

I agree with this 100%!

TreDN · Answer

this is great until you have to reimage a system.  can't send it back to the factory to be reimaged and then back again.

jonhoaglin · Answer

Note, when installing on your own workstation, to just get the toolset, /forceinstall may not be good enough by itself. I had to run it with these specific options:

/forceinstallfida /forceinstalldomain

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