After the release of the operating system Microsoft Windows Vista installation has become the main method of installing a DVD drive. But sometimes it happens, such a nuisance that install Windows on a computer does not work, either because of bad discs or DVD not working drive. But fortunately there are alternative ways. One of them, installation of Windows 7 on a network, I want to tell. Network Installation of Windows 7 allows you to install the operating system on your computer using the AC adapter. Technology deployment over the network Nenova and has been known since 1999, when the major giants such as Intel, 3Com, Dell and Compaq merged to create the specification of the installation itself under the name of Preboot Execution Environment (PXE).
Microsoft has also not cheated attention to the question set by the network. By offering first Remote Installation Services (RIS), and then Windows Deployment Services (WDS). According to the description for WDS, namely it is positioned as a dedicated service network installation of Windows 7, need domain organization of the network, and it in turn requires the use of server operating systems such as Windows 2003 and Windows 2008. And it seems to me that not everyone wants to get into the issues of administration domain. Fortunately there is another way to network install of windose existence, which I learned from the article Install Windows 7 on a network. The essence of this method is almost identical to the method of installation that uses the WDS, but do not need a domain or server operating systems. According to this method to computer installed a free program TFTPD32, which acts as DHCP and TFTP servers. The first part is used to provide IP addresses of remote computer and have some more information.
And second, TFTP used to transfer the necessary files. After obtaining an IP address of the computer loads an image Windows PE (the lightweight version of the operating system used mainly for PE core operating system). After Windows PE boot is its initialization and mapped network drive, where the distribution of Windows 7 to be launched and run the installer setup.exe. A more complete and detailed description of this method can be found in Article Network Installation of Windows 7.