How to create image of computer with MDT 2010 without deploying an OS to it

[Guest brian]

Hello,

 

 

 

I'm getting started with MDT 2010 and have a question about creating custom

 

WIMs. We regularly capture WIMS of computers using Imagex (i.e. imagex /capture

 

c: f:\fileshare\image.wim "Drive C") in a PE environment and I'd like to try to

 

use MDT for this process instead of imagex if possible. With MDT you start the

 

reference computer with the PE CD and you can capture a custom WIM but Windows 7

 

is then deployed to the target computer which I don't want to do. I'd like to

 

know if there is a way to create a WIM of a reference computer and import it

 

into the MDT database without deploying Windows 7 to that computer.

 

 

 

Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

 

 

Thank You

 

brian