Help using WDS

[Vans]

well someone suggested it here and I would like to give this a stab but it seems I have fallen over at the first hurdle.

The laptops we have allow PXE boot but I dont think they have the NIC drivers built in if that makes sense.

I have set up and configured WDS on my 2k3 box and added a boot.wim file from a vista DVD.

I've looked through some tutorials but none seem to cover exactly step by step what I want to achieve which is to install XP Pro and associated drivers and software over the network.

Does anyone have any pointers or talk me through what I need to do now?

appreciated

 

[Vans]

ok thanks. So I've added the boot.wim file from a vista DVD. What is next?

How / what is sysprep and where does it fit in here? How do I create an XP Pro SP2 image inside win2k3?

Once I've done these things is it a case of hitting F12 when the laptop boots and choosing the image?

Thanks

 

[Vans]

Thanks. What and how do I use to capture an image. Do I install something on to one of the XP Pro machines just after its been set up then copy that file over to the server?