How to Clone Multiple Computers (Multi cast) Easily upto 100 laptops/machines/desktops. UPDATED 2025
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- Ever Wondered how to Clone Multiple machines at the same time instead of installing OS on each and every single computer with softwares? Here is how you can do it using a simple,fast,user friendly open source software called Clonezilla where in you can clone an Image of a computer to upto 100 machines at a time! HOpe this helps you ! Feel free to share with your near and dear. Check out more useful videos in this playlist : www.tinyurl.com/howtoplaylist . Take care! Stay tuned by subscribing! Support my channel by sharing this video. Thank you.
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I've been trying to figure out how to use DRBL for such a long time. I found your video and had my own DRBL server running, pushing out images to 20 laptops. This by far is the best video I've seen as a How-To for multicasting, using DRBL. Thank you for the excellent work!
Aww. thanks so much brother for commenting. i am glad it helped you . and thank you for kind words. peace ! :)
I'm doing an assignment on cloning an OS install on 40 PCs. All PCs have the same hardware. This will help me get my assignment done! Thank you!
Absolutely. How did it go? :)
Great! I almost finished the article by referencing your video! Thanks to this video, I did it for the first time!
Nice. pls share the article link.
@@puttasampath Sorry, this is a local KB with staff-only permissions =(
I think you should mention that you can only use the DHCP option if you have connected the LAN to the switch, such as you have done. Also you say "make sure you put the lan connection to the uplink port, not the others". That would not matter at all, except if all the ports are at a lower speed than the upload port, and you need quicker connection on the upload port. But typically, today all ports are gigabit.
Gratitude to this. saves time to format several computers 👍👍👍👍🏆🏆🏆
Having you as my teacher will be very best
what are you studying :) Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you for giving a time to make this video. It was worth watching.
Thanks alot Tenzin. i really appreciate you commenting. glad it helped you :)
Did you confiugre the DHCP on switch or not ? and second question can i use external USB as a source in this scenario i have to choose local option right ?
Really informative and straight to the point.
Thanks for commenting and glad it helped you
What about CAL?????
For each installed OS how will windows Server understand
GREAT VIDEO!!!
You are very graceous sharing your knowledge!! MUCH appreciated
Im so glad it helped you :) . thanks for stopping by! Have a great days ahead!
Hi Sampath,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge:)
You are welcome Jeffy! thank you for commenting.
Thanks for sharing! Would you be able to explain how to use this, for Microsoft Surface Pro devices?
same procedure should work ?
Great video. As today, are these settings still current?
Brother, All laptops needs to same configuration to clone ?
Hi sir, Great video....one question....did you "sysprepped" the first laptop?
Thanks for your video, it will change the computers SID automaticly ?
You are welcome. Thanks for commenting. it keeps a generic name with a number at the end. You can change it later on from User accounts ( within control panel) :)
Hi, can we intall win-11 Pro using the same process?
Thank you
irrespective of Operating system this method is agnostic of OS.
Hello there. Very good video! You explain it simple and understandable. I have a couple of questions, maybe you can help:
- if I clone the image on to multiple computers, will there be no problems with the windows licence?
- can I clone Active directory settings aswell? If yes, do I have to change anything after the cloning process (username etc.)?
Thank you so much for your help
The whole image can be copied and assumption was that you have valid license for each PC.
Thanks for posting. New job wants me to do this 👍
good. how did it go?
thanks for a very informative video as i never heard of this software before.
You are very welcome. Thank you so much for commenting. i am glad it helped you.
Is DRBL the same as Clonezilla????
thanks for a very informative video.
pungky wibowo you are very welcome. Thanks so much for commenting!!
After this Multi-cast operation is complete.... we obviously end up with 18 computers that all have the same exact setup. Meaning that they should have the same (1) computer name (2) Username, (3) Passwords ... as the original computer which had been cloned.
Can we assume then, that obviously we would have to go through and change these three items so that each computer on the network would have proper and unique Computer Name, Username, and Password? I would think the answer is yes right?
I ask this question because if we are dealing with an Active Directory Environment, then each machine on the Domain needs to be unique right?
Please someone kindly clarify this matter.
Thanks
Alex
Which image file is this supported ? Can we installe windows as well from server folder to all clint pc or have to select juat perticular file formate type ?
Windows can also be flashed.
Thanks for the video, does it use to install only Linux ?
Can I use DRBL for Windows installing ? thanks
I want to do a test drive with 5 computers using multicast. I have a 8 port switch and I’m using external drive. The external drive will be connected to a wireless router. The wireless will be connected to the 8 port switch. I don’t know what else to do after that. I need help. Can I get some help please?
i don't know if WIFI hard disk method works. you can give it a try with selecting the Image via HDD once you had created an image & stored it there.
I am not fluent in English ,and I want to ask about the server must be same to other devices in net work
Yes server must be on the network
@sampath ramkumar
How do we join to domain automatically within this cloning ?
I have been going thru your videos and saw swamy pics . We are working for Swamy's institution located in Bangalore. Is that possible to connect with you. I need some technical help.
Hi, how can i help you?
I am unable get further screen one the initial boot menu appears in pxe boot . It is loading lmvimz... Something and stalls there.
which version of DRBL are you using? can you try the one that i had given in the video?@@tvenkatesh81
I so an IT technician who is also my college teacher doing a windows reinstall on about 25 computers and installing software that we and others need to learn about, he has a bunch of bootable usb drives and other usb drives with the programs on it, he plugs the bootable drives on computers one by one and manually configure them and install programs on them, me and other classmates helped him or he would have taken the whole day to do that, I knew that there was a better way but didn't exactly knew what it was.
BTW does anyone know if you can configure a dual boot with this method?!
Yes you can. i did flash MAC/linux computers in this method with dual boot.
Hello Sampath. I want to clone one computer by connecting it to main PC using LAN cable. If I boot the same main image on secondary computer, will the secondary computer get the same PC name that the first one have or is there a way to automate the name changing process, as no 2 computers can have same name on the network. Please reply?
Will this work with windows ?
Cool buddy, nice video
You are very welcome! Thanks for commenting. :)
I do not know if I was clear, suppose I need to back up 50 computers, and then format, is it possible with this solution to ensure that all computers were backed up completely?
Hi Sampath,
I find your video very helpful and easy to follow. I have a question and I hope you can help me. If you have an image on a separate drive (usb or hard drive) should I need to connect the lan primary wire (orange colored cat wire) to the lan port even if my image is not save on a server?
Probably not. I think he only had the orange cable because it was leading to his server which was storing the actual image file.
Not necessarily. That’s needed only if you are copying image from a server.
Just a question. So all the clients have to use a live usb too. Those laptops need any os initially? How do you turn on the laptop and allocate ip if it has no os?
No need, all you need to do is start the laptop to start boot from LAN/Network using IPXE, you also can change boot order directly from on BIOS.
Thank you for answering on behalf of me.
Please make a video breaking down the DHCP, PXE setup
Sorry bro, I don't know what you mean by breaking down DHCP, i hope you find this useful: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/dhcp/dhcp-top , For PXE setup, if you are referring to a boot image, i have given the link in the description of the video.
It's a layer 2 or 3 switch? And should it be programmed for dhcp or does the clonezilla software do that for us?
How long time deploy windows for 18laptop sir? Clonezilla server DRBL better and minimal bug than acronis snap deploy or AOMEI Backupper Technician Plus or Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Thanks sir
Time of deployment depends mostly on hardware speeds.
Depends on: how fast are the connections to the PCs (this involves the switch, cables and plugs) and how fast the disks are able to recieve the image.
The max I've cloned where 45 PCs. It took about 20-25 minutes.
@@c0kosnuts2 what you are using sir clonezilla? Acronis snap deploy? Aomei backupper technician plus?
hi, sorry for late reply, im unaware of the differences between those two. DRBL worked like a charm as you can see in the video :) very simple and straight forward.
Does it work on computers with different hardware?
Yes and no.
You "can" clone to different hardwares but the drivers won't be correct.
What you CAN do, is this (i'll give an example) let's say you have Lenovo and HP mixed PCs:
- Set everything up in the Lenovo (windows + drivers)
- Set everything up in the HP (windows + drivers)
- Backup the drivers of the Lenovo using PowerShell (Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination "F:\Drivers Backup") and copy it to a USBDriver
- Insert USBDrive onto the HP and restore using CMD (pnputil /add-driver "E:\Drivers Backup\*.inf" /subdirs /install /restart)
- Create an image of the HP and deploy to all the PCs.
Theoretically it should work because the image contains all of the drivers for Lenovo and HP. But I've never done it. I usually keep one image of every different PC I manage at work and I deploy them one at a time.
yes . as long as you have DRBL client running.
I tried step as mention but it was stuck on client side....and error message said mkswapfile.service not loades....what was it mean...can explain or what solution i need to solve the issue.
Really good video thanks
Thank you for commenting :) glad you liked it and i hope you found it helpful.
Sir all system are same configuration or different conf.
Hi Sampath, Can you pls help me understand how different is network boot compared to pxeboot ? is it possible to do all that you've done with pxeboot ?
Thanks in advance and looking forward for your reply
Network book is nothing but you are powering on the PC with a network command from any other device . It’s like a power on switch but through network. The PXe boot is specifically for imaging a pc
Hi, i have a question what is the purpose of that LAN cable color red? if the image was already in the master laptop?
red lan cable is from the master who's triggering the cloning.
What state were the other computers in? Were they in boot menu? Just turned on to log screen?
they were powered down from what I saw. Only after he initiated the host machine did he go around and turn the clients on and boot from network
Hi, would I deploy fedora desktop Linux over the network regardless of the same system model or configuration?
Absolutely. It’s Operating system independent
Hello! How to make hardware on different computers?
Do you have info on what kind of a network switch you used? Brand/model?
Any Network switch would be sufficient. I have used Netgear 24 port switch. in this video. :) Hope this is helpful to you. comment on if you have any other questions. Have a great day!
So does Clonezilla server set up as the DHCP server? I tried all of your steps using a dumbswitch, but when I start the PXE boot from the client it can't find a DHCP server.
to be frank, i don't remember. i am frank that there was no ip setting that i have made. so, it should be DHCP! :)
I was using a managed switch, apparently if you have STP on then it times out when your clients try to PXE boot.
Matthew Wakamatsu Oh i am not aware of that then :( . sry about that. try to borrow a switch from Walmart or something.
Is there any way to do it over internet?
i doubt if there's a way as it requires a proper internet connection with Operating system. while this is pre-operating system procedures.
Hi, thanks for this awesome video. Easy to follow ! Quick question is it possible to do this wirelessly ?
Kahti Com hi, thanks so much for commenting!! Drbl server doesn’t support wireless networks yet. And hence Via LAN is the only option now.. :)
Hi Sampath. Does the image need to be created from the same model as the laptops I want to deploy the image? I have hundreds of laptops I need to deploy, but many are different models.
One image per model
yes you create an image for idential featureset and operating systems.
can we do windows 10 backup & restoration through network
Ajay Kumar yep same method
First; thanks for the video... Question under your scenario does DRBL have internally a DHCP & TFTP server, or must you have available on your grid? If, I'm installing outside my network?
DHCP would be needed if you have like a server that can assign IP addresses
What if some driver installed not compatible?
Thanks, very very good
which switch is that you are using... can a normal 8 port switch be used for installation
selena dsouza yes you can use :)
I have a question, to my understanding Clonezilla only works on ubuntu, thus can I use clonezilla on a virtual machine installed on windows 10 to deploy windows 10 to other computers?
If I decide to access the files in this image, can I extract the files? I would like to use this solution to back up before formatting my computers, so as not to risk losing files.
how much take take time to create and restore image on network around 50 computers
i have some question Mate. how i can also clone the apps or programs that installed to one pc to many pc just like you did to operating system. i am confused if is it possible to do that?
sorry for the late reply. you want to just install only few applications and not whole operating systems. correct? if so, there are many 3rd party control apps which lets you do this. let me know how did you overcome this problem, i mean which 3rd party app you had used to solve this! :)
Can I use an unmanaged switch?
Sure?
can i use static IP instead of DHCP?
you can if its allowing to. but i personally haven't tried that route as its additional work of manually configuring.
Hi sampath, can i clone multiple computer while overwriting the existing installed OS?
Hey Sampath,
Is there any limitations of Hardware configurations of Machines
Is it possible to clone ssd from the pc with the live usb, to other pcs having same configuration everything same?
Yes you can do that
Does this still work ? Are the soft on the links are reliable ?
try it out! it worked while i showed in the video.
I can't get the target laptop to boot with an option to connect to the server. Only options are a regular boot or a cpu test. Any ideas?
hello , nice vid btw
if i want to install only in the C drive on the target computer without erase the other partition,is it posible ?
can you explain to me directly to my email?
Hi, can you show how to configuration switch to DHCP, for me? cuz i had been configured my switch 2960 S-serial SI to DHCP already but when try to boot from network it show message "dhcp.... followed by pxe-e53 no boot filename received" on client.
Is there any issue with SID (Security Identifiers) on windows? i worry all laptop has a same SID because it use clonezila for installing OS
you can use sysprep tool
Hello! Nice video, I have a question though. I have the same set up (I think) but mine will not work. I was able to clone the drive, but when I go through steps on this video the master computer just sits there waiting and I can't get the rest of the computers to be boot from the network.
I have to computers (one master one slave) connected through a simple switch. Am I missing anything?
Sir please give me solution the error is "Failed to create a partition table on this disk: /dev/sda " ( Is this disk too small: /dev/sda?) how to resolve this??? There is 8 partition in my image..(Three os)
Is it possible to do via wifi?
No, DRBL doesn't support wifi.
No, DRBL works only via LAN
Hi Sampath. Thanks for sharing!
one question: do you know if its possible to create disk images (clone) for multiples computers, but from an external computer via Ethernet?? for example, currently I'm working with 5 Dell servers and I need to create a full backup image of their hard disk and partitions and store it on an external computer, but with the servers working on Windows and without the need to boot or reset it.
Thanks in advance!!
ask that question to magician.
If I understood your question right, you want to create an image of different PCs without having to re image on some other PCs? If so, in the description of the video I have created another video on how to create an image. Try it :)
Please answer the queries asked in comments. It will benefit not just the question asker but many other future watchers who have the same questions. You are only replying to those praising your video.
Nothing like that bro. What is your question?
Great video thank you.
Thank you! :) Have a Wonderfull n happy new year!! :)
I have an issue every time I get to the step after the DHCP Discover it says "No IP Address Assigned" I never get the option to tell it "no" in order for it to automatically assign the IP's. I'm a bit of a noob at this, I've used this program in the past but its been a long time and I might be over looking something super simple.
Yes. kindly follow the steps in the video, you should be fine :) Gl!
This was superb.
Nice video brother :) Keep it up
Bro do video on fog server image diploy its the best way and only having less steps
How can you boot through ethernet? I have clonezilla on a CD, but I want to copy that image onto a different computer through ethernet cables.
sir how to clone dual boot through lan windows7 and ubuntu14 version wich drbl live iso working
Did you try the same drbl version that i mentioned in the video?
Is there any way to do this without the image, do it straight from the HD?
I've tried with DHCP but it only works with a single PC, can't multicast.
thanks for u mr.sampath
Can this image you create be used to make a full backup of my computer?
Yes. Clonezilla is great to backup the operating system and restore it to the way it was on the date of backup. Using the free version of macrium reflect will also work.
Why don't you use the amazing software Aomei Backupper or Aomei One key Recovery. They are available in both free and pro. Not endorsing for them for monetary benefit for myself. I am using it myself.
Hi Sampath, thanks for the video. Is there a maximum image size? I've used FOG before and find anything about 30Gb causes errors.
yes. there's no size limit actually. it takes longer for higher size. I have cloned an image of about 50 GB in this video iremember.
Hi can we add drivers also with different models pc in it???
dude this is for storage and not everything in your PC except critical drivers
Mr.Sampath how to install and configuration for Conezilla software kindly explane Deep
Do you mean image?
Would SCCM still work with each computer?
could you tell me what is sccm?
Nice ❤
Glad you like it
THANK. YOU
excelent video. thx!
can i do this on different hardware
Umer Siddiqui
Yes, you can.
if we need to install windows 10 on different models and brands of machines how could this be possible
Use MDT
hi, my friend, i have server hp-setup a window servr2008
can i clone this windowse in hp server to my new server dell
how can i do that
I need help clonezilla useing this data transfer speed based on
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@@puttasampath increase speed up clonezilla installation pc
@@surendrnathan use a faster Ethernet router
@@puttasampath I have using cisco switch 350
@@surendrnathan check the network speed on the Ethernet ports from data sheet . Higher the speed the faster the image can be sent
How do you make the image?
Perfect audio😎