Is it possible to boot windows over a network

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Tiger1970

160 posts

Master Geek

#72512 27-Nov-2010 19:50

Hi fellow geeks i am wondering if it is possible to boot into a windows operating system over a network

for example having windows xp installed on a pc or some type of server and being able to boot up windows xp from another pc or multiple pcs that are on the same network?

exportgoldman

1202 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#410277 27-Nov-2010 20:49

Not too sure about Windows XP, but with Windows 7/Server 2008 you can if you BIOS supports it, boot using iSCSI using a image/LUN from a iSCSI Target (e.g. Windows machine running free iSCSI Sharing software, or a SAN etc.)

Also you can do PXE (some people pronounce it pixie boot) which is built into all PC's, and just needs a PXE Server (DHCP Options etc) but this is usually used for imaging PC's with a clean install not so much running the PC from the remote server.

What problem are you trying to solve?

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Tiger1970

160 posts

Master Geek

#410297 27-Nov-2010 22:21

Hi there i am just thinking about trying this to see what it is like

Have you done this befor?

oneit

7 posts

Wannabe Geek

#416791 13-Dec-2010 22:12

Hi Tiger I have found what your looking for unfortunately I can't post links yet but if you just Google CCBoot you should find exactly what your looking for. I can't vouch for it because I've never used it but it looks like what your asking for. And as an added bonus its free for 5 users. If you test it out let me know how it works I'd be interested in how well it works.