Hi everyone,

I'm getting ready to install two new computers for developpers and I was
wondering if the following scenario was possible:

1) Create a new Virtual PC with Windows XP SP2, install everything required.
2) Sysprep the VPC.
3) Ghost from the VPC.
4) Partion target as required (?)
5) Restore Ghost to the physical computer.

I'd like to start from a VPC because the new computers won't be here for a
week or so and I'd like to get a headstart, also if possible I'd use the VPC
image as a base for future installs and for testing purposes. I know it's
possible (and suggested for legacy applications) to move from a physical pc
to a virtual pc, however I haven't found anything to do a reverse process
(in this newsgroup or after googling).

Other questions:
1) The new computers will have a 200 GB HDD, is it better to split them into
2 partitions or to leave them as is? My concern is about configuring the
partition(s) in VPC (NTFS dynamic) and how ghost/sysprep can handle this.

2) Sql Server will be installed (probably Express 2005), is anything
required after sysprep? I recall when ghosting Win2000 computers with MSDE
if the computers were on the same network I had to "reset" the MSDE install
on each computer (I didn't knew about sysprep then). Is the same required
even after sysprepping?

3) IIS will be installed as well, any concerns here/modifications to do
after restoring the image?

~TIA!

Simon