Deploying a Windows 7 image, which way is the fastest?

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Published on 2012-11-09T08:10:38Z Indexed on 2012/11/09 11:07 UTC
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I captured an image of a basic Windows 7 installation with some modifications using imagex. Before the image was captured, I ran sysprep generalizing and selecting to enter OOBE after it's done.

Which way would be the fastest to deploy that image again?

Using imagex /apply.
Or naming the image install.wim and put it in the source folder of a normal installation (on a bootable USB device), running a normal setup afterwards.

Currently I have only tried the second approach. However I just found out about the imagex way and wondered if it would be faster.

Or are the even more methods that would be better?

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