Which of the following will David use to accomplish the task?

David works as a System Administrator for company Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2016 domain-based network. David uses Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 for preparing a deployment.

He wants to mount a virtual hard disk (.vhd) file offline and service it just like a Windows image file.

Which of the following will David use to accomplish the task?
A . Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
B . ImageX
C . DiskPart
D . SYSPREP tool

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Answer: C

Explanation:

DiskPart is used to mount a virtual hard disk (.vhd) file offline and service it just like a Windows image file.

Incorrect Answers:

A: Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) is defined as a 32-bit operating system that contains limited services. It is built on the Windows Vista kernel and is used to provide the minimal set of features required to run Windows Setup, access and install operating systems from the network, script basic repetitive tasks, and validate hardware.

B: ImageX is defined as a command-line tool that is used to capture, modify, and apply installation images for deployment in a large environment. It uses the Microsoft Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image format and can be used to capture a volume to a WIM file and to apply a WIM file to a volume.  ImageX is deprecated in Windows Server 2016.

D: The SYSPREP tool can be used to prepare an image of a hard disk of a computer that runs the Windows operating system so that it can be deployed to various destination computers. It is used to prepare the computer by cleaning various user and machine settings and log files.