Method of remote imaging

A method of configuring a storage device associated with a computer over a network, the method comprising:

• establishing a connection between the computer and a second computer;
• executing a management application on the computer;
• executing commands initiated by the second computer to create a first partition and a second partition on the storage device;
• formatting the first partition to have a first bootsector;
• replacing the first bootsector, with a second bootsector, the second bootsector being different from the first bootsector;
• copying one or more executable files to the first partition;
• copying one or more image files to the second partition;
• activating a boot indicator of the first partition;
• replacing the computer name and password stored on the storage device;
• and
• augmenting one or more identification parameters;
• wherein activating the boot indicator causes the computer to process at least one of the executable files and the image file to re-image at least a portion of the storage device.

A method of configuring a storage device associated with a computer over a network, the method comprising:

• establishing a connection between the computer and a second computer;
• executing a management application on the computer;
• executing commands initiated by the second computer to create at least one partition on the storage device;
• formatting the at least one partition to have a first bootsector;
• replacing the first bootsector, with a second bootsector, the second bootsector being different from the first bootsector;
• copying one or more executable files to the at least one partition;
• activating a boot indicator of the at least one partition;
• removing the computer name from a location on the storage device;
• and
• augmenting one or more identification parameters;
• wherein activating the boot indicator causes the computer to process at least one of the executable files to access an image file over the network to re-image at least a portion of the storage device.

An imaging tool comprising:

• an initialization module operable to establish a connection between a first computer and a second computer, and to extract information from the computer, and including;
• one or more interfaces having a plurality of input fields;
• a format module operable to modify the configuration of a storage device on the first computer, communicate executable files to locations on the storage device, and to designate a location of the storage device such that information based on one or more of the executable files is processed upon rebooting the storage device;
• and
• a naming module operable to augment security and identification parameters associated with the computer.