Imaging, Cloning, & Virtualization

When your corporation needs to provision hundreds or thousands of workstations, traditional computer-by-computer setup is not just inefficient—it is a massive drain on your IT budget. Mass deployment of images is the automated process of installing a standardized operating system, applications, and settings onto multiple business computers simultaneously.

Whether you are standing up a new corporate headquarters, refreshing an entire department's hardware, or recovering from a widespread security event, our Mobile PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) Deployment Teams bring the data center directly to your desks.

We deploy fully configured, high-speed portable PXE servers directly to your facility, or build a dedicated imaging server onsite, allowing us to image thousands of machines concurrently over your local network.

The Power of Onsite Network Booting

PXE imaging enables network-based installation of operating systems and software on computers without local media. Instead of relying on hundreds of USB drives, it allows IT professionals to boot systems via network interface cards (NIC), making it ideal for mass deployments, reimaging, and troubleshooting.

• The Network Infrastructure: Our portable servers seamlessly integrate with your environment. PXE relies on DHCP for network configuration and TFTP to download boot images from a server.

• The Golden Image: By cloning a "golden image" from one master computer to many, IT departments save time, ensure consistency, and quickly initialize or reimage devices.

• The Execution: Target computers are configured in BIOS/UEFI to network boot. Once triggered, the machines request an IP address, locate our PXE server, and load the boot menu to install the pristine Windows image.

Our Proprietary Mass-Cloning Architecture

We do not use slow, file-by-file installation scripts. We utilize a highly guarded, enterprise-grade open-source disk imaging engine that captures the entire hard drive, creating an exact replica.

This underlying technology gives us unparalleled deployment speeds:

• Massive Multicasting Capabilities: Unlike standard deployments that slow down as you add more computers, our multicasting engine broadcasts a single image stream to thousands of devices simultaneously. Imaging 500 computers takes the exact same amount of time as imaging one.

• Block-by-Block Precision: Our system reads and writes data at the foundational block level. It skips empty space and perfectly mirrors your golden image's exact partition structure, ensuring absolute stability on the target drives.

• Unattended Automation: Once the network boot is initiated, the system enables "hands-free" deployment for large batches of computers, removing the need to physically visit each workstation.

Why Choose Mobile PXE for Your Enterprise?

Bringing the deployment server directly to the endpoint hardware eliminates shipping bottlenecks and drastically reduces operational downtime. It significantly speeds up new computer setup, allows for quick restoration of used devices to a "like-new" state, reduces IT support costs, and ensures all users have consistent, secure configurations.

Stop wasting thousands of IT man-hours on manual configurations. Let our deployment engineers flood your network with the exact Windows environment your workforce needs to succeed.

Building on the pioneering cloud infrastructure developed by Revolutionary Technology—famous throughout Washington from 2006 to 2016 for virtualizing office machines into the cloud—Seattle Data Recovery continues to push the boundaries of IT architecture. As the #1 data authority in North America, we specialize in liberating your legacy systems from aging hardware and transforming them into agile, cloud-ready virtual machines.

We do not just migrate standard desktop computers. We possess the capability to clone any computerized machine—including aging industrial controllers, Point of Sale (POS) systems, Windows thin clients, and Windows Embedded devices—and convert them seamlessly into high-performance VMware machines.

Proprietary Universal Restore Architecture

Migrating an operating system to entirely new architecture often results in catastrophic crashes due to hardware mismatches. Our advanced disk imaging and restoration engine bypasses these limitations entirely.

Our deployment protocol utilizes a powerful tool allowing users to restore Windows system backups to different, dissimilar hardware, bypassing blue-screen boot failures. It works seamlessly because it injects essential drivers—specifically storage controllers and HAL—during recovery to make the system bootable on new hardware, making it ideal for bare-metal recovery, physical-to-virtual (P2V), or P2P migrations.

Key Capabilities of Our Virtualization Engine:

• Hardware Independence: Our process successfully restores systems to computers with different chipsets, motherboards, or storage controllers.

• Automated Boot Correction: It enables Windows to start after restoring to new hardware by installing critical drivers.

• Intelligent Driver Injection: The engine automatically detects needed drivers (e.g., SCSI, RAID) and allows users to specify folders (INF files) to inject them during the recovery process.

• HAL Modification: During the driver injection phase, the tool successfully updates the Windows HAL.

• Comprehensive Legacy Support: For modern Windows versions (10, 11, Server 2016+), this level of intervention is often not required because Windows can handle driver changes, but it is still valuable if the system fails to boot due to mass storage driver issues.

Infinite Deployment Options

Once we have extracted your system and converted it into a stable VMware machine, your deployment options are limitless. We can host your newly virtualized machine exactly where your enterprise needs it:

• A local, high-performance office computer.

• A dedicated server located in your internal networking closet.

• A secure server in the data center hosted by 42u.host.

• Enterprise cloud environments, including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Windows Azure, or a dedicated VMware cloud.

Do not let failing legacy hardware hold your critical operational data hostage. Virtualize your infrastructure and guarantee absolute uptime.

Upgrading your hosting infrastructure is a critical step for scaling your business, but the anxiety of data loss and extended downtime can be paralyzing. Whether you are outgrowing your current host, consolidating infrastructure, or launching a massive new web application, you need a robust, fully optimized environment.

We specialize in building entirely new, secure WHM cPanel servers from the ground up and executing flawless, zero-downtime migrations for your most critical digital assets.

Native cPanel to cPanel Migrations

When transferring from an existing cPanel host to your new custom-built WHM server, we leverage manufacturer-approved protocols to ensure a perfect mirror of your environment. Migrating cPanel accounts involves using the WHM Transfer Tool on the new server to pull data from the old server, or generating full backups for manual restoration.

• Automated Data Transfer: The most efficient method is via WHM > Transfers > Transfer Tool, requiring root access to both servers to move files, databases, and configurations.

• Manual Backups & Restorations: If root access is unavailable, we can manually port the data. To make a full backup of a cPanel account, log in to cPanel, navigate to the Files section, click Backup, then select Download a Full Account Backup.

• Precision Archiving: We choose "Home Directory" as the destination, enter your email for notification, and click "Generate Backup". This creates a complete archive.

Universal Migration Capabilities

We do not just move basic cPanel websites. Our engineering team is equipped to migrate complex, multi-tiered digital ecosystems, regardless of their origin environment.

• Websites & Website Data: Complete transfers of your front-end architecture, content management systems, and user data.

• Mobile Apps & App Data: Secure migration of your application backends, active user databases, and API endpoints, ensuring your mobile users experience zero interruption.

• Databases: Precision exportation and importation of complex databases while maintaining strict data integrity.

• Code Repositories: Safe relocation of your version control systems and codebases to your new secure server environment.

Custom Server Builds: Engineered for Performance

Before a single file is moved, we architect a new WHM cPanel environment tailored exactly to your resource requirements. We handle the complex deployment of the operating system, fine-tune the web servers, configure rigorous firewall rules, and optimize handlers so your new server is hardened, lightning-fast, and ready to receive your data.

Do not let hardware dependency or migration fears hold back your digital expansion. Trust the experts to build your new foundation and securely port your entire digital footprint.

Upgrading to the unparalleled power of a new Apple Silicon iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, or Mac Studio is an exciting milestone. However, the anxiety of transferring years of irreplaceable files, complex application configurations, and private user data can quickly overshadow the experience.

Operating out of the University of Washington Medicine building in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, we provide elite, secure, and rapid Apple data migration services. Whether you are a creative professional on a tight deadline or an enterprise user needing immediate deployment, we ensure your new Mac feels exactly like your old one—just exponentially faster.

Our Migration Capabilities

We utilize specialized, manufacturer-approved protocols to ensure a flawless transfer of your digital life.

• Complete System Snapshots: We facilitate the migration process by helping you make a complete backup with Apple Time Machine. This involves connecting an external storage device, configuring it as the backup destination, and allowing macOS to automatically copy your system files, apps, documents, photos, and music. Time Machine acts as Apple's built-in, automatic backup tool that saves incremental copies of your files to an external drive.

• Flawless Data Transfer: Migration Assistant then uses these Time Machine backups to fully transfer all data, settings, and user accounts from an old Mac to a new one. This comprehensive transfer moves your user account, documents, applications, and settings, making the new machine function like your old one.

• Direct Mac-to-Mac Transfers: If not using a backup drive, Migration Assistant can directly connect two Macs via Wi-Fi or Thunderbolt to move data. We utilize high-bandwidth Thunderbolt connections to rapidly clone your environment directly to your new Apple Silicon architecture, bypassing the need for intermediary drives.

• Zero-Data-Loss Guarantee: We ensure that the first backup, which takes several hours depending on the amount of data, completes with absolute integrity before initializing the transfer to your new device.

Emergency & After-Hours Availability

In the professional world, hardware upgrades and unexpected device failures do not stick to a standard schedule.

We understand that downtime equals lost revenue and missed deadlines. That is why our Ballard laboratory offers exclusive rush services on nights, weekends, and all major holidays. If your legacy Mac fails on a Friday night and you need your entire studio environment migrated to a new Mac Studio by Saturday morning, our engineers are ready to deploy.