|  | Creating, Testing, and Deploying an Image Deploying an Image
3. From the target computer, connect to the source of the image and run the third-party disk imaging application that was used to create the image. Restore the image on the computer, and then follow the steps specified by the third-party disk imaging application.
   | Important: When the image is restored, all previously existing data on the hard disk of the target computer will be erased.
   The next time that the computer is started, the Mini-Setup Wizard will run automatically. The user will be prompted for any configuration information that you did not configure in an answer file.
   | Note: Some third-party disk imaging applications provide Internet Protocol (IP) multicasting, which distributes the image to designated computers simultaneously. This simultaneous distribution helps to reduce network traffic associated with multiple over-the-network installations of Windows XP Professional.