What's the best way to clone Windows 11?

Jeepers - all these posts about sysprep. Total overkill if all devices are same.

@Ghot has provided simplest solution.

You rarely need sysprep these days on W10 or W11.

@cereberus Hi Bud, Ive only just starting getting into OS Builds for our organization and the previous methods were to use sysprep and answer file to pre-inject the KMS Volume Key's along with the driver injection via PNP so that the image covers a wide range of models. This means that when we deploy the image all we need to do is add it to the domain and do any post build actions depending upon final use of the device / which department etc.
Can I use the DISM method to do this and would it capture similar to sysprep as in generalized or if there are multiple models is it best to stick with sysprep ?

cereberus said:

Jeepers - all these posts about sysprep. Total overkill if all devices are same.

@Ghot has provided simplest solution.

You rarely need sysprep these days on W10 or W11.

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I've always just used Sysprep because it's quick, it's easy and it ensure that you don't have duplicate SID's. Duplicate SID's rarely do cause a problem, but this just helps ensure that they never exist to begin with.

CartmansPiehole said:

I finally got a chance to look into some of the solutions posted and I've got at least one new issue. Basically, I'm unable to remove a hard drive. It looks like one of the screws are covered by a Warranty Void sticker. Secondly, I don't have access to the necessary screwdriver to remove the hard drive. It looks like it has a star key.

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My thought on this: The sticker on the drive is there for a purpose, don't take those Torx/star-socketed screws out, not necessary to change the drive, they hold on the cover of the drive's internal works and removal of it can cause damage and best done in a "clean-room" for the purpose. An HDD or SATA SSD uses only 1 to 4 screws to mount them, may be on each edge of the drive or on the bottom and use a standard Phillips driver, maybe a #2 or a #1 tip. Some will have 6 holes for flexibility in mounting.
Notebook 2.5" drives, one with the cover missing: