Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool Version 3.4.0 User's Guide
Summary
User guide for Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool v3.4.0 for creating and managing bootable USB images for Dell Wyse thin clients. Covers installation, supported platforms, image push/pull operations, configuration cloning, firmware updates, USB drive preparation, and troubleshooting partition and finalization issues. Targets IT administrators provisioning Dell Wyse thin client endpoints.
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Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool Version 3.4.0 User’s Guide
October 2020 Rev. A03
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Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool Version 3.4.0 User’s Guide October 2020 Rev. A03
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Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of d...
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. What is new in this release..............................
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Introduction Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool version 3.4.0 provides a simple USB imaging solution to help IT administrators to easily perform the pull or push operations in thin clients by using USB drives...
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Table 1. Operating Systems and Dell Wyse Thin Clients (continued) Operating Systems Dell Wyse Thin Clients Wyse 5470 Thin Client Windows 10 Io T Enterprise LTSC (64-bit) Wyse 5070 Thin Client with Win...
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Table 2. Supported USB drives USB Key Size Version Type Kingston DT G4 - Security Key 8 GB Removable Kingston Data Traveler G4 16 GB Removable Kingston DT G4 16 GB Removable Kingston Data Traveler 106...
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Installing Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool You can install Dell Wyse USB Imaging tool version 3.4.0 on any thin client device that meets the operating system and disk space requirements. Supported operatin...
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3. Click the Dell Application software EULA link to read the license agreements. 4. Click Next. The default installation path is displayed. 5. Click Change if you want to specify a custom installation...
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Using Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool enables you to prepare USB drives to perform various operations on source and target thin-client devices. The tasks that you can perform are...
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Figure 2. Available USB drives Boot details for supported devices The following table provides the guidelines for configuring the boot options on the supported thin-client devices: Table 3. Supported ...
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Performing an image pull operation An image pull operation consists of two parts. In the first part, you configure the USB drive for the pull operation by using USB Imaging Tool. In the second part, y...
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5. Select the operating system architecture that you want to pull from the source device, and then select the following: 64 bit—Select only this option to copy the 64–bit architecture based OS from th...
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Figure 4. Boot Menu Figure 5. Boot Menu 3. Select the USB option displaying your USB drive vendor name, and press Enter. The device reboots from the USB drive, and the following screen is displayed: U...
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Figure 6. Pulling the image to the USB drive In the left pane, the following information is displayed: Device info—Device info displays information such as platform, media, and the system of the sourc...
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Figure 7. Pulling the image to the USB drive 5. If the source device runs Thin Linux 2.0 operating system, select one of the following options: Boot + Recovery + OS Boot + Recovery (Recommended) Boot ...
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Figure 9. Copying the image to USB key NOTE: The pull operation pulls the operating system image, or the BIOS configuration, or both depending on the options you have selected in the Image Pull screen...
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Figure 10. Image push 3. Plug in the USB drive to the system running USB Imaging Tool. 4. Select the USB drive from the Available drives drop-down list. If your USB drive already contains images, the ...
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If both the OS and BIOS check boxes are selected and you clear one of the check boxes, then that image component is not added on the USB drive. NOTE: In a single session, you cannot configure the loca...
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Figure 11. Boot menu Figure 12. Boot menu 3. Select the USB option displaying your USB drive vendor name and press Enter. The device reboots from the USB drive, and the image that needs to be pushed t...
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Figure 13. Local Image push In the left pane, the following information is displayed: Device info—Displays information such as platform, media, and system of the target device. USB drive—Displays info...
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Figure 14. Operating Systems (In Progress) 5. After both operating system and BIOS push operations are complete, remove the USB drive from the target device. 6. To reboot the device, click Restart. NO...
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Figure 15. Network image push 3. Plug in the USB drive to the system running USB Imaging Tool. 4. Select the USB drive from the drop-down list. If your USB drive contains other images, the screen disp...
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You can add the same network image path with different file transfer protocols, such as FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, or CIFS. On the Image Push screen, the information entered in the local image fields are retai...
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NOTE: Ensure that your device is configured to boot from the USB drive. Before pushing the operating system image from the network location, ensure that the network location is reachable and accessibl...
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Figure 18. Boot menu 3. Select the USB option displaying your USB drive vendor name and press Enter. The device reboots from the USB drive, and the screen with the network image that you want to push ...
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Figure 20. Operating System (In Progress) 5. After both operating system and BIOS push operations are complete, remove the USB drive from the target device. 6. To reboot the device, click Restart. Clo...
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Figure 21. Local image clone Network—The network images stored in the source USB drive are displayed in the table. Using Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool
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Figure 22. Network image clone 5. Select the target USB drive from the Destination USB Drive drop-down list. 6. Click Configure USB Drive. USB Imaging Tool formats the destination USB drive, and then ...
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Figure 23. Settings 2. To change the location for your backup files, click Change. 3. To view the logfiles stored on the thin client, click the Open Logs link. Using Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool
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Troubleshooting When you perform the pull or push operations on thin client devices, you may experience problems with the USB keys. This section describes some basic troubleshooting that you can imple...
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Failed to format USB drive error message When you are configuring the USB drive for image pull or push operation, either of the following error messages may be displayed: Failed to format USB drive. I...
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| Brand | Dell |
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| Pages | 31 |
| File Size | 2.43 MB |
| Published | June 24, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the minimum USB drive capacity required?
Dell recommends not using USB drives with less than 1 GB of disk space.
What should I do if my USB drive is not found?
Go to Disk Management, select the offline USB HDDs, right-click, and select Online.
How do I fix a failed formatting error?
Close the tool, format the drive using Diskpart or Disk management, and try again.
Does SanDisk U3 affect the tool's functionality?
Yes, U3 creates partitions that can block operations; use the U3 Launchpad Remover.