http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2009/11/24/sql-server-2008-r2-prepare-image-cook-book.aspxThis article walks you through the steps to prepare and complete an image installation of SQL Server 2008R2. I am assuming you’ll be doing this in a virtual machine so that you can make copies of it for development and test. If you are running youren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2009/11/24/sql-server-2008-r2-prepare-image-cook-book.aspx#3526383Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:02:41 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3526383Dale Newhart<p>InstanceID is the value of the same parameter used when you ran the setup.exe /Action=PrepareImage command before the sysprep</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3526383" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2009/11/24/sql-server-2008-r2-prepare-image-cook-book.aspx#3320717Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:36:06 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3320717HankMarvin<p>Thanks fro the article. You say: </p> <p>&quot;InstanceID is not the InstanceName which you can specify when you complete the image, but you need to know what it is so you can enter it for that step&quot;</p> <p>Where would you find the InstanceID?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3320717" width="1" height="1">