There are a few methods to boot into the ImageAssist Environment if your VM doesn't support USB. You can launch the USB Drive Creator tool with /iso and it will create an ISO file that is the same as a USB Key and you can boot your VM that way. As for adding Drivers to the ImageAssist Environment please see the following: en.community.dell.com/.../19637349 I am a little unclear about your issue with the Driver Package injection. The ImageAssist Restore tool will auto inject drivers for any Driver Package that it finds in the "Dell_Driver_CABS_Local" folder . (Soon to be renamed to "Dell_Driver_Packs_Local".) Otherwise you can manually point the tool to look in a network share, or other local location. There shouldn't be a need to manually inject drivers, but if you have further questions on that please let me know. Lastly, if in your Dell_Tools folder you have a file called "after_restore.cmd" this file will be called as the last thing the Restore Tool does before it does a reboot or shutdown, based on your selection. This would allow you to have additional customization that is automated if you so require it.  Thanks, Gary Babcock Software Development Senior Engineer Dell | Configuration Services   
For whatever reason, my VM will not let me passthrough a usb drive. I am not terribly concerned, but if possible I would like to skip that step. Is it possible for me to simply just partition a drive, and dump the wim to it and follow the steps one would on any wim backup? Also, if the previous question is a "yes", then what method would be desired for injecting drivers? My presumption would be a simple dism /add-driver or something related.
Imaging without creating boot drive