Adding these modifications will allow a user to start a deployment in Windows(Refresh/Upgrade) and have the deployment boot into WinPE, repartition the drive, format the partition, and install Windows.
I would call this a blended refresh scenario.
- This has been tested with Vista and Windows 7
- This has been tested with MDT 2012 update1
- This will allow adding bitlocker partitions to System drives
- This will allow adding Dart partitions to System drives
- There are no modification done to the default MDT scripts
- Start off with a clean/new “Standard Client Task Sequence”
- Complete all the prompts in the wizard like you would a normal task sequence.
- Go into the properties of the task sequence you just created and view the “Task Sequence” tab.
- Expand the “Preinstall” folder
- Expand the “New computer only” folder
- Move “Format and Partition Disk” and “Copy scripts” out of the “New computer only” folder. Move them to just above the “Configure” step.
- Now remove these folders:
- “New computer only”
- “Offline User State Capture”
- “Refresh only”
- Now still under the “Preinstall” folder, Highlight the “Gather local only” step
- Add a “Set Task Sequence Variable”:
- Set “Name:” to “Set OSDTargetDriveCache”
- Set “Task Sequence Variable:” to “OSDTargetDriveCache”
- Set “Value:” to “C:”
- Add another “Set Task Sequence Variable”:
- Set “Name:” to “Set DestinationOSRefresh”
- Set “Task Sequence Variable:” to “DestinationOSRefresh”
- Set “Value:” to “OKTOUSEOTHERDISKANDPARTITION”
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