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Choose an operating system dialog after SDA deployment

I have 2 primary images in my org that I maintain, one is for Faculty/Staff computers, and the other for Lab/Classroom computers. Sometime around May, after Windows updates to the lab image, when capturing I was given the options to pick C:, S:, and D:

Even if I captured D: the issue still occurred. I built a new image from scratch on 21H1 because I couldn't figure out why the following screen kept appearing, even if I captured/didn't capture/deleted the D: partition.

The new 21H1 image does not list a D: partition when capturing, just C: and S: and yet this one has the same issue.

Also I would like to note, that I have a copy of the 20H2 Lab image from March and it didn't have this problem. This only started sometime after May.


2Q==


However, this does not happen when deploying the Faculty/Staff image. There is a 20H2 version of each, and a 21H1 version of each, as well as a from scratch 21H1 version of the Lab image.

This only happens on the Lab/Classroom images. Even ones built brand new from scratch.

On the 20H2 version of the lab image, there were 2 entries in the Boot section of msconfig, deleting the second one remedied the problem. On the from scratch 21H1 image, there is only 1 entry in the Boot section.


Preinstallation Tasks

Create UEFI Partitions

select disk 0
Clean
Convert gpt
Create partition efi size=500
Assign letter=s
Format quick fs=FAT32
Create partition msr size=128
Create partition primary
Assign letter=c


Mid-level Tasks

Apply UEFI Partitions

bcdboot C:\Windows /s s: /f UEFI
bcdedit /store S:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {bootmgr} device partition=s:
bcdedit /store S:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {memdiag} device partition=s:
bcdedit /store S:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {default} device partition=c:
bcdedit /store S:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {default} osdevice partition=c:
bcdedit /store S:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {FWbootmgr} displayorder {Bootmgr} /addfirst
bootsect /nt60 s:

Both images use these 2 scripts, as well as the same Unattend files (only difference between the Unattend files are the user accounts being created.

I should point out that these Unattend files are from when we used to deploy Windows 10 LTSC, but I have been using it on the Faculty/Staff image as well without issues :(


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <Reseal>
                <Mode>OOBE</Mode>
            </Reseal>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
                <Username>Lab</Username>
                <Password>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                    <Value>redacted</Value>
                </Password>
            </AutoLogon>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
                <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
                <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <DisplayName>Lab</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Lab</Name>
                        <Password>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                            <Value>redacted</Value>
                        </Password>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ComputerName>LAB-PC</ComputerName>
            <RegisteredOrganization>Trinity University</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Information Technology Services</RegisteredOwner>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <Diagnostics>
                <OptIn>false</OptIn>
            </Diagnostics>
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Size>499</Size>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Size>260</Size>
                            <Type>EFI</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <Size>128</Size>
                            <Type>MSR</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                            <Order>4</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                            <TypeID>de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac</TypeID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>FAT32</Format>
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Order>4</Order>
                            <PartitionID>4</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <DynamicUpdate>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
            </DynamicUpdate>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                            <Value>Windows 10 Enterprise 21H1</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>4</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            </UserData>
        </component>
    </settings>
</unattend>


I really don't know what the problem is anymore. If anyone can offer any ideas, that would be great!



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Answer Summary:
Posted by: mlizbeth 3 years ago
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Top Answer

If anyone ever runs into this, S: was capturing Boot in this specific image, while the other images were capturing Recovery.

You can just capture and deploy C: since we are building the boot partition from scratch (and MSR).


Comments:
  • No need to capture S: anymore, since late 2017.

    Version 6.1 has built-in task for both UEFI and Legacy, where C:\ the OS partition, is the only one captured. - Channeler 3 years ago

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