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How to create 100 MB Windows 7 system reserved partition in MDT 2012

Answered How to create 100 MB Windows 7 system reserved partition in MDT 2012

  • Monday, September 24, 2012 1:37 PM
     
     
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    Please help me, how to create 100 MB system reserved partition, boot partition and data partition automatically by using Lite Touch installation of Windows 7 (MDT 2012). I have tried so many times and failed, if only boot partition is created in Task Sequence then system partition is created automatically and named system with 499 MB size, if I create second partition in Task Sequence then system partition is not automatically created at all.

    I just want to simulate what manual installation would do, create 100 MB system partition named System Reserved, boot partition with OS on it and data partition for storing data. Am I asking too much from MDT 2012. Is there any way to achieve this. I watched many training videos but in these videos instructors did not mentioned Windows 7 system partition at all and also they always created only one partition on disk, probably for simplicity reasons.

    Thanks in advance!







    • Edited by BoxiKG Monday, September 24, 2012 1:37 PM
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  • Monday, September 24, 2012 2:11 PM
     
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    Hi,

    I took a look at the Task Sequence Template and it looks like the partition is already 100 Mb (OSDPartitions0Size)

          <step type="SMS_TaskSequence_PartitionDiskAction" name="Format and Partition Disk" description="" disable="false" continueOnError="false" runIn="WinPEandFullOS" successCodeList="0 3010">
        <defaultVarList>
          <variable name="OSDDiskIndex" property="DiskIndex">0</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0Type" property="Partitions0Type">Primary</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0FileSystem" property="Partitions0FileSystem">NTFS</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0Bootable" property="Partitions0Bootable">True</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0QuickFormat" property="Partitions0QuickFormat">True</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0VolumeName" property="Partitions0VolumeName">OSDisk</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0Size" property="Partitions0Size">100</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0SizeUnits" property="Partitions0SizeUnits">%</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions0VolumeLetterVariable" property="Partitions0VolumeLetterVariable">OSDisk</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitions" property="Partitions">1</variable>
          <variable name="OSDPartitionStyle" property="PartitionStyle">MBR</variable>
        </defaultVarList>
        <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIDiskpart.wsf"</action>
      </step>

    could you try to set the value in your CustomSettings.ini for the variable OSDPartitions0Size ?

    here's an extract of MDT's help file

    Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Documentation Library OSDPartitionsxSize

    The size of the partition at the specified index.

    Note   The x in this properties name is a placeholder for a zero-based array that contains partition configurations.

    Property configured by

    Property applies to

    BootStrap.ini

    LTI

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    CustomSettings.ini

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    MDT DB

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    ZTI

    Value

    Description

    Size

    Partition size

    Example

    [Settings]

    Priority=Default

    [Default]

    OSDPartitions0Size=60

    OSDPartitions0SizeUnits=GB

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:09 AM
     
     
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    It means 100% of space on disk, default task sequence creates one partition which consumes whole disk space. This has nothing to do with system partition.

    <variable name="OSDPartitions0Size" property="Partitions0Size">100</variable>
    <variable name="OSDPartitions0SizeUnits" property="Partitions0SizeUnits">%</variable>



    • Edited by BoxiKG Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:09 AM
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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:43 AM
     
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    I have just cracked it. I created 100 MB System Reserved partition as boot partition and after that I created OS partition and Data partition. Then I set that Windows 7 will be installed on OS partition. Also I unchecked check box Create extra 'Active' partition.

    I have done this according to the following link.

    http://www.autoitconsulting.com/site/deployment/create-a-windows-7-bitlocker-partition-in-configmgr/

    It is for configuration manager but I followed the logic and I think I have solved the problem.
    • Marked As Answer by BoxiKG Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:44 AM
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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:41 PM
     
     
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    It means 100% of space on disk, default task sequence creates one partition which consumes whole disk space. This has nothing to do with system partition.

    <variable name="OSDPartitions0Size" property="Partitions0Size">100</variable>
    <variable name="OSDPartitions0SizeUnits" property="Partitions0SizeUnits">%</variable>




    I gave you 2 different example, the first one is extracted from the TS template and says 100% (Partitions0Size = 100, Partitions0SizeUnits = %) and the second one says 60 GB (Partitions0Size = 60, Partitions0SizeUnits = GB)

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