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Custom Setup Window Possible in WinPE/MDT?

Unanswered Custom Setup Window Possible in WinPE/MDT?

  • Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:30 PM
     
     
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    Is it possible to display to the user the custom windows setup window that allows users to format/partition any installed hard drive in the WinPE environment?  Currently I have three task sequences.  The first one is a standard wipe & load.  The second one creates a C: and a D: partition and installs the OS on C:.  The third option does a wipe & load on C: and leaves D: intact.

    I am wondering if it is possible to give the user the option to format a second partition before proceeding with one of the three above task sequences.  When I go to manually install Windows, it allows me to hit the "Custom Install" button and brings up a window where I can delete, create, and format partitions.  This window is what I am looking for in WinPE.

    Can I set this up through MDT?

     

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:09 PM
     
     
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    No, you would need to develop a custom wizard for that. MDT is designed to take those issues away.

    In best practices, the administrator decides the partitions and creates a Task Sequence for each required scenario.

    Users should not really be formatting drives(or thinking about such) nor would they want to.

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:37 PM
     
     
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    I see what you're saying, but I create a deployment that gives options our users need. I assure you our users do want this ability. As I said above, they wanted the option to have a D: partition, and the option to wipe & load C: while leaving the D: partition intact.  Now we have a group asking for the ability to have our deployment format a second hard disk in addition to the current abilities.  So WinPE/MDT has no capability of displaying the advanced window that lets users format/partition drives?

    Currently the only way I would know to do this would be to create three new task sequences that do the exact same steps the first three do, but format a second hard drive as well. I am looking for a more elegant solution.

     
  • Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:50 PM
     
     
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    I see. Elegant is very possible. In fact anything is if you throw enough resources at it.

    The MDT Wizard Editor tool will help you to create a custom wizard pane. It may take time for you to develop it, depending on your scripting expertise.

    You can read about it and get it from here:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/01/07/customizing-wizards-with-mdt-2012.aspx

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