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Cannot Image OptiPlex 7040 w/NVMe drives and Windows 7
Hi,
I'm using MDT to deploy a custom image of Windows 7 to an OptiPlex 7040 with an NVMe SSD. The imaging process goes fine until the first reboot. Windows fails to load and gets stuck in a reboot loop. I know this is because of incompatibility between Windows 7 and the Skylake/Braswell chipset and the drive. I tried injecting the Microsoft patches for Windows 7 and NVMe drives with DISM, but that didn't work. MDT has the latest drivers for the 7040 that are available on Dell's deployment site. I followed the procedure here: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN300564
The problem with that is the chipset drivers from Dell extract to an executable, not driver files I can use to inject into the WIM file. I have the USB3 drivers, just need the ones for the chipset. Maybe that will help. Has anyone else come across a solution to this?
Thanks
jasonrw
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August 25th, 2016 18:00
Here's what I did, which eventually worked.
1. Install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK)
www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx
2.Create the folders C:\share\Win7 , C:\share\temp , C:\share\NVMEw7fix , C:\share\NVMEw7fix2
3. Download hotfix 2990941 for NVMe and extract to C:\share\NVMEw7fix
support.microsoft.com/.../2990941
4. Download hotfix for stop error after you install hotfix 2990941 and extract to C:\share\NVMEw7fix2
support.microsoft.com/.../3087873
5. Launch Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment (CMD in Windows Kits)
6. Run these commands to inject the hotfixes:
DISM /mount-wim /wimfile:"c:\share\Win7\Win7Ent_18062015.wim" /index:2 /mountdir:c:\share\temp
DISM /image:c:\share\temp /add-package /packagepath:c:\share\NVMEw7fix
DISM /image:c:\share\temp /add-package /packagepath:c:\share\NVMEw7fix2
DISM /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\share\temp /commit
7. Re-upload to MDT and deploy.
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August 26th, 2016 06:00
Windows 7 does not support NVME out of the box.
Advanced format drives REQUIRE F6 drivers.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2990941
Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must first install SP1 for Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2.
How to insert hotfixes and drivers and then create a bootable Windows Setup DVD
Method 1
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:c:\temp\hotfix
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:c:\temp\drivers /Recurse
dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\temp\mount /Commit
dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:c:\temp\src\sources\boot.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:c:\temp\mount
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:c:\temp\hotfix
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:c:\temp\drivers /Recurse
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:c:\temp\hotfix
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:c:\temp\drivers /Recurse
dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:c:\temp\mount\windows\system32\recovery\winre.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:c:\temp\winremount
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:c:\temp\hotfix
dism /Image:C:\temp\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:c:\temp\drivers /Recurse
dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\temp\winremount /Commit
dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\temp\mount /Commit
Note If there are multiple indexes in step 8, update them one by one.
For Legacy BIOS Boot mode:
Note
Method 2