We experienced a similar issue when our techs were burning the x64 .iso file to CDs, or were using Rufus and had the flash drives formatted NTFS. MDT would boot up okay but then in the task sequence the IsUEFI variable was detected as "yes" since it was enabled in the BIOS and formatted the disk with GPT and then on the first reboot it would puke and give that error.
Thanks, Aaron O'Donnell From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wilbers, Scott Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Windows 7 x64 with UEFI enabled issues on Dell Latitude Exx30 and Exx40 models The one I currently have at my desk for troubleshooting has the latest BIOS version and does not have an SSD drive. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miller, Todd Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:30 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Windows 7 x64 with UEFI enabled issues on Dell Latitude Exx30 and Exx40 models Any chance those Latitudes with problems have NVMe SSD hard disks? You need to embed extra hotfixes into Windows 7 in order to boot from those devices. You don't mention whether you have checked for BIOS updates, but if you have not, you should. Here's some info from Intel... http://download.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/nvme_boot_guide_332098001us.pdf Here's some info from Dell... http://www.dell.com/support/Article/us/en/04/SLN301149 Dunno if this is your problem, but we ran into similar problems on similar models. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wilbers, Scott Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:26 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [MDT-OSD] Windows 7 x64 with UEFI enabled issues on Dell Latitude Exx30 and Exx40 models I am having an issue with deploying Windows 7 x64 to certain Dell models with UEFI enabled. So far the models I have seen it on are Latitude Exx30 and Latitude Exx40. I have them set to boot in UEFI mode with Legacy ROM options disabled during the initial UEFI network boot. After it applies the image and reboots, I started getting the Windows Boot Manager error: File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000d Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data. Found forum post indicating Legacy ROM options needed to be enabled for Windows 7 even if booting into UEFI, so I added a command line to re-enable that during the task sequence and that resolved the issue on some of the models (including but not limited to the OptiPlex 5040). On the Latitude models I mentioned though, it will not boot into Windows after that. I can hit F12 to get into the Boot Selection screen and select Windows Boot Manager option under the UEFI list, but it doesn't recognize that as a valid boot option and moves on to the next, which is always the legacy mode network boot. I even tried reversing course on these models for Windows 7 x64 and going back to Legacy Mode, but after switching everything back in the BIOS...after it PXE boots the task sequence isn't able to write to the hard drive for some reason. I get this error message after each step: Failed to save the current environment block. This is usually caused by a problem with the program. Please check the Microsoft Knowledge Base to determine if this is a known issue or contact Microsoft Support Services for further assistance. The parameter is incorrect. (Error: 80070057; Source: Windows) I also have a reboot back into WinPE step early in the task sequence, but it fails to stage the boot image and the task sequence errors out. I brought up a command prompt and I'm able to see the drive with Diskpart and the format and partition step of the task sequence completes successfully. I am at a loss on these, at this point I don't really care whether I go with Legacy or UEFI, I just need one of them to work. Any suggestions/theories are welcome. Thanks in advance ------------------------------------------ Scott Wilbers Network Administrator Central Technology Services 2100 Stewart Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 Phone: (573) 634-5600 ext 6420 Fax: (573) 681-6301 <mailto:[email protected]> ******************************************************************************************** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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