MDT, USB, and 12gb WIM

[ykgreene]

Hey All,

 

I am trying to create a deployable Windows 8.1 USB stick for the Surface Pro 3. My problem is of course I have my reference WIM at 12gb. How can I make this work?

[anyweb]

you need to split the wim or split the partitions on the usb media (so first partition is FAT so that UEFI can understand it, and second is ntfs)

[ykgreene]

MDT Slasher 1.3.5 zip is opening up to a 1.3.4 version of MDT Slasher and I keep getting

 

"Error!! drive:\path\ is wrong path, Unable to validate this path as a deployment Share" in the "SELECT DESTINATION DEPLOYMENT SHARE"

 

and

 

"Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue." when I click on "SPLIT"

[ykgreene]

Ok so I have use MDT 2013 to create a 10gb ISO. I need to turn that ISO into a bootable usb. I need some help.

 

I have taken a fixed usb drive and partitioned it into a fat2 and ntfs. I have placed all of the boot files onto the fat32 partition and the deploy folder into the ntfs partition. I then set the fat32 partition to active. Then when I try to boot with it I get nothing. I need some help, step by step or video would be great.

 

Thanks.

[WinOutreach2]

Does your USB drive appear as a fixed drive like a Windows To Go certified drive? This is a requirement for a multiple partition USB (as documented in the Ask Core Team blog provided by anyweb).

 

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
Windows for IT Pros on TechNet

[WinOutreach2]

Another point to make is… 12GB is really quite big for a WIM. You already pointed out that you’re using MDT, are you making use of MDT’s ability to install applications, drivers, etc. rather than baking everything into the WIM?

 

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
Windows for IT Pros on TechNet