WDS doesnt see dell system partition
We had an issue where by habit we delete the dell system partition because well, we don’t need it.
This creates a problem, the dell partition isn’t detected by WDS during an image deployment (because its formatted FAT) but it still takes the initial partition so the boot.ini that is created will use a 1 however that is taken up by the dell system partition.
Our plan is to not use that partition at all and we haven’t for quite some time, during our new image revision deployment one or two popped up and this solution was a godsend as its easy enough to walk someone through over the phone (since we have a centralised IT support staff and geographically separated offices.
Error Message:
Windows don’t boot because the file
\system32\hal.dll is missing
Please re-install a copy file.
Solution
Boot into WDS as if deploying an image
once logged on hit Shift+F10 to get a Command prompt
DISKPART
SELECT DISK 0
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
EXIT
EXIT
once the Command Prompt closes you can continue the image.
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