MDT 6.3.8443.1000 - Offline Capture Media and Image Deployment W10Edu1709x64

[FlowerManDan]

Im new to using MDT and im not sure if its able to do what I want it to do.

I have created a Windows 10 image and got it ready for capture. Normally, I would plug in a network cable and capture the image using WDS. The problem is, the laptop is a Lenovo Flex 10 which doesn't have a Ethernet port, this means no network boot.

What I want to do is use MDT to create a USB stick which runs the sysprep and capture sequence offline so then I can capture the .wim to my external HDD.

I then want to use MDT to create another USB stick which I can use to build the rest of the laptops with the image I captured.

Please can someone help me with this? I've trawled the web for a guide on how to do this but haven't been able to find anything.

[dloudon96]

Just buy a usb to Ethernet adapter and then boot it via usb to Ethernet.

[gshaw]

Add the drivers for the Flex 10 to MDT then Update Deployment Share to regenerate the Boot images.

 

Look in your Deployment Share Boot folder for the WIM file then use Rufus or similar tool to create a bootable USB of the MDT WinPE environment. Basically the cranking handle version of a PXE boot

 

You should then be able to capture to local storage (haven't tried it but can't imagine why a local path won't work)

 

Similarly once you've imported the Captured WIM into MDT you can then create offline media to install the Task Sequence, Drivers, Applications etc. via Selection Profiles.

 

Alternatively as above a USB Ethernet works fine, I use either a StarTech USB2 adapter (Realtek drivers) or the MS Surface adapter (doesn't need drivers imported)

Edited November 26, 2017 by gshaw