Setting a partition variable in my task sequence creates another partition.

Question

Hi All. Thanks for the assist on my last question. I now have an issue deploying to a desktop with multiple physical hard drives. I've tried to set the Partition Variable in the Format and Partition task, but everytime I add the variable, and click OK, it creates another partition in the list, and none of the partitions have the variable set.

For example: First pic shows my basic partition settings for my UEFI Format and Partition task.

If I go into the Window (Primary) properties and try to type OSDisk into the Variable field, I end up with another partition in the list, per the second pic. (New partition is just called (Primary) )

When I open properties on this new partition, the variable is blank, as is the variable in the original Windows (Primary) partition. Am I missing a step here?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

Have you set the task sequence variable before using it? It appears that you have to pre-set a custom variable then reference that variable name in this task sequence step.

For more information, please refer to:

Variables for Format and Partition Disk

Managing Multiple Hard Disks in a Task Sequence with MECM

Format and Partition Disk

Windows 10 Task Sequence

Setting the drive letter during an Operating System Task Sequence

Please note: The links are not from Microsoft, just for your reference. Thanks for your time.

Best regards,

Simon

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Answer 2

Hi,

Hope everything goes well. Do you need any further assistance about this issue? If yes, please feel free to let us know, we will do our best to help you.

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Thanks for your time.

Best regards,

Simon