Precision-7920-Tower not detecting Network and storage drivers

Question

Dear Experts,

We have recently tried to deploy Windows 11 OS to a new batch of Precision-7920-Tower workstations, which come with MiniSAS PCI2 SSD slots, we have PC711 NVMe SK hynix 1TB for this. The issue is that I've downloaded the Precision-7920-Tower driver package from Dell website, import it to MDT out-of-box drivers folder, completely re-generated the image and added it to the WDS. As soon as it starts from PXE and loaded the boot image, we can't get it to start formatting the drive as it showed Possible cause: removable drive, not an internal fixed drive.

FAILURE (7712). I've also tried it with USB flash drive, when it goes into the window for selecting a drive to format, there is no detected hard disk.

I checked around for two days with no luck. I also downloaded https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000141213/dell-precision-5820-7920-imaging-steps-for-nvme-drives-in-the-flex-bay but nothing worked for me. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

Per the document, MDT isn't supported with Windows 11 or the ADK for Windows 11. So it may fail to deploy Windows 11 OS via MDT. Refer to:

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit release notes

If possible, you can use the latest SCCM to deploy Windows 11 OS to your clients.

Support for Windows 11 in Configuration Manager

Thanks for your time. Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Simon

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