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can you show me a screenshot of your task sequence,

according to your log file UEFI: true <- so it's in UEFI mode, which means the disk partitioning above won't work, you need GPT partitioning instead. try my script below to preprare the computer for gpt partitionin it requires Microsoft.BDD.Utility.dll from the mdt toolkit scripts folder test this on a vm before running ! dont run it on your computer ! makeGPT.zip

please attach the smsts.log files from a failed attempt above

ok if uefi is disabled then it's in legacy mode, if its in legacy mode but the disc is in gpt mode then you have to diskpart it manually to the correct mode diskpart sel disk 0 clean cre par pri format fs=ntfs quick assign exit do the above in winpe before starting any task sequence, then try again does it work ?

imaging them here just fine, make sure you are using the 64 bit boot image and that the usb 3 lenovo drivers are added to your boot wim

hi sligo guy ! i lived there for many years, next time i'm back we should say hello, so you are trying to image the lenovo thinkpad 10 in UEFI mode or LEGACY ?

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I was just about to publish something similar, however i'll edit my script and provide the alternative solution also. thanks

for your uefi devices are you using an architecture boot wim (for example 64bit) that matches the architecture of the device (64 bit) ?

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what does the windowsupdate.log on the client reveal ? are any updates getting deployed/installed ?

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i'm not really sure why you are doing this, can you explain why you are not using MDT or SCCM to create boot wims ?

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i mean on the client itself

thanks ! please attach your smsts*.log file so we can figure out the issue

it's not possible, if you want to skip the client installation altogether then use MDT task sequences (not MDT integrated in SCCM).

does the windowsupdate.log reveal anything

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i see you realised the problem, but i'll just reiterate for others, check your client agent settings targeted to those clients, how often are they set to check for updates ?

probably because it's logging somewhere else, check your registry for known logfile names

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try using diskpart to clean the usb key then create a new partition on it of half the size of the usb key

nope, but does the SLES handle UEFI requests to 64 bit architecture, if not, it won't work.