Adding Drivers into the Boot Image

You will need to add additional Network\HDD drivers to the default boot images. (The default images are Vista)

OSD Process

Step 1 client requests PXE image matching hardware architecture from PXE DP, Client will use the PXE distribution point use the boot image you specified. PXE is only used when the computer is booting to the network.

Step 2: PXE DP sends the requested boot image to client computer.

Step 3: The image being sent to the client must have the Network\HDD drivers injected into it. If these are not present the deployment will fail, up until now the client has been able to communicate with the SCCM server via PXE once the image gets downloaded it then requires the Windows drivers network to communicate. The HDD drivers must also be present otherwise image cannot be written to the client and the task sequence will fail. (E.g. SSD Drivers)

Step 4: The first part of the Task sequence includes another boot image that you specified from the main DP, the client then reboots using this new image.

Step 5: The sole purpose of this image is to boot the system and bring down the captured image. (Using the DP)

Step 6: Captured image is installed on the client.

Step 7: System reboots using the captured image.

Adding Drivers to the Boot Images

Extract the drivers if they are zipped and copy all the files to a share on the SCCM server. Provide this share the following permissions.

Everyone – Full\SYSTEM – Full\Local Administrator – Full\Domain Administrator – Full – (Keep in mind this is a lab)

Expand Operating System Deployment under Computer Management, right click Drivers and select Import

Browse to the driver files. If the driver is setup.exe there should also be a folder with contains the .inf, .cat and .sys files. Make sure when you browse to the driver you point to these files and not the setup.exe.

Click – Next

Click on Categories and enter in the laptop model and click “Add” this will allow you to group drivers

Click OK

Click Next

Above you can see other drivers I have imported for the Dell V130 laptop, click on New Package

Enter in a name and a UNC location where you want the package files to be kept and click OK

Click Next

Note: if I was planning on deploying the OS on the same day I would “Update distribution points when finished” since I’m not this can be unticked.

Select both boot images and click Next

Click Next

You can create folders by right clicking Drivers under Operating System Deployment and then moving the driver so it is better organised.

This driver should be in the boot image, you can check by right clicking a boot image then selecting properties then clicking on the WindowPE tab

Note: the driver name in the properties window and in the background.

You have now added the Network drivers, if you have more drivers to add follow the process again.