DPI - Dell Windows Imaging Process

DPI - Dell Image Setup Instructions

  • Shut down the computer. Turn the computer on, and repeatedly press f12 key until this screen.
  • Click on BIOS SETUP. Scroll down inside the Overview page and, in the Devices section, locate LOW MAC Address and write it down somewhere.
  • In the left tab, click Storage and check the AHCI/NVMe option.
  • In the left tab, click Connection and check Enabled under Integrated NIC
  • Click on Power and turn on Block Sleep
  • In the left tab, click Security, scroll down to Data Wipe on Next Boot and turn ON. A message will appear asking if you want to perform Data Wipe on all internal storage devices, click OK.
  • Restart computer and go through the prompts on screen to wipe computer.
  • After wiping is complete, plug in the USB drive that contains the imaging. You should now be at Task Sequence Wizard
  • Press the F8 button to pull up the terminal
  • Type in Diskpart, then type in the following commands one at a time:
    • select disk 0 
    • clean
    • convert gpt
    • create partition efi size+100
    • format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
    • assign letter=S
    • create partition msr size=100 offset-103424
    • create partition primary
    • formart quick fs-ntsf label="Windows"
    • assign letter=W
    • list volume
  • Exit out of terminal
  • Wait around 15 minutes after the profile has been created
  • Press next.
  • Select AITS Windows 10 w/Children and let the image download, unplug USB Drive
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