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Windows Native Boot for Dual Boot Setup

This document discusses leveraging Windows Native Boot to perform scripted Windows installations on dual boot computers using Deploystudio. It involves creating a virtual hard disk (VHD) containing a reference Windows installation, uploading it to Deploystudio, and using Deploystudio workflows to partition disks and restore images to the Bootcamp and main Mac partitions for consistency across devices. The presenter provides an overview of the process and tools required, demonstrates creating and booting to a VHD, and addresses questions.

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Windows Native Boot for Dual Boot Setup

This document discusses leveraging Windows Native Boot to perform scripted Windows installations on dual boot computers using Deploystudio. It involves creating a virtual hard disk (VHD) containing a reference Windows installation, uploading it to Deploystudio, and using Deploystudio workflows to partition disks and restore images to the Bootcamp and main Mac partitions for consistency across devices. The presenter provides an overview of the process and tools required, demonstrates creating and booting to a VHD, and addresses questions.

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Leveraging Windows Native Boot

to Perform Scripted Installations of


Windows with Deploystudio on
Dual Boot Computers

Chuck Steel
Dickinson College
What I will cover
• About Dickinson College

• Motivation

• What is Windows Native Boot?

• Required Tools

• Quick overview of process

• Creating a Virtual Hard Drive

• Applying the boot environment

• Booting to the Virtual Hard Drive

• Uploading to Deploystudio

• Installation workflows

• Demo

• Questions
About Dickinson College
• Small liberal arts school with student enrollment of about 2400

• Quest KACE K1000 and K2000

• Deploystudio used for macOS imaging

• About 2,300 physical devices in inventory

• About 1,400 lab devices

• 2 to 1 ratio of Dell to Apple


Motivation
• Increasing number of Apple devices on campus

• Many labs and classrooms moving to dual boot

• Difficulty imaging Windows 10 with Deploystudio

• Desire for consistency across devices

• Take advantage of packaged applications


Sidebar: Move to scripted installs
• Initial testing of images was problematic

• Sysprep has always been a nightmare

• Easier to keep applications up to date

• Drawback with Windows updates


Windows Native Boot
• Technology that allows booting directly to a VHD

• Computer doesn't need to have normal OS install

• MSDN Reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-


us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/boot-to-vhd--
native-boot--add-a-virtual-hard-disk-to-the-boot-menu
Required Tools
• Apple computer of the same vintage as your target devices.

• Windows 10 ISO

• Windows 10 ADK – must match version of Windows 10, e.g. 1067.

• The boot.wim file for your deployment environment


Quick overview
1. Create Bootcamp partition
2. Install Windows

3. Create VHD

4. Upload to Deploystudio

5. Profit
Creating a Virtual Hard Drive
• After using the Bootcamp Assistant to create the partition and install Windows...

1. Install the Windows ADK


We only need the Deployment Tools option installed

2. Open the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment as administrator

3. Diskpart
1. Create vdisk file=c:\vhdboot.vhd maximum=10000 type=fixed
2. Attach vdisk
3. Create partition primary
4. Format quick label=vhd
5. Assign letter=v
6. exit
Applying the boot environment
• While still in the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment

dism /apply-image /imagefile:boot.wim /index:1 /applydir:v:\


Booting to the virtual hard drive
• In order to boot to the VHD we need to add it to the boot manager using
bcdedit

• Still in the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment

1. V:

2. Cd \windows\system32

3. Bcdboot V:\windows

• When the computer is restarted there should be an option for the VHD
Uploading to Deploystudio
• Remove Windows Installation and other files
FOR /F "tokens=*" %d IN ('DIR /A:D /b c:\*') do rmdir /q /s "c:\%d"

• Remove Windows boot option

1. Open a command prompt

2. Run bcdedit to list the boot options

3. Copy the identifier for the Windows 10 option

4. Run bcdedit /delete

• You can now upload an image of the Bootcamp partition


Installation workflows
• Deploystudio
1. Partition Disk – Macintosh HD and BOOTCAMP
2. Restore image to Bootcamp
3. Restore image to Macintosh HD
4. Other tasks

• Windows installation
 Don't partition the drive!
 Don't format the drive!
Demo
Questions?
Thank You
Chuck Steel
Dickinson College
steelc@dickinson.edu
https://github.com/csteelatgburg

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