0x80070490 Failed to Run Task Sequence

Question

_{Monday, May 14, 2018 11:30 AM}

Hi,

I'm trying to start a Windows 10 64bit O/S deployment onto a Lenovo ThinkPad E540 laptop. In the Windows PE environment (booting from USB) I'm able to select the required Task Sequence but when the system tries to begin the action "Copying the Windows Preinstallation Environment" I receive an error that states:

FAILED TO RUN TASK SEQUENCE (0x80070490)

I should note that my BIOS is set to boot using UEFI (Secure Boot and TPM are also enabled for BitLocker purposes)

When the SCCM Win PE environment begins I break into a command prompt (via F8) and perform the following DISKPART routine before continuing to select the required Task Sequence:

select disk 0
clean
convert gpt
create partition efi size=100
format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
assign letter="S"
create partition msr size=16
create partition primary
shrink minimum=500
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
assign letter="C"
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery tools"
assign letter="R"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
list volume
exit

If I perform the exact same process on any other model of Lenovo ThinkPad (e.g. X230, W540) or any other make of laptop (e.g. HP, Toshiba) the process starts fine and the build completes without any errors. It just appears to be affecting the Lenovo E540 model.

Perhaps this model requires a different disk partition sequence via DISKPART?

Can anyone offer any advice please?

Many thanks in advance,

Paul

All replies (3)

_{Monday, May 14, 2018 11:42 AM}

More information is needed. Can you post the smsts.log to a OneDrive share or similar?

Cheers Paul | http://sccmentor.com

_{Monday, May 14, 2018 11:55 AM}

In addition to the above I have taken the log file after the error has ocurred and ran it through CMTRACE.

Below are the entries that appear highlighted in red suggesting errors. These may provide more clues?

The error that stands out is "UNABLE TO FIND A VOLUME THAT IS SUITABLE FOR STAGING THE BOOT IMAGE"

......

Failed to find the source drive where WinPE was booted from     1404 (0x057C)

ShellExecute ('raserver.exe') failed. 0x80070002.                1404 (0x057C)

Unable to find a volume that is suitable for staging the boot image.

Element not found. (Error: 80070490; Source: Windows)       1984 (0x07C0)

Failed to validate for boot image staging                1984 (0x07C0)

StageBootImage() failed. 0x80070490.     1984 (0x07C0)

Failed to stage WinPE. Code(0x80070490)       1984 (0x07C0)

ThreadToResolveAndExecuteTaskSequence failed. Code(0x80070490)      1984 (0x07C0)

_{Monday, May 14, 2018 12:04 PM}

This is the key snippet Unable to find a volume that is suitable for staging the boot image.

Henk's diskpart commands always work for me

http://henkhoogendoorn.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/how-to-deploy-windows-image-on-uefi.html

Cheers Paul | http://sccmentor.com