Format and Partition Task Sequence Not Working As Exprected When Using USB Media

Task looks like this.
Had been working on PXE based task sequence, but when I use USB media, it only makes a single partition that is around the size of the USB thumb drive.
How does this need to be changed so that it makes a C drive partition that is 80% of the total local disk space and a D drive that uses the remaining disk space when using USB boot media?

If you choose to create a "custom" partition configuration like the one above, then you are responsible for creating any extra required partitions like a BitLocker boot partition.
Additionally, if you are deploying on a uEFI machine, then you will also need to create the correct uEFI partitions.
Generally I discourage creating extra partitions.
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