MDT formated second partition instead of first one

Hi
I have diskpart script in preinstallation task sequence
SELECT disk 0
SELECT partition 1
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="System" QUICK
EXIT
And I have "Install Operating System" step configured to install OS on first disk and first partition.
Everything works great, but there are some old WinXP computers that have OS files on disk C: and boot files on disk D:
So, the second partition has boot files and is being active. MDT wizard wiped out this partition and installed OS there. Why?
How to prevent it?

Thank for replies.
Keith Garner, my C: drive is my first partition for sure. Let me explain little bit more.
What I had before:
two partitions/volumes: 
1st partition according to diskpart -- Volume C: -- 200GB size -- OS files (Windows, Program Files, etc.)
2nd partition according to diskpart -- Volume D: -- 260Gb size -- Boot files (ntldr, boot.ini, etc) -- Active
What I have after:
1st partition -- Volume C: -- 200GB -- no files (seems to be formatted)
2nd partition -- Volume D: -- 260GB -- old data is deleted, only new OS files (Windows, Program Files, etc) -- --- still Active
fapw, yes I want to preserve second volume. And actually I do it. It works great except some old computers, that were prepared many years ago with boot files
on the second partition.
Unless you explicitly say to not create extra partitions your OSDisk is not the first partition.
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