Windows 8.1 OSD with MDT

Hi Guys,
I have a Test Environment (before deploying Live) were I am testing deployment of Windows 8.1 using MDT and SCCM 2012 R2.
We have created a User Driven MDT Task Sequence. We have our captured Image which has to images within the WIM File Image (1-1) and (2-2) OS Image.
We have setup the Task Sequence to apply image 2-2 to Disk 0, Partition 0. After the image has been applied the computer fails to boot. No error messages show before the computer re-boots and we get the message 'No Operating System was
found'.
A few things that I have noticed when running the Task Sequence;
1) The install Image is always 'Windows 7 RMT' does this matter?
2) The Task Sequence doesn't show any errors before the it finishes, is there somewhere that might tell me more information about the Task Sequences Success?
Things I am going to look at tonight:
I am going to boot the computer using a WinPE Disk and see if the OS Image has applied to the Computer on Disk 0 Part 2 or if there is something else that is going on.
Any suggestion that might help with fixing this issue would be excellent.
Kind Regards,
TPark IT Technician

Hi,
Try to boot from win PE, please verify disk status, make sure partitions, files applied successfully.
Please also check boot files.
In addition, is the machine under UEFI mode?
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MDT Toolkit Package - include in SCCM based Task Sequence. Would it then be fairly easy to mimic ts steps detailed in MDT's existing 'Sysprep and Capture' TS, but within SCCM?
SCCM TS Steps - I've seen there are a number of TS Steps that look like they may enable OS Capture, but if so, bit confused there isn't more documented \ blogged on this kind of TS, would have thought this was a common requirement for a
SCCM TS? (TS Steps of interest within SCCM: 'Prepare Windows for Capture' and 'Capture Operating System Image')
Any assistance much appreciated!
Kind Regards
Andrew

There is a bit of debate about the best way to capture reference images. Check out this good blog that reviews the options:
http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/163/The-battle-begins-Building-the-perfect-reference-image-for-ConfigMgr-2012.aspx
Having said that, you can certainly create a capture task sequence in SCCM. If you choose to create a new task sequence,you should see a build and capture option. Simply create a build and capture task sequence and then remove the build steps.
You will be left with:
I've used this method in certain cases.
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Hopefully that helps!
Jeff

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Hi Jack,
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You can find all the Office updates that released each month in this site. However, the updates that applicable to your computer are really depend on your setup environment, not all that released are applicable.
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Ethan Hua CHN
TechNet Community Support

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I have a WSE 2012 machine with 3 users & 3 devices setup.
My Windows 8 (Standard) Laptop with Local User connects fine.
My Windows 8.1 (Standard) Nettop with Local User connects fine.
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Set the LaunchPad to automatically log in at start-up.
If on a Domain, go into settings and Link the MS Account to your Domain Account.
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Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer. 
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. 
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender: Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx
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*Kasperky Free Security Scan: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
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*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
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