Installing Windows 8 using WDS on devices that use UEFI BIOS

Hi all, sorry for the word wall.

I am currently planning a deployment of Windows 8.1 Upgrade 1 on Toshiba Z10T's which I will be deploying using WDS, which is running on Windows Server 2012 R2.

The Toshiba Z10T device in question is quite handy as it can switching between legacy CSM BIOS and UEFI BIOS.

The devices are shipped out of the box with UEFI BIOS on, and obviously we would like to be able to just un-box & image them, however we have constant issues when trying to PXE boot devices with UEFI BIOS, and the only way I can get them to PXE boot is by switching over to legacy CSM BIOS.

From what I have read from other forums on the internet, UEFI & WDS don't get on that well - so what I was wondering is this-

We currently have SCCM 2012- I was wondering would we have more success booting to a UEFI BIOS if I used SCCM & MDT or will I still encounter the same issues?  Is it the PXE client in UEFI that is at fault?

Problems that we encounter when we use UEFI to PXE boot are- Drivers not there to get into to the boot image; if we can get them to image, devices will not join to the domain; devices will image but not install any drivers.

Thanks for reading this word wall.

October 4th, 2014 3:44pm

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