Deploying a Windows 8.1 Enterprise image on Dell Venue 11 (5130 atom version)

Created an UEFI FAT32 USB drive (http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US)

I replaced sources\install.wim with a customized Windows 8.1 image.

The customized image is 4,6GB large so i had to split it into 2 .swm files because of the FAT32 4GB limitation.

Setup is starting and when i want to install, the following error occured and i have to cancel the installation.

"Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms.  Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation"

is there a file which points to the license terms that i can modify or something like that??

• Edited by MartinOtter Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:28 AM

Turns out UEFI will boot with an NTFS formatted USB drive after all.

So no need to split the wim file.

Still curious though

I replaced sources\install.wim with a customized Windows 8 image.

Hi,

Why did you replace the install.wim with Windows 8 image? It's not compatible with Windows 8.1. Please customize another Windows 8.1 wim and reinstall again.

Typo!!

Sorry for this. I meant a customized Windows 8.1 image. (x86).

Hi MartinOtter,

Windows 8 and 8.1 Setup does not support split .wim files, so this might have been the original problem. The TechNet article "Split a Windows Image (.swm) File to Span Across Multiple DVDs" has this note:

In Windows 8.1 and Windows 8, Windows Setup does not support installing a split .wim file.

And later it states:

You can apply the file to your destination computers only by using the /Apply-Image option in the DISM tool.

If you are still having issues with this deployment while using a .wim that isn't split, can you check the log files?

Hope this helps,

David
Windows Outreach Team - IT Pro
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