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Published: **May 31, 2022 - 5:11 PM**

Hello,

I'm unable to deploy Windows 11 using WADS. I'm getting an error message stating that the Windows installer cannot format the partition (0x80300024).
WinPE creates the partitions perfectly beforehand, so I don't understand...
I have no issues with the same answer file under Windows 10.
Do you have any ideas?
Thank you.

Published: **June 1, 2022 - 12:44 PM**

Good morning

I just noticed that the latest release does not include the win11_with_join_ad_offline.xml and win11_with_join_ad_online.xml files
The files are indeed on our internal Git repository and in the latest nightly version, but not in the release version

Actually, Windows 11 has a bug with its installer

In the XML files of Windows 7 to Windows 10, one could use

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<InstallToAvailablePartition>true</InstallToAvailablePartition>

which tells the installer that it must find the partition it needs to use on its own, resulting in:

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				<OSImage>
					<InstallToAvailablePartition>true</InstallToAvailablePartition>
					<InstallFrom>
						<Path>install.wim</Path>
                                               <MetaData>
                                                     <Key>/IMAGE/FLAGS</Key>
                                                           <Value>Professional</Value>
                                                </MetaData>
					</InstallFrom>
				</OSImage>

But under Windows 11 it crashes with the error you describe, so you need to specify the partition where Windows 11 should be installed: 3 for UEFI and 2 for legacy

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				<OSImage>
					<InstallTo>
						<PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
						<DiskID>0</DiskID>
					</InstallTo>
					<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
					<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
					<InstallFrom>
						<Path>install.wim</Path>
						<MetaData>
							<Key>/IMAGE/FLAGS</Key>
							<Value>Professional</Value>
						</MetaData>
					</InstallFrom>
				</OSImage>

So you can edit your XML and it will be fine

Published: **June 1, 2022 - 3:45 PM**

I'll try that right away!
Thanks

Published: **June 1, 2022 - 3:57 PM**

Perfect, it works!

I also have a problem with the Windows 10 to Windows 11 migration package, but I'll start a separate thread for that.
Thanks again

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