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Discus and support Windows 2016 unattended installation throwing error "The selected disk space is not of type... in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi all, I'm trying to install Windows 2016/Win 10 on a server using boot.wim and Unattended file. I have formatted the harddisk into two... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Bhupeshkm, Oct 10, 2018.

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    Windows 2016 unattended installation throwing error "The selected disk space is not of type...


    Hi all,

    I'm trying to install Windows 2016/Win 10 on a server using boot.wim and Unattended file.

    I have formatted the harddisk into two partitions, EFI partition with FAT32 and user partition with NTFS

    I'm keeping the uefi files and boot.wim in the EFI partition and booting into it.

    By editing the startnet.cmd inside boot.wim, I had added code to copy the contents of user partition to x:\temp and then restore back once i format the partition to ntfs again from winpe environment.

    Finally i will be calling setup.exe present on the OS iso, with the unattended file present on user partition as argument.

    My unattended file is having Install partition as 2, since user partition is 2.

    When the installation is about to start copying files, I'm getting the error "The selected disk space is not of type ESP".


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    Thanks in advance,

    Bhupesh

    :)
     
    Bhupeshkm, Oct 10, 2018
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  2. Windows 10 Updates & Upgrades error: There wasn't enough space on my hard drive

    Hi Samantha,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    I can imagine the inconvenience you have experienced. I will definitely help you with this.

    Since you have a less amount of space in your hard disk, I suggest you to free up some disk space by running disk cleanup on your system.

    Here are the steps:


    • To delete temporary files:

      • Search for Disk cleanup from the taskbar and select it from the list of results.

      • Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.

      • Select OK.

    • If you need to free up more space, you can also delete system files:

      • In Disk cleanup, select Clean up system files.

      • Select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.

      • Select OK.
    Once you perform the above steps, install the Windows updates manually and check.

    Follow these steps:

    1. Hit
    Windows Key and type

    2. Type
    Windows Updates

    3. Click on
    Windows Updates

    4. Click on
    Check for updates and install the latest windows updates.

    Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

    Thank you.
     
    ThofikhAhamad, Oct 10, 2018
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  3. My disk space is gone

    Hi John,

    Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

    I do appreciate your efforts and time.

    Try to run theSystem Maintenance Troubleshooter.


    • Press Windows key + W and type
      Troubleshooting.

    • Select Troubleshooting.

    • Select view all on the top left corner.

    • Click System Maintenance,
      follow onscreen instructions.
    I suggest you to run Check Disk which performs an analysis of the disk. Refer to the steps below:

    • Press Windows key + X.
    • Click on Command prompt (Admin).
    • Type chkdsk /f and hit enter.
    For reference:

    Tips to free up drive space on your PC:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/free-up-disk-space

    Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.
     
    Kalpana Shankarappa, Oct 10, 2018
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  4. Windows 2016 unattended installation throwing error "The selected disk space is not of type...

    Disk Read Error

    /p flags good, I'm still thinking it's something in your boot sector and not hardware related.

    Try this:

    Insert your XP disk and boot from the disk
    Select recovery console
    follow the promts until you are in DOS
    C:\windows
    at the above prompts type FIXMBR

    Why?
    This will fix the Mater Boot Record for Windows it will ask you if you are sure and follow the prompts

    once complete type CHKDSK /r
    that is CHKDSK space /r
    this will check the disk and repair any bad sectors

    once complete type exit
     
    thoughtdisorder, Oct 10, 2018
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