Configure Disk Preparation Properties

Table 162 lists the MDT properties that control the preparation of disks on the target computers. You can configure these properties in CustomSettings.ini or in the MDT DB. For more information about the properties in Table 162, see the corresponding section for each property in the MDT document Toolkit Reference.

Table 162. Disk Preparation Properties

Property	Description
BDEDriveLetter	The drive letter for the partition that is not encrypted with BitLocker, also known as the SYSVOL
BDEDriveSize	The size of the BitLocker system partition in megabytes
BDEInstall	The type of BitLocker installation you are performing
BDEInstallSuppress	Indicates whether the deployment process should skip BitLocker installation
BDEKeyLocation	The location for storing the BitLocker recovery key and startup key
BDEPin	The PIN to be assigned to the target computer when configuring BitLocker and the BDEInstall or OSDBitLockerMode properties are set to a value of TPMPin. Note This property can contain numeric only or alphanumeric values based on the value of the BDEAllowAlphaNumericPin property.
BDERecoveryKey	A Boolean value that indicates whether the process creates a recovery key for BitLocker
BDEWaitForEncryption	Indicates whether the deployment process should not proceed until BitLocker has finished the encryption process for all specified drives
DestinationDisk	Disk number to which the image will be deployed
DestinationLogicalDrive	The logical drive to which the image will be deployed
DestinationPartition	Disk partition to which the image will be deployed
OSDPartitions	The number of defined partition configurations (The maximum number of partitions you can configure is two; the default is none.)
OSDPartitionsxBootable	The partition that should be set to bootable (The default first partition is set to bootable.)
OSDPartitionsxFileSystem	The type of file system for the partition (Valid values are NTFS or FAT32.)
OSDPartitionsxQuickFormat	Indicates whether the partition should be quick formatted (The default is TRUE.)
OSDPartitionsxSize	The size of the partition
OSDPartitionsxSizeUnits	The units of measure for specifying the size of the partition (Valid values are MB, GB, or %. The default value is MB.)
OSDPartitionsxType	The type of partition to be created
OSDPartitionsxVolumeLetterVariable	The drive letter to be assigned to the partition
OSDPartitionsxVolumeName	The volume name that will be assigned to the partition
WipeDisk	Indicates whether the disk should be wiped

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Preparing Disks on Target Computers