MDT supports using legacy $OEM$ folders to organize and copy supplemental files to the target computers. However, when deploying Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating systems, data WIM files are preferred over $OEM$ folders.

Note   In an instance where multiple $OEM$ folders have been defined, the first driver that LTIApply.wsf finds is deployed to the target computer.

For more information about using:

·     Data WIM files or $OEM$ folders with Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, see the Windows Automated Installation Kit User’s Guide in the Windows AIK

·     An $OEM$ folder with Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, see the Microsoft Windows Corporate Deployment Tools User’s Guide (Deploy.chm) and the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Reference (Ref.chm), both of which are in the Deploy.cab file in the Support\Tools folder on the Windows installation media

MDT looks in the following locations within the deployment share, in the order specified, to find an $OEM$ folder:

·     Control\task_sequence (where task_sequence is the name or ID of the task sequence that MDT is installing). Create $OEM$ folders in this location to create a custom folder for each build.

·     Operating Systems\Name (where Name is the name of the operating system MDT is installing). Create $OEM$ folders in this location to create a custom folder for each operating system.

·     Platform (where Platform is either x86 or x64). Create $OEM$ folders in this location to create a custom folder for each platform.

·     $OEM$, which is at the root of the deployment share and is the default $OEM$ folder if a folder is not found in the previous locations.

An $OEM$ folder contains supplemental files. The following list describes each folder that you can create within an $OEM$ folder to organize these files:

·     $$. Windows Setup copies the contents of this folder to %SystemRoot% on each destination computer. It replicates all the folders, subfolders, and files that this folder contains in the %SystemRoot% folder of each destination computer. For Windows Setup to copy a file to %SystemRoot%\System32 on each destination computer, for example, put the file in $OEM$\$$\System32.

·     $1. Windows Setup copies the contents of this folder to %SystemDrive% on each destination computer. It replicates all the folders, subfolders, and files that this folder contains in the %SystemDrive% folder on each destination computer. This is typically drive C on most computers.

·     Drive. Drive is a drive letter (C, D, E, and so on). Windows Setup copies the contents of this folder to the root of the corresponding drive on each destination computer. It replicates all the folders, subfolders, and files that this folder contains in the corresponding drive during the setup process. For example, Windows Setup copies any files put in $OEM$\D to the root of drive D on each destination computer.

Microsoft recommends that these folders not be used. The folders rely on a very specific disk configuration on the destination computer. Use $1 to represent %SystemDrive%, instead. In most installations, $OEM$\$1 and $OEM$\C write to the same location: the root of drive C.

·     TEXTMODE. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, this folder contains hardware-specific files that Windows Setup and text-mode setup install on the destination computer during the text-mode phase of the installation process. These files may include OEM HALs, mass-storage device drivers, and the Txtsetup.oem file. The Txtsetup.oem file describes how to load and install these files. List these files in the [OemBootFiles] section of the answer file.

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