Tuesday, August 12, 2014

SCCM 2012 R2 CU2: OSD fails with error 0x80004005

While appling SCCM OSD image on systems with SSD's you may receive an error stating that the Task Sequence failed with error code 0x80004005.


This error will occur shortly after the partitioning sequence in OSD when it attempts to apply a wim.

One thing to note is that this issue has occurred for me in the following scenario.

  • SSD installed in the system.
  • Network card listed after SSD in the Bios boot order.
  • A Format and Partition sequence similar to the following:


This issue did not occur if there was one primary partition set to 100%.  This issue may also appear if you have an SSD and a HDD with the HDD higher in the boot order in the Bios or with the SSD on a sata channel other than SATA0.  In my case the issue was caused by the nic listed after the SSD hard drive in the bios boot order.

Following are my recommendations to resolve the issue:

  • Ensure SSD is on SATA0
  • If you have an SSD and a HDD in the system make sure the SSD is higher in the boot order.
  • Ensure that the nic is listed before the SSD device in the bios boot order similar to boot the order shown below.

Hopefully this helps.  Please leave a comment or provide feedback if you have any other suggestions that may be helpful to others that run across this issue.