How To Troubleshoot 0x800700a1 Error In A New Laptop?

Asked By willvega 0 points N/A Posted on - 09/30/2020

I bought a new laptop and was imaging it. I am using SCCM. The imaging failed with an error: Task Sequence Has Failed. The error code is 0x800700a1. How to troubleshoot this error?

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Answered By Rubi Sharlene 0 points N/A #342008

How To Troubleshoot 0x800700a1 Error In A New Laptop?

You need to format your disk to a primary partition to solve the 0x800700a1 error. Follow these steps –

a. Press F8 to open Command Prompt.
b. Type diskpart and press enter.
c. Type list disk and press enter.
d. Type select disk 0 and press enter (since this is a new laptop, I am considering disk as 0, you can select disk number from the list).
e. Type clean and press enter.
f. Type create partition primary and press enter.
g. Type select partition 1 and press enter.
h. Type format fs=ntfs quick and press enter.
i. Type assign letter c and press enter.
j. Type exit and press enter.
k. Now, you will be able to image the disk.

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