PENDING After PXE, Winpe reboots while starting up

[hasansmith4]

Anyone has any updates to this thread? I believe that I am running into a similar issue. Not sure what is causing it. The symptoms: After PXE boot and WINPE environment, its says WinPe is starting up, then just reboots. Not sure where I can get logs to see what is going on. Any assistance is appreciated.

 

[czorn]

Anyone has any updates to this thread? I believe that I am running into a similar issue. Not sure what is causing it. The symptoms: After PXE boot and WINPE environment, its says WinPe is starting up, then just reboots. Not sure where I can get logs to see what is going on. Any assistance is appreciated.

I had this problem with HP laptops. For me the solution was to inject compatible drivers.

 

[lyrasean]

Manage boot images - Configuration Manager

In Configuration Manager, learn to manage the Windows PE boot images that you use during an OS deployment.

learn.microsoft.com

• Select Enable command support (testing only) to open a command prompt by using the F8 key while the boot image is deployed. This option is useful for troubleshooting while you're testing your deployment. Using this setting in a production deployment isn't advised because of security concerns.

Once you see the WINPE environment, press the F8 key to open a command prompt, and the system should not reboot automatically.
Then, you can get the SMSTS.log (X:\Windows\temp\smstslog\smsts.log) from the command prompt.