When imaging Windows 7 to NVMe type drives, bios must be set to UEFI to build the image.  Once this has completed, then it will boot correctly after the image is laid down.
Hello, We recently switched over to the Optiplex 7040 here at my financial institution. I am trying to mount our Windows 7 image on it using Dell Image Assist. I have downloaded the new driver CAB file and put it into the "Dell_Driver_CABS_Local" folder. The image restores fine and I see that it installs the drivers with no errors. When I reboot the system however I cannot load windows. It freezes and just loops. I did some research online and I believe it is related to the hard drive that I am using. My Optiplex 7040 is using the NVMe SSD 256GB from Samsung and I read that there is some compatibility issues with Windows 7 in regards to drivers. What I am confused on is if I downloaded the latest driver CAB from Dell then what am I missing. In the BIOS I have the following settings enabled: BIOS Version 1.2.8Secure Boot OFFLegacy Boot Enable Legacy Option ROMS ON Please help!
Imaging Dell Optiplex 7040 with ImageAssist