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Missing [SysprepMassStorage] section causes a "Stop error code 0x0000007B (INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE)" error message on Windows XP Sysprep images

Article ID: 303786 - View products that this article applies to.

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SYMPTOMS

When you start Windows XP Setup after you copy an image to a new target computer, you may receive the following error message:

STOP 0x0000007B
INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE

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CAUSE

This problem can occur if the Sysprep.inf file (the Sysprep answer file) that was used on the master computer (before the image was created) was missing the [SysprepMassStorage] section.

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When you use the [Sysprep] section with the "BuildMassStorageSection=yes" parameter in the Sysprep.inf file, you should ensure that the [SysprepMassStorage] section is present in conjunction with the [Sysprep] section.

Example:

[Sysprep]
BuildMassStorageSection=yes

[SysprepMassStorage]

The [Sysprep] section automatically generates the entries in the [SysprepMassStorage] section, and without this section, required mass storage devices cannot be loaded, and a STOP 0x7B error message is generated.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information, see the Support\Deploy.cab\Deploy.chm and Ref.chm files in the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.
For more information about the supported parameters in the Sysprep.inf file for Windows XP, please see the following article:

302577

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577/EN-US/ )

How to Use Sysprep.exe to Automate Windows XP Deployment

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