You receive a "The file is needed" error message during the Mini-Setup phase of Sysprep on a computer that is running the Japanese version of Windows 2000

You install the Japanese version of Microsoft Windows 2000 on a computer by using an image that was created by the System Preparation tool (Sysprep.exe). During the Mini-Setup phase, you receive the following error message:

This issue occurs if both the following conditions are true:

• The source files are damaged and cannot be copied from the installation folder.
• You use the InstallFilesPath entry in the [Unattended] section of the Sysprep.inf file, and the source files are not contained in the folder location that you specified.
  
  Note The installation folder is defined by using the InstallFilesPath entry in the [Unattended] section of the Sysprep.inf file. The default location of the installation folder is drive:\Sysprep\i386.

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

Delete the InstallFilesPath=c:\sysprep\i386 entry in the [Unattended] section of the Sysprep.inf file. This entry specifies the location of files that Mini-Setup requires. These files include a language file for installing an additional code page.

Additionally, the installation folder that the InstallFilesPath entry specifies may be referenced when Mini-Setup uses the Cmdlines.txt file to install a program. You can delete this entry when you do not have to add a language file or install a program after you run Sysprep.

Method 2

Prepare the required folders and files. When the Sysprep.inf file includes the InstallFilesPath entry, the folder and subfolder that InstallFilesPath specifies are used as an installation folder. When you include the InstallFilesPath=c:\sysprep\i386 entry in Sysprep.inf, you can avoid the problem by creating the following folders and populating them with the required files:

• c:\sysprep\i386
• c:\sysprep\i386\lang
• c:\sysprep\i386\lang\jpn

If Mini-Setup cannot locate the installation folders, the problem may still occur.

If you do not use the Cmdlines.txt file to install additional programs or if you do not use a file that specifies a language codepage, delete the InstallFilesPath entry from the [Unattended] section of the Sysprep.inf file. For additional information about how to create the Cmdlines.txt file, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

You may still be prompted that a file is needed. In this scenario, you can point to the folder that contains the required file. The following is a list of files that you may be prompted for during the Mini-Setup phase of Sysprep.

Dictionary (.dic) files

• Imejpnm.dic
• Imejpch.dic
• Imejpln.dic
• Imejpst.dic
• Imejptk.dic
• Imejpzp.dic

Dictionary (.dic) files are located in the drive:\Winnt\Ime\Imejp\Dicts folder.

DLL (.dll) file

• Imejpcus.dll

This DLL (.dll) file is located in the drive:\Winnt\Ime\Imejp folder.

Font (.fon) file

• Serife.fon

This font (.fon) file is located in the drive:\Winnt\Fonts folder.

National language support (.nls) file

• Xjis.nls

This national language support (.nls) file is located in the drive:\Winnt\System32 folder.