Microsoft KB Archive/303786

= Missing [SysprepMassStorage] Section Causes STOP 0x7B Error Message on Windows XP Sysprep Images =

Article ID: 303786

Article Last Modified on 4/28/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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This article was previously published under Q303786





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



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.



RESOLUTION
When you use the [Sysprep] section with the &quot;BuildMassStorageSection=yes&quot; 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.



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 How to Use Sysprep.exe to Automate Windows XP Deployment

Keywords: kberrmsg kbenv kbsetup kbprb KB303786

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