The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
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 "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.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, see the SupportDeploy.cabDeploy.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:
Q302577 How to Use Sysprep.exe to Automate Windows XP
Deployment
