Missing [SysprepMassStorage] Section Causes STOP 0x7B Error Message on Windows XP Sysprep Images (303786)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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 "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 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

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	4/28/2003
Keywords:	kbenv kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB303786