Sysprep Keeps Rebooting after startup

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Hello Friends,

I have an assortment of PC's here I need to have imaged for a company
that will be deploying a new set of pc's. The pc's we have are ALL
compaqs, models:

xw6000
xw5000
xw4100
xw4000
w6000
w4000
Deskpro

From what Ive read i should be able to use Sysprep to image a master
computer with all the applications and settings, then I use sysprep
and generate a sysprep.ini file with all the answers.. Here is mine

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
TargetPath=\WINNT
OemPnPDriversPath=c:\drivers\scsi;c:\drivers\lan;c:\drivers\video;c:\drivers\audio

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
FullName="AIM User"
OrgName="Alex Irvine Motors"
ComputerName=AIM-PC
productid=

[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600
Vrefresh=60

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1

[OEM_Ads]
Logo=Setup.bmp

[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
DistShare=win2000dist

[Identification]
JoinDomain=
DomainAdmin=
DomainAdminPassword=

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Sysprep]
BuildMassStorageSection=Yes

[SysprepMassStorage]

At first I had a problem with error 00000007c where "Inaccessible boot
device" occured, but i managed to get around that.

I used a XW4100 to make the master image, and it wont work on a W6000
compaq computer. I dont know if this is because the hardware is too
dissimliar (but isnt that what sysprep is for?) or if its just because
I cant figure this out for the hell of me :(

anyone have any idea's?
 
There is a registry modification you can do to prevent the blue screens. It
something to do with IDE devices.
As far as the OEMPNPDRIVERSPATH= line, I would get rid of that completely
and put those paths in
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath= I'm not sure
if it likes the C: in there, mine is like
DevicePath=%systemroot%\inf;%systemdrive%\drivers\video , etc, etc. If
your problem is a driver problem, try what I suggested. Here is my
sysprep.inf, much more basic than yours. Works on about 5 dif dell models
so far. I notice you have the JoinDomain= blank, etc, not sure if you even
need to include it in your inf file if its blank.

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes
ExtendOemPartition=1
NoWaitAfterGuiMode=1

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=4
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
FullName=BP
OrgName=BP
ComputerName=*
ProductID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Display]
BitsPerPel=16
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[Networking]

[Identification]
JoinDomain="braytonlaw.com"
DomainAdmin="braytonlaw.com\import"
DomainAdminPassword=import
 
[Sysprep]
BuildMassStorageSection=Yes

[SysprepMassStorage]

At first I had a problem with error 00000007c where "Inaccessible boot
device" occured, but i managed to get around that.

I used a XW4100 to make the master image, and it wont work on a W6000
compaq computer. I dont know if this is because the hardware is too
dissimliar (but isnt that what sysprep is for?) or if its just because
I cant figure this out for the hell of me :(
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Hi,

First of all, you can use sysprep for that.

I don't use the BuildMassStorageSection but I write the SysprepMassStorage
section manually with all SCSI devices I have to deploy.
Try this, it should work.
I am not at work but I can give you the line for XW6000 (I have that model
too) on monday if you don't find it. I think there is a part of it in the
oemsetup file in the driver.

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"This behavior is by design" (Microsoft)
________________________________
 
Joe B said:
There is a registry modification you can do to prevent the blue screens. It
something to do with IDE devices.
As far as the OEMPNPDRIVERSPATH= line, I would get rid of that completely
and put those paths in
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath= I'm not sure
if it likes the C: in there, mine is like
DevicePath=%systemroot%\inf;%systemdrive%\drivers\video , etc, etc. If
your problem is a driver problem, try what I suggested. Here is my
sysprep.inf, much more basic than yours. Works on about 5 dif dell models
so far. I notice you have the JoinDomain= blank, etc, not sure if you even
need to include it in your inf file if its blank.

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes
ExtendOemPartition=1
NoWaitAfterGuiMode=1

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=4
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
FullName=BP
OrgName=BP
ComputerName=*
ProductID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Display]
BitsPerPel=16
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[Networking]

[Identification]
JoinDomain="braytonlaw.com"
DomainAdmin="braytonlaw.com\import"
DomainAdminPassword=import


"Ron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello Friends,
>
> I have an assortment of PC's here I need to have imaged for a company
> that will be deploying a new set of pc's. The pc's we have are ALL
> compaqs, models:
>
> xw6000
> xw5000
> xw4100
> xw4000
> w6000
> w4000
> Deskpro
>
> From what Ive read i should be able to use Sysprep to image a master
> computer with all the applications and settings, then I use sysprep
> and generate a sysprep.ini file with all the answers.. Here is mine
>
> ;SetupMgrTag
> [Unattended]
> OemSkipEula=Yes
> InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
> TargetPath=\WINNT
>
OemPnPDriversPath=c:\drivers\scsi;c:\drivers\lan;c:\drivers\video;c:\drivers
\audio
>
> [GuiUnattended]
> AdminPassword=
> OEMSkipRegional=1
> TimeZone=35
> OemSkipWelcome=1
>
> [UserData]
> FullName="AIM User"
> OrgName="Alex Irvine Motors"
> ComputerName=AIM-PC
> productid=
>
> [Display]
> BitsPerPel=32
> Xresolution=800
> YResolution=600
> Vrefresh=60
>
> [RegionalSettings]
> LanguageGroup=1
>
> [OEM_Ads]
> Logo=Setup.bmp
>
> [SetupMgr]
> DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
> DistShare=win2000dist
>
> [Identification]
> JoinDomain=
> DomainAdmin=
> DomainAdminPassword=
>
> [Networking]
> InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
>
> [Sysprep]
> BuildMassStorageSection=Yes
>
> [SysprepMassStorage]
>
> At first I had a problem with error 00000007c where "Inaccessible boot
> device" occured, but i managed to get around that.
>
> I used a XW4100 to make the master image, and it wont work on a W6000
> compaq computer. I dont know if this is because the hardware is too
> dissimliar (but isnt that what sysprep is for?) or if its just because
> I cant figure this out for the hell of me :(
>
> anyone have any idea's?
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yes i got this many times but finally i was lucky and decided to boot with a boot cd i made using ghost boot wizard.... i have added an old version or partition magic on this cd and decided to look whats going on there.... partition magic found an error size on the disk partition and aks to fix it automatically what i did. and after it boot normally... i dont know why the partition size was corrupted but after i fixed it all was fine. this happen randomly!
 
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