[This has to be a bug!]

Sounds like a SP3 issue to me.

Did you slipstream under Vista maybe?

If you slipstreamed it under XP as a host and did nothing else then report to MS or your shop where you got that OEM CD.

I slipstreamed under XP Pro SP2. Slipstreamed SP3 and nothing else. Also tried it on a retail CD without any service packs.

[This has to be a bug!]

Take one original Dell XP Pro SP2 that works perfectly and use the latest version of nLite to add only SP3 and you end up with a CD that causes BSOD 7b or no hard drive found on my Dells. You can integrate the latest AHCI/SATA drivers or use F6 during install and it stll causes the exact same failure.

I have been using nLite for some time with no problems - always on Dell computers using Dell CD media without problem.

This has to be a bug in nLite.

Dell XPS 410 with SATA hard drives and SATA optical drives (Intel 965 chipset)

Dell XPS M1330 with SATA hard drive

[Adding XP SP3 to a Dell XP Pro SP2 - no go]

I know I played this record before:

-Did you remove read-only from all your files after copying from the CD?

Never had to do that before but I gave it a try. If I right click on the i386 folder and remove the check for read only then apply, they are all read only when I open the folder again! How do I do it?

[Adding XP SP3 to a Dell XP Pro SP2 - no go]

Here it is:

Nothing about AHCI here. Is there anything, in the original CD, in CD Root\$OEM$\Textmode?

Nothing at all. The Dell XP Pro SP2 boots and installs fine. I tried it on a retail copy of XP with the same result??

I even tried loading the SATA drivers using F6 and the same BSOD.

The failure code is always 0x0000007B 0XF78D2524 0xC0000034 0x00000000 0x00000000.

[Adding XP SP3 to a Dell XP Pro SP2 - no go]

I am not sure how Dell integrates AHCI. You could have a look at I386\WinNT.sif or what is in the $OEM$ folder.

Does this tell you anything?

This is the nLite generated WinNT.sif. What is in the WinNT.sif (if any) on the original Dell CD?

Here it is:

[userData]

ProductKey="XJM6Q-BQ8HW-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"

[Data]

MSDosInitiated=0

UnattendedInstall=Yes

[Components]

Fax=On

[Adding XP SP3 to a Dell XP Pro SP2 - no go]

I am not sure how Dell integrates AHCI. You could have a look at I386\WinNT.sif or what is in the $OEM$ folder.

Does this tell you anything?

; Generated by nLite 1.4.5

[Data]

AutomaticUpdates="No"

Autopartition=0

MsDosInitiated=0

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=DefaultHide

UnattendSwitch="Yes"

OemPreinstall="Yes"

OemSkipEula="Yes"

FileSystem=*

WaitForReboot="No"

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

Hibernation="No"

[systemRestore]

[GuiUnattended]

EncryptedAdminPassword="No"

AutoLogon="Yes"

TimeZone=020

OEMSkipRegional=1

OemSkipWelcome=1

[Components]

[userData]

ProductKey="XJM6Q-BQ8HW-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"

ComputerName=XPS_410

FullName="WSZsr"

OrgName="Home"

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language= "0409"

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents="Yes"

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup="Workgroup"

[Adding XP SP3 to a Dell XP Pro SP2 - no go]

I have a Dell XP Pro SP2 CD that came with my Dell XPS410. I can boot from the CD and install XP with no problems. I used Nlite to add SP3 and only SP3. It will boot from this CD and copy files. However, when it gets to the starting windows screen, I get a BSOD with a reference to "7b". I have attemped this several times, a few times adding the ACHI SATA drivers. No go!

I have tried the manual method of slipstreaming with the same result.

Any help would be appreciated!

Have you tried turning off the AHCI mode for SATA in the BIOS. If i remember right, this happened to me last week at work.

That would work I am sure at some sacrifice in performance. However, if the Dell CD works in AHCI mode, the nLite SP3 version should too!

[Adding XP SP3 to a Dell XP Pro SP2 - no go]

I have a Dell XP Pro SP2 CD that came with my Dell XPS410. I can boot from the CD and install XP with no problems. I used Nlite to add SP3 and only SP3. It will boot from this CD and copy files. However, when it gets to the starting windows screen, I get a BSOD with a reference to "7b". I have attemped this several times, a few times adding the ACHI SATA drivers. No go!

I have tried the manual method of slipstreaming with the same result.

Any help would be appreciated!

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