The problem is with your InstallFlesPath sysprep.inf file value. You need to edit the value so it copies the files needed from i386 folder during mini-setup. This is what the beginning of your sysprep.inf file should look like: ;SetupMgrTag [unattended] InstallFilesPath=C:\i386 OemSkipEula=Yes As you can see I point it to the i386 folder on root of C:\ This will prevent any files needed errors during mini-setup. Conclusion is this is not a problem with nlite but your sysprep file as defined in ref.chm