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Solution to problem of unresolved strings in Windows PE 2005: HIVECLS.INF file has two [strings] sections in it. This causes the second section to be ignored, so most of the string values are missed (including the ones pictured in the first post, above). My solution was to add a PAUSE command in MKIMG.CMD: REM REM Copy over the required registry hive files REM copy %WINPESRCDIR%\hive*.inf 2>nul 1>nul REM - added this reminder to look out for duplicate [strings] section headers. echo Watch out for duplicate [strings] section headers.& findstr /b /i /n \[strings\] "%CD%"\hive*.inf & pause ...and then manually comment out the second [strings] header (using a semicolon) before continuing. Ross Brown Computer Sciences Corporation rbrown68@csc.com

I got the same result (The disk management services could not complete the operation.) after I slipstreamed Windows XP Service Pack 2 RC2 (build 2149) into my SP1-ified I386 source folder and rebuilt the Windows PE image. It would appear that something changed between SP1 and SP2 that breaks DISKPART. If this describes your situation, I suggest you revert to an SP1-based I386 and rebuild Windows PE again. I have submitted a bug to Microsoft on this. Ross Brown Computer Sciences Corporation rbrown68@csc.com