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

Edited May 22, 200818 yr by WSZsr

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.

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.

Edited May 22, 200818 yr by WSZsr

Not very describing topic title. Slipstreaming Sp3 works fine here, only done it twice, but works ok.

I would check if you have proper .net framework and check u had print spooler service running before installing .net latest if u did that.

Also MSMQ service could be needed. Doesn't sound like a nlite issue tbh.