WIM image gives 0x000007b error

[r00ster]

Guys,

I'm having a bit of a problem with my WIM images. My company would like to deploy a default image to computers we sell to customers though Windows Deployment Services. I've managed to make an WIM image in VMWare Workstation (imagex) (so it would be easy to make changes to the image using snapshots) and these work perfectly on other VMware Workstations however if I deploy the image on a physical computer it will deploy but gives an 0x000007b error once it boots up for the first time.

This 0x000007b error will probably appear because the IDE or SATA controller is different from the computer from which I've created the image. If I make an image from a physical computer I can deploy the image with succes on the same computer but not an any other.

I'm OS I'm trying to deploy is Windows 7 Home Premium X64.

Can anybody tell me how to solve this problem.

Thanks,

r00ster

[nice_guy75]

Did you sysprep your OS before capturing your install.wim??????????

I had this problem when I was learning to capture install.wim from an already installed OS. And this error was occuring becuase I didn't sysprep my OS before capturing install.wim.

[r00ster]

Did you sysprep your OS before capturing your install.wim??????????

I had this problem when I was learning to capture install.wim from an already installed OS. And this error was occuring becuase I didn't sysprep my OS before capturing install.wim.

No I didn't sysprep, I've seen some example on how to do this but I'll try it first using C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe like Windows XP. Or do you have a better way?

I'll start testing this out right away and report back if I have any results.

[nice_guy75]

Its very simple,

I hope you are using untrimmed version of windows 7 as the dll required for sysprep might be deleted if you are using trimmed version of Windows 7.

see, go to C:\windows\system32\sysprep and then run the sysprep.exe, just select "Enter in Audit Mode" in System Cleanup Action, and reboot in shutdown options.

The system will go in audit mode and login automatically as Administrator and if you have created any user account to login go to user account and delete that accout. If you wish to make any changes in the OS this is your last chance. Now select "OOBE" in "System Cleamup Acion" put check mark in generalize option and select "shutdown" in "Shutdown option".

Now boot your system in PE or live cd and then capture install.wim your problem would be solved for sure.

[r00ster]

I've just successfully used the image on a different computer with sysprep. I didn't use the steps you provided but just clicked on OOBE (Out Of the Box Experience) and checked generalize. The computer did not shut-down but stayed in Windows but suddenly wanted to know if my network was home, office or public and the Windows Update Policy was reset. So I just shutdown the computer manually and connected the harddisk to my WAIK computer and used imagex to make the WIM image.

I'm currently trying the image on a third computer with different hardware.

Thanks!

[nice_guy75]

I've just successfully used the image on a different computer with sysprep. I didn't use the steps you provided but just clicked on OOBE (Out Of the Box Experience) and checked generalize. The computer did not shut-down but stayed in Windows but suddenly wanted to know if my network was home, office or public and the Windows Update Policy was reset. So I just shutdown the computer manually and connected the harddisk to my WAIK computer and used imagex to make the WIM image.

I'm currently trying the image on a third computer with different hardware.

Thanks!

This is really unusual, there are only two options in "shutdown options" and system should either reboot or shutdown.

Now regarding your network problem sorry brother, I myself a newbie, I am also leaning.

I presume your system is not syspreped properly. I would suggest you to do a clean install and then sysprep once again using my method, I have done this number of times ofcourse successfully.

[Tripredacus]

Note for the future, the Windows 7 WAIK documentation clearly states that in order to image Windows 7, you must sysprep using the generalize switch. There are instances where a non-generalized image will work on other hardware, but that is getting into the realm of non-support.

Generalize will remove the network location you chose previously, but obviously the OS is on a different PC with a different NIC MAC Address and sees a new network.