Windows PE 2.0 - XP Disk partitioning issues

Many people have been having "Fun and Games" when using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk.

They use Windows PE to create a partition which XP is then installed onto, this then results in a "Blue Screen" at first reboot. This issue only occurs with some BIOS's but can be extremely frustrating.

There is now a patch available for this issue:

Windows 2003: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/931761/en-us
Windows XP: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760/en-us

This patch needs to slimstreamed into your XP source files, and your done!

There is also a workaround for this issue which is detailed in the KB article or if you are using BDD 2007 then take a look at Johan Arwidmark's blog.

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