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• Fix “Error Loading Operating System” Bug When Deploying Windows XP with Windows Deployment Toolkit

  Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Brian Reich

  This problem is related to the previous article I wrote about loading text-mode drivers into a Windows XP installation source added to a Windows Deployment Toolkit (formerly called BDD) distribution share.  Because of an incompatibility between Windows XP and the way that Windows PE formats the hard drive by default…

• How To Inject Text-Mode Drivers into a Lite-Touch Windows XP Installation

  Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Brian Reich

  I'm sure someone else has run into this problem: while using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (formerly known as Business Deployment Desktop) to deploy Windows XP, everything seems to be working just fine until Windows PE finishes it's portion of the setup wherein it copies the Windows XP setup files to your…

• Adding Drivers to a BDD LiteTouch Image

  Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Brian Reich

  Since Vista's release Microsoft has provided a variety of tools for deploying their operating systems. One such tool is Business Deployment Desktop which Microsoft describes as "the best-practice set of comprehensive guidance and tools from Microsoft to optimally deploy Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system." Though BDD…