Sysprep'd Image Hangs when Deploying on Certain Hardware

I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
/oobe /unattend:myfile.xml

This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.

When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.

Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.

Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.

I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.

Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
work.

Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
try/look at.

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>
> This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>
> When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>
> Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>
> Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>
> I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> work.

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Mike.

Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE: I'm
working from a completely clean slate.

The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the D820
is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.

Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used on
the working hardware.

Any other ideas?

"Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:

> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things to
> try/look at.
>
> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep /generalize
> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
> >
> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
> >
> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
> >
> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
> >
> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
> >
> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40 and
> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and they
> > work.
>
>

How are you deploying the image? Using SETUP, or using ImageX?

-Michael

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37093E4A-D08F-4BC9-B782-DC74A599C97D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>
> Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
> images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE:
> I'm
> working from a completely clean slate.
>
> The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
> encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
> check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the
> D820
> is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
> Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
> SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.
>
> Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used
> on
> the working hardware.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:
>
>> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
>> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
>> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things
>> to
>> try/look at.
>>
>> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep
>> >/generalize
>> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>> >
>> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
>> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>> >
>> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>> >
>> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>> >
>> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
>> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>> >
>> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40
>> > and
>> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and
>> > they
>> > work.
>>
>>

How are you deploying the image? Using SETUP, or using ImageX?

-Michael

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37093E4A-D08F-4BC9-B782-DC74A599C97D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>
> Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
> images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE:
> I'm
> working from a completely clean slate.
>
> The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
> encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
> check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the
> D820
> is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
> Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
> SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.
>
> Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used
> on
> the working hardware.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:
>
>> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
>> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
>> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things
>> to
>> try/look at.
>>
>> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep
>> >/generalize
>> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>> >
>> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
>> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>> >
>> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>> >
>> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>> >
>> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
>> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>> >
>> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40
>> > and
>> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and
>> > they
>> > work.
>>
>>

How are you deploying the image? Using SETUP, or using ImageX?

-Michael

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37093E4A-D08F-4BC9-B782-DC74A599C97D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>
> Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
> images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE:
> I'm
> working from a completely clean slate.
>
> The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
> encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
> check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the
> D820
> is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
> Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
> SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.
>
> Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used
> on
> the working hardware.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:
>
>> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
>> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
>> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things
>> to
>> try/look at.
>>
>> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep
>> >/generalize
>> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>> >
>> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
>> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>> >
>> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>> >
>> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>> >
>> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
>> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>> >
>> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40
>> > and
>> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and
>> > they
>> > work.
>>
>>

How are you deploying the image? Using SETUP, or using ImageX?

-Michael

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37093E4A-D08F-4BC9-B782-DC74A599C97D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>
> Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
> images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE:
> I'm
> working from a completely clean slate.
>
> The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
> encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
> check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the
> D820
> is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
> Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
> SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.
>
> Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used
> on
> the working hardware.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:
>
>> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
>> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
>> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things
>> to
>> try/look at.
>>
>> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep
>> >/generalize
>> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>> >
>> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
>> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>> >
>> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>> >
>> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>> >
>> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
>> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>> >
>> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40
>> > and
>> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and
>> > they
>> > work.
>>
>>

How are you deploying the image? Using SETUP, or using ImageX?

-Michael

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37093E4A-D08F-4BC9-B782-DC74A599C97D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>
> Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
> images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE:
> I'm
> working from a completely clean slate.
>
> The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
> encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
> check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the
> D820
> is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
> Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
> SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.
>
> Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used
> on
> the working hardware.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:
>
>> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
>> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
>> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things
>> to
>> try/look at.
>>
>> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep
>> >/generalize
>> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>> >
>> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
>> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>> >
>> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>> >
>> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>> >
>> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
>> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>> >
>> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40
>> > and
>> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and
>> > they
>> > work.
>>
>>

How are you deploying the image? Using SETUP, or using ImageX?

-Michael

"Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37093E4A-D08F-4BC9-B782-DC74A599C97D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Mike.
>
> Some clarification I should put here: The hard drives I'm restoring the
> images to have been wiped with diskpart prior to restoring the image. IE:
> I'm
> working from a completely clean slate.
>
> The partition structure is the same on all the systems mentioned. I've
> encountered no click (defective HD I presume?) during diskpart, and disks
> check out clean with SMART tests and chkdsk. My working machines of the
> D820
> is SATA, the T60 is SATA but is running in "Compatibility Mode" (IDE
> Emulation it appears), and the G41 is not SATA so I think we can rule out
> SATA Drivers and bad hardware here.
>
> Steps to deploy image onto the T40 and T42 are the exact same being used
> on
> the working hardware.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Mike Lewis (MS)" wrote:
>
>> Some IBM macines had a conflicting c:\minint directory on the disk. Not
>> sure if this results in a hang or just the deploy process stops. SATA
>> drivers and click during diskpart runing at deploy time are other things
>> to
>> try/look at.
>>
>> "Aaron K" <AaronK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:308AA2E8-4BB7-4FEF-B90F-7A6E73EBDDCF@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a sysprep'd Vista image sealed using sysprep
>> >/generalize
>> > /oobe /unattend:myfile.xml
>> >
>> > This image works fine if I deploy it onto Dell Latitude D820 (reference
>> > system it was built from), IBM Thinkpad G41, and IBM Thinkpad T60.
>> >
>> > When deploying to a Thinkpad T40 and T42 it simply hangs when booting.
>> >
>> > Enabling boot logging doesn't generate a log.
>> >
>> > Booting into Safe mode shows it loads all the drivers apparently as
>> > crcdisk.sys is the last loaded driver.
>> >
>> > I can install Vista manually on the T40 and T42 and it installs fine.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? I recognize the T40
>> > and
>> > T42 aren't "Vista Ceritfied" machines, but nor is the G41 and T60 and
>> > they
>> > work.
>>
>>