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Using Sysprep with BitLocker
When SYSPREPing a PC that has been partitioned for use with Windows BitLocker, you may receive the following error after the system restarts:
The system registry contains invalid file paths. Installation cannot proceed. This system image was applied without guaranteeing that drive-letter assignments would match across computers.
The issue has to do with the order in which the drive letters are assigned to the partitions after SYSPREP is ran. The drive letters do not match the way they were assigned when the system was first built.
To correct the problem, you will need to rebuild the PC again and complete the following to SYSPREP the system:
- Before you SYSPREP, open RegEdit and export the Mounted Devices key (HKLMSYSTEMMountedDevices). Do not close RegEdit.
- Open a command prompt and run the following command:
c:\windows\system32\sysprep>sysprep -oobe -generalize -quit
- Go back to the RegEdit window and import the Mounted Devices key that you exported earlier.
- Restart the PC and boot into WinPE and use your image capture software (i.e. Ghost)
Note: It is important that you leave the RegEdit window open while you run SYSPREP. If you do not , you will not be able to reopen RegEdit.
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