Hi, I have been facing this problem on client machine while creating the driver package for the model in ConfigMgr 2007 SP2. What is the best method to find that a specific driver(Win XP in this case) is already present in the driver store of configmgr or the boot image(mass storage/network) used for PXE booting?The WIN PE boot image version is 3.0.The laptop in question is a Dell Latitude E6230.

In the ConfigMgr console, the Drivers tab of the boot image's properties dialog will show you all drivers. Note that WinPE 3.0 is based on Windows 7 and so you should only inject Windows 7 drivers into these boot images regardless of the OS that you are deploying. To view the drivers in the drivers store, simply go to the Drivers node under OSD in the console.Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

Thanks for your reply Jason,an additional query,How to confirm during the OSD for a model,that the boot image is missing the network drivers needed for installation? How to check that the right mass storage 'Driver & its corresponding model' is selcted in the task for the computer model,from tha task sequence?

Trial & error for both. Note that the mass storage driver selection is only valid and applicable if you are deploying XP. For Win Vista and above, there is no need to specifically choose mass storage drivers as the driver methodology for boot critical devices changed with Vista. If you are so unlucky to still be deploying XP, here's an older post to start you out with mass storage drivers: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rzander/archive/2009/08/07/apply-xp-massstorage-drivers-from-sccm-osd-task-sequence.aspxJason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

For checking the network driver presence,is using 'F8>cmd pompt>ipconfig' the right way? If so could you let me know of such a method for checking the mass storage drivers as well?

yes, you could use F8 to check. a) use F8 to open a console prompt b) execute diskpart c) list disk if diskpart shows disk, then the storage controller is visible and you should be able to list partitions, create partitions. if this works, then OSD should be able to do the same.Don (Please take a moment to "Vote as Helpful" and/or "Mark as Answer", where applicable. This helps the community, keeps the forums tidy, and recognises useful contributions. Thanks!)

Jason,Don - Tesgroup,Thanks a lot for your reply,It was very helpful.