Error message: 

A connection to the deployment share (\\server\deployment_share) could not be made. The deployment will not proceed.

I ran into this problem this morning when trying to load Windows XP on a new computer using Business Desktop Deployment and Windows Deployment Services. It turned out that the reason for this is because my WinPE boot image didn’t have the network drivers for the new computer (when you type in ipconfig /all in the command prompt in WinPE, you’ll notice that there’s no IP assigned).

I fixed this problem by doing the following:

1. Download the network drivers for the computer having this issue.
2. Open the Deployment Workbench.
3. Add the network drivers to Distribution Share->Out-of-Box Drivers.
4. Go to Deploy->Deployment Points, select your deployment point and click Update. This will update your WinPE boot image (LiteTouchPE_x86.wim) to include the new drivers.
5. Open Windows Deployment Services and replace your boot image.
6. Reboot the client machine and boot in WinPE again, it should now be able to connect to the deployment share.