When installing Windows XP on ESX you may receive stop 0x0000007b error

By default ESX uses LSILogic SCSI driver which is not on the ESX CD.

http://virtrix.blogspot.com/2007/09/vmware-installing-windows-xp-on-esx.html

Download and install the LSILogic SCSI driver for controller 'LSI20320-R' from www.lsilogic.com

VMWare Workstation - After WinPE deploy of sysprep image you receive a stop 0x0000007b error

Cause:

By default in VMWare Workstation 6, the SCSI adapter is configured to be present.

Workaround:
Close the Virtual Machine, and edit the .vmx file, changing the scsi0.present line from TRUE to FALSE

scsi0.present="FALSE"