System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 R2 and XP migrations require Hotfix 2910552 to resolve NTLDR missing error

Important!: Updated 4/3/14 Make sure that that the final step is completed of using a PE image that was generated with ADK 8.0 instead of 8.1. Instructions to complete this are at the end of the post.

For anyone using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and is still supporting Windows XP computers you will want to be aware of an important Hotfix that needs to be applied to the sources systems. The hotfix is explained in the following Microsoft Article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2910552). Failure to install this patch can result in Windows XP machines no longer being bootable and will have an error on the screen with NTLDR missing. The symptoms that we would see is that the task would fail on staging reboot, and once the user rebooted their machine they would be see the error on their screen.
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