Hi guys !

I'm new here and i'm french ! Then sorry for my english.

I just have a question.

When i boot on my nlite CD, setup ask me where i want to install windows and if i want to format.

Can i automatize this ?

I which to boot on my CD and let it do the job


(I hope you understand what i try to explain )

Thanks all.
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You should be able to do that by modifying WINNT.SIF, see this:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=84617&hl=

jaclaz

Hey man

Thanks a lot for the answer.

I will try this next week.


I will add a reply after my next try.

thanks again for the tips
bye

This should really be added to nLite.

Some people dont want it. And I think Nuhi is part of them. Here for example. And I'm sure there was an other thread where he was more convincing.
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=78826
I'd bet North Korea does want it .

Hi

This solution work for me :

[Data]
AutoPartition=1

[Unattended]
Repartition="YES"

You must put this parameter into the WINNT.SIF (generated by nlite)

The only problem is the Quick Format.
Maybe there is a parameter which can do a long format.

Thanks bye

its not a good idea... suppose one time you want to install to another drive or you accidentally boot from the cd there would be no way to stop the automated format

very dangerous

even for power user

i re-install windows very often and i have never even thought about doing this.

and seeing the type of questions we get here on this board, i think it's very wise of nuhi not to include it in nlite. he probably saved a lot of people a lot of heartache

exactly. So much of "how do I re-enable" shows lots of people have not gathered nLite is not turning off but suppressing options. So you want to gain 1/2 a second of performance and the solution to your problem is to recreate an install disk... bang. Now if this (auto format) gets included, this board will crawl under "how do I recover my data" posts. Like "my little brother blah blah blah" or "I helped a friend reinstalled his computer and I had told him not to ...but...". " My new nLite cd reformatted my disk when I did not want to, what did I do wrong... who do I sue ?"

i agree, this should never be a part of nlite..


its too easy to leave a usb drive in or a 2nd hard drive and get that formatted by accident

hi

Yes it is very dangerous .... I aggree whith that but...

I have 100 PC workgroup in my job...

We prepare PC with the architecture of the society

We need only 1 partition and all data on Hard disk drive are deleted (user have his data on server)

For me it's really nice because i put CD on PC then i press a key and 45 minute later with no action from me my new PC is ready.

It's Cool

For further installation of windows this way can be a good idea .

Thanks all for your opinion and sorry for my english.

im pretty sure you are breaking the terms of use

Just out of curiosity, WHICH "terms of use", and HOW can you be "pretty sure"?

jaclaz

i think you should be sued for that and eventually go to jail.

not underestimating the power of nlite, but it shouldnt be used on networks such as those. (not only bcoz of the terms)... you used it in your job, lol

right

even though i only started using nLite today, i think that its good that you don't have the autopartition. if you slipstream XP, and then want to dual boot with 98 or ME or 2k, having the autopartition would be murder. same with creating dual boot cds, having the autopartition would be a waste, it would just get kicked off.

i plan on having two versions of the XP i slipstreamed and compressed today. its 173.66mb, and its going onto a miniCD, because that would just look cool and it would be pocket sized [quite literally] and its for a laptop. one will have the auto partition, one wont..the autopartition XP would be great for a first time install for a computer that will only use XP...the other CD would be for an upgrade, or a repair, or if the autopartition doesn't work.

but just picture finishing installing everything on your computer and forgetting you left the CD in if it has autopartition enabled. all the work you just did is now gone with the wind. not to mention any music you put on [i have 17 gigs and i don't want to loose any of it].

Will it affect on partion c: only?

delete partion c: and then create it by automatic?

i think it affects the primary/main hard drive and does the whole drive... (not sure tho)