[digerati]

How do you make the winnt.sif autoformat the drive?

My autoinstall always stops and asks about formatting the partition.

I want it to never stop. To boot with cd , go to walmart or something, and come back ot a desktop.

[maxXPsoft]

Change these portions of following

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
AutoActivate="no"
CrashDumpSetting="0"
DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes
DriverSigningPolicy="Ignore"
FileSystem=NTFS
Hibernation=0
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
Repartition=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
UnattendSwitch="yes"

Note: You need to add this also, I'd recommend using Bored's WINNTSIF.exe and add that. That way it don't stop and ask to add a user.

[UserData]
ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName=ThatsMe
OrgName=MyPC
ComputerName=ItsaPC

[XL-DJK]

:excited: Here also is a winnt.sif file that I use. Has NO problems and is a complete unattended setup. Also repartitions, formats in NTFS.:excited:

Just copy and paste into notepad and save as winnt.sif
;SetupMgrTag

[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
Unattendmode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemSkipWelcome=1
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
Repartition=Yes
UnattendSwitch="No"
WaitForReboot="Yes"
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\Catalyst3_7"

[GuiUnattended]
TimeZone=35
AdminPassword=*
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
FullName="Steven Jedrasik"
OrgName="XL-DJK Recordings Inc."
ComputerName="XL-DJKAMD1200D"
ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768
Vrefresh=75

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=107
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=905

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
SystemLocale=00001009
UserLocale=00001009
InputLocale=1009:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
Home_Page=http://www.MSFN.org/

[Components]
msmsgs=off
msnexplr=off
accessopt=off
Calc=On
Charmap=On
Clipbook=off
Chat=off
Dailer=off
Fax=off
Media_utopia=off
Templates=On
Vol=On
WMAccess=On
WMPOCM=On
Wms=On
Zonegames=Off

[GuiRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd
%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd
%systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd

Whatever is in bold is what you need to replace with your own information

[mmarable]

Just a warning, this will have setup grab the first available drive and install it there. If you have multiple drives it will likely grab the second drive and install it. I ran into that when I first started trying this.

I guess is found my old install on C: and found D: available. When the install was finished I had a dual boot machine that would either boot my old install, or the new one.

It didn't format the drive, so I didn't lose any data. Just something to keep in mind when doing this.

Mike

[XL-DJK]

I have two drives as well..........my C drive is NTFS and my D drive is FAT32.when I tell it to install it goes for an NTFS system first before it goes to FAT32.I personally haven't had that issue where it's automatically gone on the D drive, but, hey, different parameters, different results

[mmarable]

I couldn't tell you exactly what I had set up, but the first try I had at the unattended ended badly.

Just a heads up to think through all your settings, or at least the ones that could possibly erase a drive.

[neophyte]

Actually, if you use the REPARTITION=YES option, it should delete all partitions on the first disk and recreate a whole new one using NTFS.

This is from REF.CHM

Repartition
Value:Yes | No

Specifies whether all partitions on the first drive on the client computer are deleted and the drive reformatted with the NTFS file system.

 Important

Repartition is valid only when performing an unattended Setup by booting the computer from the Windows product CD.

[XL-DJK]

Absolutely..you should study the REF.CHM section very closely