Maelstorm Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 When I start a Windows XP Pro SP3 install from WinPE 1.6, the %OEM% folders do not get copied. Do I have to copy this manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I have a hunch that this isn't going to be strictly PE related. Validate your answer file in WSIM and see if it comes up clean.Otherwise, when you post your answer file (unless you correct the problem) then I will move this thread to XP Unattend forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstorm Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) I found a solution. It seems that when you use the /makelocalsource option, it will not copy the files in X:\$OEM$, so when you reboot the machine and run it off the HD, the files are not there. I tried copying the $OEM$ files to the root of the HD, and that didn't work either. I discovered though, that in the root directory, there's a couple of very interesting directories:$WIN_NT$.~BT$WIN_NT$.~LSBoth directories have an $OEM$ sub directory. I tried BT first and that did not work. Not suprizing since that directory looks like a primordial \Windows directory. In the LS directory, it had two sub directories: The afore mentioned $OEM$ and I386. Looking at I386, it's the same as you would find on a Windows CD. I copied the $OEM$ files to the LS directory and the text mode installer saw the files and copied them correctly. Now everything seems to work just fine. I used the same unattneded.txt file that I was using when booting straight into the windows installer.The command that I used:XCOPY X:\$OEM$ C:\$WIN_NT$.~LS\$OEM$ /S /E /Q /YI have a hunch that this isn't going to be strictly PE related. Validate your answer file in WSIM and see if it comes up clean.Otherwise, when you post your answer file (unless you correct the problem) then I will move this thread to XP Unattend forum.You can if you want, but this issue came up because I was installing from WinPE.PrepDisk.cmd@ECHO OFFdiskpart /s "\Program Files\Misc\DiskPart.ini"ECHO.format c: /q /y /fs:ntfs /v:SystemInstall.cmd@ECHO OFFcd \WinXP\i386WinNT32 /syspart:C: /s:X:\WinXP\i386 /unattended:X:\unattended.txt /makelocalsource /dudisableDiskPart.iniselect disk 0cleancreate partition primaryselect partition 1activeassign letter=C: Edited July 24, 2009 by Tripredacus moved, no copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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