Is it possible to make your unattended XP Pro SP2 CD automatically format all drives and install it on the first one?
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 07:19 PM
This is one of many wishes we all have... Sorry to inform you that Setup only format the destination partition of Windows (C:\WINDOWS) 
Here are the parameter you can specify in your Winnt.sif:
If you try the search functions you'll find that there is plenty of ways to accomplish this task: WinPE is an example, DiskPart is another.
For my part I created a MultiBoot CD allowing me to start Acronis Disk Director 9 to partition and format my hard drive (Partition Magic was giving me troubles) and then I can restart the computer and start the Unattended installation.
Here are the parameter you can specify in your Winnt.sif:
[Data] AutoPartition=1 [Unattended] TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No ProgramFilesDir="D:\Program Files" (MUST be partitionned & Formated BEFORE installation to use D: drive) CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Program Files\Fichiers communs" (MUST be partitionned & Formated BEFORE installation to use D: drive) [GuiUnattended] ProfilesDir="E:\Documents and Settings\" (MUST be partitionned & Formated BEFORE installation to use E: drive)
If you try the search functions you'll find that there is plenty of ways to accomplish this task: WinPE is an example, DiskPart is another.
For my part I created a MultiBoot CD allowing me to start Acronis Disk Director 9 to partition and format my hard drive (Partition Magic was giving me troubles) and then I can restart the computer and start the Unattended installation.
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