DANDANDO Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Hi! Guys I have a question. PC in our company only have one harddisk with 2 partitions (C and D drive) we install OS on first partition, and second partition is for user to save their own data. My question is when I use RIS to re-deploy OS to the pc can we keep existing partition setup and just refresh the first partition(C drive) only? So user can keep their file at D: drive?Thks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Yep you sure can, just set it up so that it formats C drive only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prey Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 (edited) Hello undeadsoldier.All RIS Images do have a .sif answering file where such parameters can be set.Sample Ristndrd.sif Answer File[Data]Floppyless = "1"MsDosInitiated = "1"OriSrc = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"OriTyp = "4"LocalSourceOnCD = 1[setupData]OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect"SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"[unattended]OemPreinstall = NoFileSystem = LeaveAloneExtendOEMPartition = 0TargetPath = \WINDOWSOemSkipEula = YesInstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"LegacyNIC = 1[userData]FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"ComputerName = %MACHINENAME%[GuiUnattended]OemSkipWelcome = 1OemSkipRegional = 1TimeZone = %TIMEZONE%AdminPassword = "*"[Display]BitsPerPel = 16XResolution = 800YResolution = 600VRefresh = 60[Networking][NetServices]MS_Server = params.MS_PSched[identification]JoinDomain = %MACHINEDOMAIN%DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes[RemoteInstall]Repartition = YesUseWholeDisk = Yes[OSChooser]Description = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional"Help = "Automatically installs Windows Professional without prompting the user for input."LaunchFile = "%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"ImageType = FlatVersion = "5.1"try fiddling with the two parameters i have made in bold in the above example. Often you can simply delete the default parameter line, and the setup will then completely ignore any changes that such line normally would represent.Hope this helps.Kind Regards.Martin Andersen Edited October 26, 2005 by prey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br4tt3 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Hi! Guys I have a question. PC in our company only have one harddisk with 2 partitions (C and D drive) we install OS on first partition, and second partition is for user to save their own data. My question is when I use RIS to re-deploy OS to the pc can we keep existing partition setup and just refresh the first partition(C drive) only? So user can keep their file at D: drive?ThksYes u can, however, by changing the corresponding entry:Repartition = Nou get the option to choose which partition to install the OS to, but instead, it wont be fully automated anymore as if u were to use the "Yes" value instead.Best RegardsTha Sausage Eater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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