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.

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

: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

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

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

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.

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

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