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Sancho, I did a bit more research and I now assume that the Winnt.sif file is created if I set unattended options in nLite's setup section. All I used nLite for was to fold in the chipset and AHCI SATA drivers. I'm anxious to get the new system put together to see how it works. I did try booting from the DVD and it works fine so everything is looking good so far.. :-) Russell

I searched winnt.* with all system and hidden files revealed and the only thing that comes up is winnt.exe in the I386 directory. Russell

Thanks for the reply Sancho . Good to hear things are apparently doing what they're supposed to :-) Where should I see winnt.sif? I don't see winnt.sif anywhere (searched) on my original XP install disks either. Is this something that nLite is supposed to create? Thanks again Russell

I'm a newbie to nLite and the whole automated install process. I used the script at smithii.com to blend SP2 and MS updates in my older XP-Pro install disk I then used nLite 1.4 (beta) to add the chipset and AHCI SATA files for my 'soon to be installed' Intel DP35 motherboard. I then burned it onto a DVD (still with nLite) Looking at the resulting DVD I'm wondering about a few things. 1) The DVD is named 'WinLite'. Should I have used the name from my original XP-Pro install disk? 2) The Chipset and ACHI inf files are in Winlite/I386/NLDRV/001 and 002 is this correct? From what I read elsewhere on the web (methods to automate an XP install) I expected to see a directory named $OEM$. I do see 1984= %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,"\i386\NLDRV01" 1985= %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,"\i386\NLDRV02" in the [sourceDisksNames.x86] and [WinntDirectories] section. Is this what makes them run? 3) I don't see a WINNT.SIF file anywhere. Is that ok as it's mentioned on some howto sites I been reading to try and learn about this stuff.? Is there something else I am supposed to do for this to work properly (in theory)? Thanks :-) Russell