finnishguy

I have read the "ref.chm" file. I generated WINNT.SIF like this with 'setupmgr.exe' I can't test it until I get my XP Home CD from store. Does installation work if WINNT.SIF is made with 'setupmgr.exe'? There's my code: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings" UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=0 TimeZone=125 [UserData] FullName="myname" OrgName="myorganization" ComputerName=COMPUTER [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=HOME [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes Thanks for your patience!

Don't this work alone? Do I have to use the 'setupmgr.exe' tool and then add the code below into file created by it? ;WINNT.SIF begins [GuiUNattended] ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings" ;WINNT.SIF ends

If I add this WINNT.SIF into WindowsXP CD, will it work as normal Windows XP CD, but "C:\Documents and Settings" will be "D:\Documents and Settings"? It'll ask all the questions etc? [GuiUNattended] ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings" Thank you for helping me so quickly! BTW. I'm from Finland (as you can see from my nickname and the flag)

How much slower will the installation be if I use boot disk (or cd)? I will use smartdrive. Does the installation ask the "Documents and Settings" folder or is this the only way to move it? If I rename that Unattend.txt to WINNT.SIF and move it to i386 folder and burn a new CD with the bootsector of original XP-CD, will the installation work like this: 1. I put burned cd in cd-rom drive 2. change the boot order in BIOS 3. boot my computer ?

I have newer installed Windows XP before and I'm a complete newbie with these things. I want to install Windows XP Home so that Documents and Settings folder is in drive D: I want that the setup asks me all the questions that it would ask with a normal (not unattend) install. Will this work if I boot with boot diskette and say: R:\i386\winnt /s:R:\i386 /unattend:A:\Unattend.txt R: = CD-ROM drive. A:\Unattend.txt [GuiUNattended] ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings" TimeZone=125 [Unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefault TargetPath=\WINDOWS [UserData] FullName="My Name" OrgName="Organization" ComputerName=COMPUTER [TapiLocation] CountryCode=358 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=015 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=HOME Hope you understood something about this... Thank you for your answers beforehand!