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I posted this question when I first joined the forums, tried a few of the suggestions and never found a way around it yet. But it is early in the install when you are prompted to show the cd so it isn't a real big deal.

Sounds like a memory or motherboard problem.

You can open a dos window and format it.

Check out this site... http://www.udrw.com/ Also this one... http://www.torosoftware.com/autorun.asp

I had a similar experience with Zone Alarm and after cleaning it out of the registry and reinstalling it worked ok again.

Make sure that your winnt.sif is saved as .sif. If you edit it in notepad it will have a .txt added to it (winnt.sif.txt) and if extensions are hidden you will not see it.

Thanks for the reply. I tried the pid above with the first five and my last and some other pids found on the web. Even tried the entire retail pid above and install still wants win9x cd. Maybe not worth the effort . Thanks again, Greg

Have tried several pid # with no luck. Still wants to see a win9x cd or installation folder in c: Any other ideas?

I changed the pid with no luck. Yes it is an upgrade XPHome edition but you can do a clean install by just showing it a 98, ME, 2000 cd. The install will complete by itself after I insert the win9x cd and then reinsert the unattend cd. It's not a real big deal to do that, but not as nice as just booting from 1 cd. I will check back if anyone has any other ideas.

Thanks for the reply I will give that a try.

I have the unattend install working, but I am prompted to put my 9X cd in the drive to check for compliancy. I have tried putting the win9x folder in the $OEM$ folder at different locations with no luck. Also if anyone knows what can be left out of the win9x folder and still work. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks, Greg

If you upgrade your programs will remain as is.

My name is Greg, I am 50 and from the Hoosier State. I am going to try to get this automated install thing to work. Hello to all