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Thanks for the reply Tripredacus. Perhaps my description wasn't very clear, so let me try again as that wasn't the question I meant to ask. I know I can use Diskpart to set up my drive. I know I can specify the path to the users directory as "D:\Users" (or whatever I want), and I know it will block upgrades. The problem I'm having is that the meaning of "D:" changes during the install process. Using a drive letters is very imprecise and I would prefer to tell the Vista installer "Install the Vista-Users directory on Disk 0, Partition 4". Say I have four partitions: Part 1 - XP-OS Part 2 - XP-DATA Part 3 - Vista-OS Part 4 - Vista-Data I want the Vista installer to put the Vista-Users directory on Partition 4. From within XP (or whatever OS), Partition 4 has the drive letter F:\ but during the vista install, that seems to change (or be unreliable). Is there is a way to tell the vista installer directly that the Users directory should go to Partition 4? This seems infinitely more precise than gambling with driver letters. Hope this doesn't come off as rude, I do appreciate the reply :-) Thanks

Hi Everyone, Thanks to these forums I've had some luck with my Vista Business 32-bit unattended install. However, I ran into problem specifying an alternate location for the ProfilesDirectory (i.e. moving it from C:\Users to <Drive>:\<Directory> . In my AutoUnattended.xml I have the following entry: <FolderLocations> <ProfilesDirectory>I:\Users</ProfilesDirectory> </FolderLocations> That would work, however, the drive letter labeling between my running Vista install and in the PE changes, so what I really want to be able to do is specify a hard disk, and partition number, which should stay constant so long as my hardware and partitioning stays constant. Can I do this? What is the notation?? I'm thinking it's something like this: <FolderLocations> <ProfilesDirectory>\Device\Harddisk(0)\Partition(3):\Users</ProfilesDirectory> </FolderLocations> But I don't know what notation the PE uses. Thanks!