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Me again. Would you know how to make Vista install itself on any size hard drive? So far, I can make wipe out all partitions, create 1 partition, & install vista on it but I need to enter the hard drive capacity for this to work. This method for me will not work if I have systems with different hard drive capacities. Here's what I use so far for a hard drive that has 149GB: <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Size>149000</Size> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>Vista</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> </DiskConfiguration>

Thanks Bob!!! Got it all sorted now.

Monitor is plugged in via dvd and mouse/kybd are plugged in via usb. I am putting vista & its xml file onto a bootable dvd and installing it that way. I just re-did my xml file which now excludes the section: <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /audit</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> This fixed the problem but now, the next section, which is to install the apps never got invoked.

Hi everyone, does anyone know how I can disable power & hibernate & sleep modes during a silent install? For some reason, all my pc's are turning off about 20 minutes into the install. Thanks