Vanbursta

Whilst trying to make an install CD that would give me the repair option AND copy the contents of other folders from the cd to the %systemdrive% (which I was told CANT be done on this forum), I discovered that not only can it be done, but also that an unattend install of ie8 is also possible using the same method. Very easy when you know how, please see below:- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents of winnt.sif ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Data] AutomaticUpdates="No" Autopartition=0 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" [systemRestore] MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk=1 <Here I MANUALLY edited the winnt.sif file after Nlite to reduce the System retore to 1% and it works perfectly [GuiUnattended] TimeZone=085 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 OemSkipEula = Yes [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [userData] ProductKey="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ComputerName=SAMSUNG-R20 FullName="Samsung NP-R20" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale="0809" UserLocale="0809" UserLocale_DefaultUser="0809" InputLocale="0809:00000809" InputLocale_DefaultUser="0809:00000809" [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents="Yes" [WindowsFirewall] Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode=0 [identification] JoinWorkgroup="HOME" [GuiRunOnce] "%SystemRoot%\System32\nLite.cmd" <THIS IS THE IMPORTANT COMMAND ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Content of Nlite.cmd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHO Copying Files Please Wait for %%a in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%a:\memio.sys set CDROM=%%a: <THIS FINDS THE DVD ROM DRIVE LETTER by finding the location of the memio.sys file %CDROM%\i386\xcopy.exe %CDROM%\Samsung\*.* %systemdrive%\ /s /e /i /h /y <THIS COPIES THE CONTENT OF THE DVDROM ROOT\SAMSUNG complete with all sub folders to $systemdrive% %CDROM%\i386\xcopy.exe %CDROM%\sys_32\*.* %SystemRoot%\system32 /s /e/i /h /y <THIS COPIES THE CONTENT OF THE DVDROM ROOT\SYS_32 folder to $systemdrive%\%stystemroot%\system32 ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung AV Station ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\000\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung Battery Manager ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\001\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung Easy Display Manager ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\002\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung Magic Doctor ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\003\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung Magic Keyboard ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\004\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung NetWork Manager ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\005\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung Update Manager ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\006\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung R20-E User Manual ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\007\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Samsung Wallpaper ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\008\setup.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Internet Explorer 8 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\samsung\009\setup.exe /passive /update-no /norestart (THIS IS THE COMMAND TO AUTO INSTALL IE8)by calling setup from %systemdrive%\Samsung\009 folder ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files... RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Samsung ECHO. ECHO All Done - The PC in will restart in 30 Seconds. shutdown.exe -r -f -t 30 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 30 Seconds" EXIT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I used nlite to create the nlite.cm_ file, extracted it with [extract nlite.cm_ nlitecmd], modified the nlite.cmd and then recompressed it with the Microsoft CAB SDK (downloadable from MS), then copied the file BACK to the DVD rom \I386 folder, burn the dvd as bootable, boot the notebook from the DVD and hey presto, I could run a repair install and copy the files I needed to the hard drive. Simple but effective. What you end up with is a folder structure as normal on the HDD but with the sub folders and their contents as above (ie \Samsung\001, \samsung\002 etc, and the other 2 files copied to \windows\system32 (in this case oem.bmp and oem.ini) from there it is easy to call the necessary setup routines, and cleanup after the install.

Can someone please help me, I need to do a repair install (rather than a new install) of Windows XP Pro, the install goes fine until XP setup reaches the part where it calls the start.cmd (see the [GuiRunOnce] section of winnt.sif below), and I then get an error that the start.cmd file cannot be found, I have checked it and xp isn't copying the $OEM$ folder structure to the C: destination folder. The $OEM$ folder is parallel to the i386 folder (IE on the root of the CD) and I have attached a copy of my winnt.sif file below. I can either get the reapir option to work OR I can get the $OEM$ folder to copy to the hard drive, but I cannot get both to work at once, someone mentioned a tweak OEM setting in Nlite but I can't find it, please help if you can as I have been trying for 3 days now without success!! Also it shows the welcome screen even though I have asked it not to!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Data] AutomaticUpdates="No" Autopartition=0 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes OEMFilesPath=.\$OEM$ Hibernation=no [systemRestore] MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk=1 [GuiUnattended] TimeZone=085 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [userData] ProductKey="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ComputerName=SAMSUNG-R20 FullName="SAMSUNG-R20" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale="0809" UserLocale="0809" UserLocale_DefaultUser="0809" InputLocale="0809:00000809" InputLocale_DefaultUser="0809:00000809" [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents="No" [WindowsFirewall] Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode=0 [identification] JoinWorkgroup="HOME" [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\samsung\start.cmd ------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks for your help