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thank you Jesus! i've done it. i changed LeavAlone to * and now it asks. UAHHHHH!! [Unattended] Unattendmode = FullUnattended OemPreinstall = YES TargetPath = * Filesystem = * [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM [OEMBootFiles] iaAHCI.inf iaStor.sys iaAHCI.cat TXTSETUP.OEM etc.... and of course now i get the screen i wanted. :

now you're just confusing me. the unattend.txt works just fine, except for the part where i can't select the drive (or partition) i want to install windows to. (NOT THE PATH!!!) forget the path or anything to do with paths. ie: directories. i want the windows setup to give me the choice of which drive/partition to install windows to. can this be done with the unattend.txt added line or not? (i can't test it yet, otherwise i'd know by now) i mean i added the lines: [Data] AutoPartition=0 to the unattend.txt file. is that even the right thing to do?

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thanks for your reply... just to clarify some things first. that document you linked to refers to a file named winnt.sif. i assume that was the name of the file used in earlier versions of windows prior to xp? either way, i have no such exact file anywhere on the windows xp disc. the only file with the .sif extension is one called txtsetup.sif. i assume the unattend.txt file proceeded winnt.sif and we can base edits on that. if correct, then i assume i should add the following line to the file to make it so: ; Microsoft Windows ; (c) 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ; ; Sample Unattended Setup Answer File ; ; This file contains information about how to automate the installation ; or upgrade of Windows so the Setup program runs without requiring ; user input. You can find more information in the ref.chm found at ; CD:\support\tools\deploy.cab ; [Unattended] Unattendmode = FullUnattended OemPreinstall = YES TargetPath = Manual Filesystem = LeaveAlone [Data] AutoPartition=0 [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM etc......

hi i searched for this but could not find the answer i want. can you help me? ..please?!? what i'm doing is using the unattend.txt file to install some extra drives/vaues when installing windows xp. its all working fine, but, the install also automatically installs windows into the root of my c drive to c:\windows. that's fine for now as i'm testing still, but that's not what i want. i have several partitions and want to be able to select the drive i want windows to install to. reading the values from the above link, i think i have it set correctly by using Manual instead of *, or a specific name. my own file is: ; Microsoft Windows ; (c) 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ; ; Sample Unattended Setup Answer File ; ; This file contains information about how to automate the installation ; or upgrade of Windows so the Setup program runs without requiring ; user input. You can find more information in the ref.chm found at ; CD:\support\tools\deploy.cab ; [Unattended] Unattendmode = FullUnattended OemPreinstall = YES TargetPath = Manual Filesystem = LeaveAlone [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM etc......