presumably because it's dangerous? here's how anyway: assuming you configured it as closely as you could - i.e. with unattended settings - stop right before the last step, where it packs the ISO for you. browse to the winnt.sif file in i386, and change these two lines: ; Generated by nLite 1.4.9.1 [Data] AutomaticUpdates="No" ;Autopartition=0 ; ########## replace this ############## Autopartition=1 ; ########## by this ############## MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendSwitch="Yes" OemPreinstall="Yes" OemSkipEula="Yes" ComputerType="ACPI Multiprocessor PC", Retail FileSystem=* WaitForReboot="No" NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore Repartition=Yes ; ########## add this ############## then make / burn the iso.