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Ok i finally got it all working, getting my "Documents and Settings" and "Program Files" dirs renamed. Here's the complete WINNT.SIF file for anyone else that has difficulty in getting this to work. Note that %SYSTEMDRIVE% doesn't seem to work for the "ProgramFilesDir" and "CommonProgramFilesDir" settings... instead i had to specify the actual drive letter, i.e. "c:". Using %SYSTEMDRIVE% works fine for the "ProfilesDir" setting though! Weird? That's MS for you :-) #---------------------------------------- ;SetupMgrTag [unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=winxp ProgramFilesDir="c:\apps" CommonProgramFilesDir="c:\apps\_common" [GuiUnattended] ProfilesDir="%SYSTEMDRIVE%\home" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [userData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="Ben" OrgName="" [TapiLocation] CountryCode=44 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000809 UserLocale=00000809 InputLocale=0809:00000809 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes #----------------------------------------

Yzowl - i tried the setup manager from xp deployment tools. Winxp has now installed correctly. vmware won't boot winxp though. i'll try burning to cd and re-installl on my REAL pc. Thanks a lot m8 :-)

Thanks Yzowl. I tried the text that you gave, but i'm still getting the "Internal Setup data structures are corrupt phase(0)" message :-( I think you're right in saying that are more fuller file is needed, any ideas what else would be needed? Also is there a utility that can check winnt.sif files quickly, as i'm currently re-re-re-installing Windows xp on a vmware virtual pc and it's getting a bit teadious!

Ok, i removed the underscore, no luck :-( Infact, i've reduced the WINNT.SIF file down to the bare minimum (see below) #------------------------------- [GuiUnattended] ProfilesDir = "c:\home" #------------------------------- Amazingly, i still get the same error. Please, can anyone tell me what i'm missing here?!

Hi i want to use a WINNT.SIF file to do a couple of simple changes to a new WinXP install, namely changing the "Documents and Settings" and "Program Files" directories. I've tried various ways but keep getting the "internal setup is corrupt pahse(0)" message. Here's the WINNT.SIF file i'm using :- #--------------------- [GuiUnattended] ProfilesDir = "c:\home" TimeZone = 085 [unattended] ProgramFilesDir = "c:\apps" CommonProgramFilesDir = "c:\apps\_common" #--------------------- There's not much more i can take out of this! (apart from the TimeZone setting). Any advice?