jdgordon

ok, so 200 views.. can any1 give me feedback.. specifically does it actually work? iv tried it in VPC and when it finishes copying the files it doesnt reboot when it should. i havnt had a chance to test it on a real comp yet

can it be any bios or your actuall computers 1? coz if it can be any computers then just install virtual PC and do a printscreen of it. otherwsise your best bet is get a digicam and get a foto of it turning on

Jazz... please stay on topic... u cant use diskpart in dos (i think) and ive already told u that pebuilder makes a winpe cd with about 550mb free on it which is plenty for XP

if u dont mind using winpe to do it then have a look at this progra im writing (http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18484) its still alpha but _SHOULD_ work.. need ppl to test it

thats likuidkewl, i was looking for a diskpart script that would work coz i could never get partition magic to not give a 702 error... ok, sorry i should have explained the program a bit... when youv done all the settings you press install windows. it then asks you where u want to save the sif file to (a ram didks is probably best), it also asks u where the winnt32.exe file is and what hard disk to install to. it will then run winnt32.exe /syspart:%drive% /tempdrive:%drive% /unattend:%sif file% and in the next verison will have options for dynamic update aswell as more as they get added... so this expects the drive to be ready for install...

have a look at pebuilder (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) that makes a winpe cd that is only about 180mb which lkeaves more than enough for xp... and it is a legal copy of PE... if u want it for dos ur best bet is a batch file... there are a few already back on topic please....

u can either have the xpcd on the pe cd or you can connect to a network share with the winxp files on it... ok, iv fixed the exe so if ppl could test it itd be great http://members.optusnet.com.au/jonathan.go...20installer.exe

gday all, im writing a program that can be run in winpe (actually any win32 environment) that can edit the winnt.sif file for XP (and 2k3, 2000 might have some problems) and then run winnt32.exe and get windows installing with all the values from the program used in the unattended install... bassically so u dont have to reburn your xp cd to install it on a friends computer unattendedly.. anyway, its mostly done so i need ppl to test it and tell me what needs fixing. specifically, does the command to run winnt32 actually work? also, if any1 can do a background and an icon id appreciate it i forgot to mention that if a winnt.sif file exsists in the same folder that the exe is in it will load that file as the default values PEXP installer

yes thats only a start, eventually ull be able to change pretty much every setting the ths winnt.sif file, and anything i dont add u can edit before installing...

if u havnt done it yet, what u could to is install win98 on another hard disk (without the xp 1 in), create 2 partitions on it and install win98 to the 2nd (so its drive D:), then copy the partition to a new partition after the xp partition on the oriognal hard disk. then edit your boot.ini file and add the line D:\ = "Windows BSOD version" i _THINK_ that will work

eheh, they r kewl

unfortunatly, no, its IUM but that isnt a big IT corporation so....

well... its always good when i have tests to study for, it means i have lots of time to program ( the exe is only 44kb) anyway, if any1 is interested this is what i have so far... atm it only deals with the data and unattended aand guiunattended sections in the winnt.sif file and it SHOULD install windows when u click ok and then "Do it!".. so.... if any1 has a pe disk handy and a virtual pc and a few min spare could they please test the installer with their winnt.sif file? i need to know if i got the command to exe winnt32.exe correct and i dont really want to risk my xp install if it does work . so. to test it... click "install windows" then save the winnt.sif file somewhere (but dont use this file as it wont be finfished..., then click no, then click the 2 buttons with the "..." and point the ifrst to the winnt.sif file u want to use, and the second to winnt32.exe, and lastly type the driveletter into the droplist (havnt done the code for that yet) then click do it also, if any1 has suggestions... and would any1 like to contribute a background and an icon? thanx btw... if there is a winnt.sif file in the same folder as the exe it will load the defaults from that file. also DONT CLICK "DO IT!" ON YOUR MAIN WINDOWS, if it works it will screwup windows (i think) PEXP_installer.exe PEXP_installer.exe

im currently making a program that will do this pretty easily for u... it will load default values from a winnt.sif file then when u adjust it it will get install going 100% unattended (i hope anyway ) the only downside (not really downside but anyway...) is that it uses the winnt32.exe file to do it all so it has to be run from winPE really for it to work (have a lookl at pebuilder for a free pecd creater) u can have a look at a Work in progress build if u want (http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=81&t=18150&st=0#) just dont actually click "Do it!" unless ur in virtual PC (or similar)

do this by editting setupldr.bin no, for pebuilder u just need to change a reg key in the plugins inf.... this wont work on bartpe coz they havnt got the .net framework working on it yet (IIRC)

hey, iv been going through the ref.chm file and i came across this setting, im assuming we dont use this becuase "Requires: You must run winnt32 /DUPrepare:path_to_downloaded_cabs before using this entry. " but im making a program to install xp from pe using winnt32.exe so i could use this switch instead of fiddling to get the hotfixes installed right?? now it says location to the downloaded cabs? can i make the cabs from the exes that i already have or how do i get the cabs?

its gonna be a seperate program so u could run it from wherever.. im doing it so i can goto different computers and do the install fully automated but u can do different options on different comps without reburning the xp cd with different winnt.sif files

gday all, well ive decided studying is a waste of time so instead i have started writing a program that will start the XP (or 2003, and maybe even 2000) install from inside winPE (or bartPE...), basically its a frontend to edit the winnt.sif answer file (like boreds (i tihnk it was bored who made it?) cept im doing it in win32 c and not .NET so it stays small and easy to run in PE.. so before i do too much work on it, has some1 beat me to it? no? good ok the second thing is can some1 explain how to get XP to install to a designated hard disk and fix it up so its actually bootable? reading a bit on the subject i know that once i have the answer file i just run winnt32.exe with the commands like setupmgr.exe makes in the bat file... but it has to have the hard disk first right? also, sorta unrelated. ive got partition magic 8 going on my bartPE cd but when i try to format a partition it gives an error #702 ????? thanx

i dont know what autopatcher-xp is (about to search), but the other methods all take time during the install to run the patch and update it (unless im wrong), so doing it manually would, int he long run, be faster

hey, so im about to start making a new xp cd image and i was thinking about how id add the hotfixes and i thought, "why cant we just extract the update into the i386 file and add the reg entries into the hive files?" does setup check the files before installing them, like for their checksum and version and stuff?

is this gonna be able to be put on bartPE ? coz not every1 can get a hold of legit pe.... very kewl project anyway

in IE go tools > internet options > programs

also when u do this it will edit your boot.ini to load the setup after 3 sec next time u boot so make sure you put it vback to normal before rebooting

anythiung happen with this program or is the link in the firt post the latset version>?

i knew i could remember a post about adding those files to a 2nd folde but couldnt find it... no i dont.. ill add em and c what happens