Nephilim

That exactly my problem. You wouldn't have an idea how to solve that? Currently I am thinking about starting to DOS an formating C:\ and using the settings you wrote then. Any idea if that 'll do?

I finally found a method to Autologon to WinXP, thanks to the Autologon thread and Guya's post (man these chinese dudes seem to know everything )! That's fantastic BUT one problem remains: How do I format C: during the an unattended setup and install windows at this partition? I honestly have no idea and hope that somebody is able to help me. Thanks in advance

Sorry for the inconvenience Devil! It's rather hard to find a winnt.sif at the momentary chaos, but I just found one. Taking a closer look, I would say, this is nearly a "copy & paste" version of MSFN.org's unattended guidance. But as I told you, I tried several Versions. All in all I must have installed WinXP about 10 times now and don't have a clue, what I did wrong. By the way, one thing I tried was changing TargetPath to C:\Windows but that wouldn't work either. ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=**** OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=**** FullName="Nephilim" OrgName="" ComputerName=WAMP [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000407 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=Myst [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\xp.cmd [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off [Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes DefaultThemesOff = Yes

Let's face it: I am a newbie to unattended installations. But as I am very interested in that topic I decided to create a whole DVD-R with the stuff I usually need. By now, after one week of work, I actually am nearer to the end than I had ever imagined, I wrote my own batches and created a whole lot of .mst, .sif and ."stuff" files. BUT now I got pretty much stuck into details. And that's where you folks might help me My first HD is divided into two partitions: C: which is my complete system and D: which are all "My Files", MP3s and stuff like that. What I'ld like my setup routine to do is the following: Start the DOS-like Setup, Format C: and install Windows there again. I crawled through a hell of a lot of documentations and FAQs but I couldn't find that I-don't-care-if-there-is-something-installed-or-not-just-kill-that-partition-and-reinstall flag, that I so desperatly need. The second thing that, according to the documentations, should work, but does not, is to skip these annoying "Your screen's resolution has been adjusted", "Please Register to Microsoft", "Enter atleast one User" screens. Those screens that appear right after the setup and right before you see the desktop for the first time. Is there any chance, you could help me with that That's for anyone trying to help a poor scriptkid out of trouble.