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Hi, I'm about to set up a diskless/CDless install-environment with PXE. So I have to boot from harddisk after file transaction. I don't want to read all the 23 Pages here :-/ Here's my question: How will I get it work, that Windows setup starts by booting from hard disk? I'm very confused about the Windows install-routine after testing several configurations. (I haven't found a documentation about the Windows setup-process) I'm so far that the following works: TFTP-Server (DHCP and Trivial File Transfer) give the client a PXE (PrebootExecution Environment)-image, that does the follwing (fullautomatet): - partition and (quick- or full) format Drive c: - extracting a file system image containing boot files (io.sys, msdos.sys and command.com) (*1) - copy necessary files (i386.exe (dos-rar-imgage), drivers, autoexec.bat, unattend.txt) Then it starts HD - DOS. DOS extracts the rar-files and starts the Windows unattended setup. But after starting the unattended installation Windows setup takes very long to copy files. How is it possible to start the setup process at the time, when the $WIN_NT$.~bt and $WIN_NT$.~ls folders already exist at the hard disk by NOT making an image of the partition (including those folders)? My intention is to provide several unattend.txt files for installation and easily update i386 folder when new service packs are released. (*1) This image should then contain the bootloader that starts the rest of the setup process. I can give more Information if it's wanted c ya thancxs macxs