unattended windows xp installation problem

[karapantass]

i made a windows xp unattended cd with my specified additional programs and its working soo fine .

but i had only one problem which is ...

he asks me in the first of installation about which partition do u want to install the windows .

so i don't want this warning to be appeared .

by the way i manipulate the winnt.sif autopartition=1 . but still ask me for wht partition .

another thing .. i had only one drive which is C

also i had a preinstalled windows xp on that drive

so is there any silent option to delete the c: partition and install a fresh one without asking me

thnx in advance

[zakum]

There you go

[Data]

AutoPartition=1

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

AutomaticUpdates=yes

MsDosInitiated= No

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

UnattendSwitch=Yes

WaitForReboot="No"

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

Repartition=Yes

OemPreinstall= Yes

[meeuws]

Try adding :

[RemoteInstall]

Repartition=Yes

UseWholeDisk=Yes

in your .sif file.

That's the way I'm using ris to wipe the hdd and installing on one partition.

[karapantass]

thnx guys sooo sooo much .

but i have another only one question .

if i had 2 partitions C & D

and C partition contains a preinstalled windows xp

and D partition contains some data ( movies and mp3s etc ..)

so what will happen then ?

will the unattended cd remove the preinstalled one and install a fresh copy or install the windows on D partition ?

thnx guyz again so much for ur attention

[beats]

No, both your current partitions will be killed, then setup makes a new partition from the entire disk.

[karapantass]

ooh s*** . so is there any way to delete only the partition C and leave the remaining partitions and keep installing a fresh copy on the C partition after deleting it .

[beats]

I wish MS was a bit more flexible regarding setting up disks, but unfortunally that's not possible. At least, not without using 3rd party tools. At work I use Altiris and Radia, and let them handle the partitioning part.

[karapantass]

plz.. tell me more about Altiris and Radia .

anyways i want any method that let me delete only partition C and leave the rest then install a fesh copy .

plz tell me any way that can do this .

thnx so much for ur attention

[Arie]

plz.. tell me more about Altiris and Radia .

More about Altiris and Radia.

[karapantass]

thnx Arie

but finaly i got confused .

i am using RunOnceEx.cmd method to make the unattended windows xp cd with winnnt.sif manipulation .

i have 3 partitions C & D & E , and i have a preinstalled windows xp on C partition

so i want the unattended cd to delete only C partition and leave the rest . then keep installing a fresh copy of windows on The C partition , so i want any method any method to do this

plzzzzzz help me in this issue guyz .

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Leave the formating section set to where you can do it manually then.

[karapantass]

are these words mean that no way to do this manually ? !!

thnx for ur attention .