Automatically Partition and Format Hard Drive

[scubes13]

I have been reading through the forums until my eyes are crossing. Forgive me if this answer is somewhere obvious - just point me to the right place.

I have successfully created my own ISO using nLite. One of the things I would like to be able to do is to have the installation automatically create a partition of 100% of the primary drive listed and then format it using NTFS or NTFS Quick formatting. At this point, this is the only user input I am having to provide for my installs to blank drives.

Also, if I am trying to install to a non-blank hard drive and use the "Press Any Key To Boot from CD" option, is there a way to delete the original partitions, create a new one at 100% of the available space and then proceed with the formatting.

Thanks for any and all assistance, tips, etc.

And thanks to everyone involved with nLite and this forum!

Scubes

[mazmorbid]

This is part of my WINNT.SIF file that might help you out, it formats and partitions the drive to NTFS with no user input ...

[Data]

AutomaticUpdates="Yes"

Autopartition=1

MsDosInitiated=0

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

UnattendSwitch="Yes"

OemPreinstall="Yes"

OemPnPDriversPath="DRIVERS\INF\000_CHIPSET;DRIVERS\INF\001_DISPLAY;DRIVERS\INF\002_NETWORK;DRIVERS\INF\003_WIRELESS;DRIVERS\INF\004_MODEM"

OemSkipEula="Yes"

FileSystem=*

WaitForReboot="No"

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

FileSystem-ConvertNTFS

Repartition=Yes

ExtendOemPartition=0

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

Hibernation="No"

EDIT: This uses the NTFS Quick formatting option ..

Edited August 6, 2008 by mazmorbid

[scubes13]

mazmorbid,

Thanks so much for the assistance! Your code worked like a charm!

You are a life saver.

Even learned what WINNT.SIF was too, lol. Had never touched the file manually before. Would think that these would be settings in nLite.

Thanks again!

Scubes

[mazmorbid]

no probs Scubes .. I would suggest reading through this...

Edited August 7, 2008 by mazmorbid