The cd I installed XP from was an unattended installation cd with WINNT.SIF modified to:

ProfilesDir="D:\Users\"

As this is an unattended install cd I can't do an in-place installation (repair) as I get directly to this screen:

If I want to make a new installation cd with nlite, how should I set my WINNT.SIF to still set "ProfilesDir" to "D:\Users\" but not make in completely unattended so that it does not skip this screen:

Is this possible by just setting "UnattendedInstall" to "No"? If I do that, will the ProfilesDir="D:\Users\" still do it's magic or is it linked to having UnattendedInstall set to "Yes"?

Here's the WINNT.SIF I used for the installation:

[Data]
AutomaticUpdates="No"
Autopartition=0
MsDosInitiated=0
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=DefaultHide
UnattendSwitch="No"
OemPreinstall="No"
OemSkipEula="Yes"
FileSystem=*
WaitForReboot="No"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
Hibernation="No"

[SetupData]
OSLoadOptionsVar="/noexecute=optin"

[Display]
Xresolution=800
Yresolution=600
BitsPerPel=16

[SystemRestore]
DisableSR=1
CreateFirstRunRp=0

[GuiUnattended]
TimeZone=020
OEMSkipRegional=1
OemSkipWelcome=1
ProfilesDir="D:\Users\"

[Shell]
DefaultThemesOff="Yes"

[Components]
OEAccess = Off

[UserData]
ProductKey="Wont Print Here"

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
Language= "0409"

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents="Yes"

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode=0

[GuiRunOnce]
"%SystemRoot%\System32\nLite.cmd"

Edited June 11, 200917 yr by mkl

To what I know it is not possible for winnt.sif to handle more than 1 partition in unattended mode.

So you have to manually select the partition for os installation (assuming you already partitioned the hard drive prior to installation).

To what I know it is not possible for winnt.sif to handle more than 1 partition in unattended mode.

So you have to manually select the partition for os installation (assuming you already partitioned the hard drive prior to installation).

Thanks for you reply and sorry for expressing myself badly.

I guess my question is simply:

If I put the following in WINNT.SIF: UnattendedInstall="No"

will this line: ProfilesDir="D:\Users\"

be ignored?

If the answer is yes, could I change the "UnattendMode" to something to still show this:

Search, search, search...

If you'd have done that you'd have found this.

Search, search, search...

If you'd have done that you'd have found this.

I'm really thankful for the hint, but I'm not using nLite. I'm manually editing the WINNT.SIF. Is there an equivalent line in WINNT.SIF for that "Prompt repair" option in nLite?

Judging from Electricians last post in that thread the repair option wont show as long as I have a WINNT.SIF on the cd.

Edited June 21, 200917 yr by mkl

Follow the link in the post linked in my previous post.

Follow the link in the post linked in my previous post.

Sorry, and thanks. Seems to work fine!