unattend convert

[vbussiro]

Is there a way to convert all the partitions to ntfs instead of only the system one ?

I tried convert in runonceex, but it's not silent...

[wwwmario]

Hi vbussiro,

yes there is.

I suppose you're using inf to control the conversion so you can put something like this:

HKLM,"System\CurCtrlSet\Ctrl\Session Manager","BootExecute",0x00010000,"autcheck autoconv \\??\C: /FS:NTFS /CVTAREA:xxx.xx","autcheck autoconv \\??\D: /FS:NTFS /CVTAREA:xxx.xx"

Since I work with unattended network installs, I use the oformat.com and cvtarea.exe tools to optimize NTFS conversion, but if you don't you can safely omit the "/CVTAREA" switch.

I run this at the T-13 mark so after setup completes and reboots the system

the conversion takes place.

Hope it helps

/Mario

[wwwmario]

...obviously "CurCtrlSet\Ctrl" is to be read "CurrentControlSet\Control"....

/M

[vbussiro]

I'm not using inf... could you translate (I use the Aaron's unattend guide) for my runonceex.cmd ?

[Ausmith1]

Use Microsoft's DiskPart tool

See:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techi.../diskpart-o.asp

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=300415