Hello I have read most of the stuff here on the unattened install, and I am still lost.

All I would like is to be able to install XP with out putting in the key and maybe install sound and video drivers.

1\Slipstream XPsp1

2\Built my cd structure exactly as one of the guides

3\Follow the instruction to make a unnattend install

4\Use WinIso to make my ISO image, Used a XP Boot.bin to make it bootable.

5\Burned the image with Nero, on a cd rw in case i made mistakes

Than i decided to test the cd, I rebooted my computer and the cd started up,

this is the error I got, cannot boot from cd error code 4

What is error code 4?

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MyWinnt.sif

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;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

FileSystem=NTFS

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

Repartition=No

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\004_sound"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=38bcb8e3b214c25f17306d272a9441bb0e67798faa6250946a179a4c3b828982

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=1

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=4

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=Edit out have key

FullName="Home-Beta-2004"

OrgName="Beta-Home-2004"

ComputerName=Home-Beta-2004

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=800

YResolution=600

Vrefresh=70

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00001009

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]

Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]

INFID=*

[NetClients]

MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetProtocols]

MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]

DNS=Yes

UseDomainNameDevolution=No

EnableLMHosts=No

AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]

SpecificTo=Adapter1

DHCP=Yes

WINS=No

NetBIOSOptions=2

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Batch File Created By SetUpManager

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@rem SetupMgrTag

@echo off

rem

rem This is a SAMPLE batch script generated by Setup Manager.

rem If this script is moved from the location where it was generated, it may have to be modified.

rem

set AnswerFile=.\unattend.txt

set SetupFiles=F:\i386

F:\i386\winnt32 /s:%SetupFiles% /unattend:%AnswerFile% /copysource:lang

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Any help on this would be nice.

I have built bootable cd before , but have never seen that error before.

Thanks

I came across that the other day.

The memory in the machine was faulty.

not always.

Also, as a word of advice, don't use WinISO.

If this were in the MultiBoot section, I'd say you hexed it wrong. Only thing I can think of is maybe you use the Reduce Source. You could try download the "CDIMAGE for Windows Professional" from the website. Run the file batch and see if it works.

I used the Cd image pro and it burned great.

Thanks to who ever wrote the script.

as for the error :

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>net helpmsg 4

The system cannot open the file.

gr /\/\o\/\/

I just got that error slipstream windows 2000. In nero 5.5 I forgot to choose "No emulation" and the default of floppy disk emmulation was chosen. After I reburned my philips cdrw (philips is the only cdrw brand that many sony cdr drives read) everything worked great.

06-04-2004 - PC

cd error 4 has nothing to do with windows it's a problem booting from cd. Bad ram would cause error 7 i believe in setupdd.sys

-gosh