mrkyle Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 hey every1.. i have this problem... at the screen where you select the partition you want to install XP on... the screen after that usually lets me format the selected partition, however.. since i used the unattended CD it doesnt show that screen anymore, it shows the one where it detects another vesion of windows and lets u select to delete the existing version etc...the prob with this is that its not a completely clean install as it leaves other previous folders on the new install, like the C:\temp for exampleto overcome this prob i have to delete all partitions and create them again.. to be able to format .. this is alrite.. however, what if the 2nd partition contains backup information that i dun want to deletebelow is the stuff in the winnt.sif which i have in the i386 folder of the cd.. most of it is generated via the setup managerany clues on how to make it prompt u to format your selected partition;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="No" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="Yes" OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 TargetPath=\WINDOWS DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore ;OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\SATA;Drivers\BCM570X;Drivers\ALC650[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=255 OemSkipWelcome=1 AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1[Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=70[UserData] ProductID=XXXX-XXXX FullName="Windows XP Pro" OrgName="Microsoft" ComputerName=Unattended[TapiLocation] CountryCode=61 AreaCode=03[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000c09 UserLocale=00000c09 InputLocale=0c09:00000409[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No[Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off[Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes[Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0[NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1[NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient[NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched[NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP[params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 In my winnt.sif, I left out Repartition=No in the [unattended] section. I'm prompted with the options that let you select and format which partition you want to install the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkyle Posted May 27, 2004 Author Share Posted May 27, 2004 thanks ill give that a try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 with repartition=no still in the winnt.sif, if you want to format a partition, simply delete the partition first and then recreate it... it will ask what filesystem to format it with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkyle Posted May 27, 2004 Author Share Posted May 27, 2004 aabout deleting the partition what if i had something i wanted to keep on the other half of the partition...In my winnt.sif, I left out Repartition=No in the [unattended]section. I'm prompted with the options that let you select and format which partition you want to install the OS.that didnt work for me.... i took it out.. but it no workies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Well ****, that sucks. Maybe someone else will have an idea. Here is what my winnt.sif looks like. [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\Windows UnattendSwitch="yes" Hibernation=no FileSystem=* WaitForReboot=No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkyle Posted May 28, 2004 Author Share Posted May 28, 2004 i added the below two lines into my old SIF file and it worked FileSystem=* WaitForReboot=No so thanks fellas... cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 That's cool. Glad you got it working. I wasn't sure if any of the other differences between mine and yours was the problem. Guess it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 aabout deleting the partition what if i had something i wanted to keep on the other half of the partitionother half of the partition? if you are formatting it, you can't save anything anyway!maybe you mean 'the second partition on the other half of the same drive' in which case deleting the first partition has nothing to do with the second it will survive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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