Hi,

If I put original xp setup-cd in I have three options first 1. install, 2. repair and 3. quit and if I select 1. then F8 and then comes the part where I can partition and format...

Now if I put unattended cd in it goes directly to the part where I can partition and format...

Can I make unattended setup-cd in a way that it starts similarly than the original one? I don't mind these two steps more in the beginning of setup because I want anyway to do partitioning etc.

My winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=DefaultHide 
    OemSkipEula=YES
    OemPreinstall=YES
    Hibernation=No
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    UnattendSwitch=Yes
    WaitForReboot=No
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    
[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=***
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=125
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductID=***
    FullName="***"
    OrgName="***"
    ComputerName=***

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=***

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode = 0

MMainio

The line: UnattendedInstall="Yes" means it is going to skip right to an unattended (or in your case, "unintended") install. You have 2 choices:

1. Have a separate CD with an unalterted XP setup

2. Create a multi-boot cd where you can load different winnt.sif's. Search MSFN, there are lots of threads talking about this. There is also a dedicated thread on multi-boot cd/dvds.

Thank You for quick answer!

Maybe two disks - it's not really a problem; just happened to notice that when accidentally booting with my unattended cd...

MMainio

you have to change the value of Autopartition to 1 i presume .