Hello,

I am nwe here and this is my first time trying to crate an unattended installation CD XP Pro + SP2

I definitely want to have windows on C:\WINDOWS

I will reformat this partition myself before I have WINDOWS installed!

In the prefference file I read this:

AutoPartition=1 or 0

If you have the selection on 1 then Windows Setup will install the OS on any free partition that is available. If you remove this line or if you put AutoPartition=0 then setup will ask you on which partition you wish to install Windows onto and advises you what to do if your partition already contains an OS.

If I don't want to be prompted I have to use 1 but it says here that it will be installed on any free partition!!! My question is:

1. How can I force it to install it on C:\ if I have more then one partition.

2. What is a free partition? If you have D: with some folders on it, is that a free partition?

Then there is the question about drivers:

Name your folders starting with numbers, this ensures that specific drivers get installed in a numerical order. As you may already know, its important for chipset drivers to be installed before any other driver, this is why the chipset folder is given a number of 000, so its the first folder that Setup checks and installs. Here's an example below of how you can lay yours out:

000_chipset

001_network

002_graphics

003_tv_out

004_sound

005_monitor

006_keyboard

007_mouse

008_and_so_on

I have a SiS Chipset on my mobo. I have LAN, IDE, SOUND, and AGP drivers. I suppose those are the Chipset drivers that go in 000_chipset.

1. What happens if you leave the 000_chipset folder empty?

2. Can you leave it out and start with 001_network?

3. Can you skip 005_monitor if you don't have drivers?

4. Should I leave it in just as an empty folder?

I know this is a lot but it may be a peace of cake for someone

Thanks for your effort,

Roelof Kruijer rkruijer@onetelnet.nl

1. partitoning is the safest to be done manually. it takes one minute of your life to wait for the partitiong screen, and an additional 5 seconds to confirm the installation on desired partiton. this is a partial winnt.sif file that achieves that:

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

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=DefaultHide
    WaitForReboot="No"
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    OemSkipEula=Yes 
    FileSystem=*
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

2. for the drivers: 1-yes, 2-yes, 3-yes, 4-whatever

Thanks. I thought so too. Still wandering wat happens if you put in the TargetPath=C:\WINDOWS i.s.o. just \WINDOWS