Installing Documents and Photos ?

[gar3th]

I have a large collection of photos and Documents that I want installed (silently) with XP into my My Documents/My Pictures Folder, is this possible ? if this has already been asked and answered I apologise but I couldnt find anything related.

I did notice a $Docs folder when making my unattended iso, do I possibly drop the files in there ?

[MCT]

hi

i suggest u make a winrar sfx.. if u have that many it will compress them .. so your cd doesnt get 2 huge

[gar3th]

could you explain more please, if I sfx them, how do I get them to extract with the XP installation silently ?

[MCT]

when u make the sfx change the option 2 "hide all"

[gar3th]

ok I've created the sfx and set it to hide all etc, so how do I execute it when installing XP silently?

[gar3th]

could I not make a $OEM$\$Docs\Gar3th\My Documents\My Pictures folder and place the pictures there ?

(sorry for the 2 posts it wont let me delete this one)

Edited September 29, 2004 by gar3th

[MCT]

u could , BUT.. it may end up giving u a name like gar3th.computername

& using winrar its compressed too

[gar3th]

ok 1 hour later and finally my pictures are compressed lol. ok so now how and where do I add this sfx file and how do I execute it on my private install ? also will i need to also silently install winrar before the sfx file for windows to be able to extract it.

ok I assume it will involve the start.cmd and if so do I even have a start.cmd or do I make one and if so do where do I place it and also where do I place my installation files ?

maybe someone could point me to a tutorial that explains things if Im asking to many questions lol.

[MCT]

hi..

just place it anywhere in your cd, example:

$OEM$\$1\Install\MyPics\<place it here>

then your start.cmd file should read

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\MyPics\mypictures.exe

mypictures.exe is the sfx file u created, rename it if neccessary

[MCT]

search the forum for additional switches for winrar or look in winrar docs

[gar3th]

hi..

just place it anywhere in your cd, example:

$OEM$\$1\Install\MyPics\<place it here>

then your start.cmd file should read

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\MyPics\mypictures.exe

mypictures.exe is the sfx file u created, rename it if neccessary

ok done that, just one thing, will this be silent or do I add a /s switch to the Pictures.exe ? btw I did select "hidden" when I made the sfx, so that should make it silent I assume ?