Hello,

I've been spending a long time making an unattended xpcd. And because i don't have a dvd writer and my xpcd is too big to burn on regular cd's, i've tried installing xp from my hard drive. It installs normally, but not unattended. Is this because i installed it from a hard drive or a problem with my winnt.sif??

I hope someone can help/advice me.

this is my winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]    AutoPartition=1

    MsDosInitiated="0"

    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[unattended]

    UnattendMode=FullUnattended

    OemSkipEula=Yes

    OemPreinstall=yes

    UnattendSwitch="yes"

    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

    WaitForReboot="No"

  OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_Chipset\AGP;Drivers\000_Chipset\IDEWINXP;Drivers\000_Chipset\INF\WINXP;Drivers\000_Chipset\WINXP;Drivers\001_network\3C\1;Drivers\001_network\3C\2;Drivers\001_network\BR\1;Drivers\001_network\BR\2;Drivers\001_network\BU\1;Drivers\001_network\BU\2;Drivers\001_network\BU\3;Drivers\001_network\D\1;Drivers\001_network\D\2;Drivers\001_network\D\3;Drivers\001_network\D\4;Drivers\001_network\D\5;Drivers\001_network\D\5;Drivers\001_network\D\6;Drivers\001_network\D\7;Drivers\001_network\I;Drivers\001_network\L\1;Drivers\001_network\L\2;Drivers\001_network\L\3;Drivers\001_network\L\4;Drivers\001_network\LI\1;Drivers\001_network\LI\2;Drivers\001_network\LI\3;Drivers\001_network\LI\4;Drivers\001_network\LI\5;Drivers\001_network\LI\6;Drivers\001_network\LI\7;Drivers\001_network\M;Drivers\001_network\N\1;Drivers\001_network\N\1;Drivers\001_network\N\2;Drivers\001_network\N\3;Drivers\001_network\N\4;Drivers\001_network\N\5;Drivers\001_network\N\6;Drivers\001_network\N\7;Drivers\001_network\NV;Drivers\001_network\O\1;Drivers\001_network\O\2;Drivers\001_network\O\3;Drivers\001_network\O\4;Drivers\001_network\O\5;Drivers\001_network\O\6;Drivers\001_network\O\7;Drivers\001_network\O\8;Drivers\001_network\R\1;Drivers\001_network\R\2;Drivers\001_network\S;Drivers\001_network\T;Drivers\001_network\V\1;Drivers\001_network\V\2;Drivers\001_network\V\3;Drivers\001_network\V\4;Drivers\001_network\V\5;Drivers\001_network\V\6;Drivers\002_Graphics;dDrivers\006_Sound"

    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]

    AdminPassword=0d1b432644a525ccffcbfb7b89454d0405bec57e0737304fc369c813c78fdcb5

    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

    AutoLogon=Yes

    AutoLogonCount=unlimited

    OEMSkipRegional=1

    TimeZone=105

    OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

    ProductID=removed

    FullName="Roel"

    OrgName=""

    ComputerName=Roel

[Display]

    Xresolution=1280

    YResolution=1024

[RegionalSettings]

    LanguageGroup=1

    SystemLocale=00000813

    UserLocale=00000813

    InputLocale=0813:00000813

[Identification]

    JoinWorkgroup=Werkgroep

[Networking]

    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Home_Page=http://www.google.be

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

hearts=off

minesweeper=off

pinball=off

solitaire=off

spider=off

zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]

    %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

[Unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes

UnattendSwitch="yes"

my start.cmd file:

CLS

@echo off

TITLE Windows XP Aangepaste Installatie

ECHO.

ECHO De komende minuten worden er verschillende programma's en configuratie-

ECHO instellingen geïnstalleerd. De computer zal hierna automatisch herstarten.

ECHO.

ECHO Applying Registry Tweaks...

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\RegTweaks.reg

ECHO.

Echo Installing Google Toolbar

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /s /qn

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\AdbeRdr60_nld.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

ECHO.

Echo Installing Logitech Keyboard and Mouse

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\keyboard\it215nld.exe -s -a -s -f1"%systemdrive%\install\Logitech\itsetup.iss"

ECHO.

ECHO Installing DUMeter

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\dumeter3.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-

ECHO.

ECHO Installing WinRAR 3.30

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\wrar33b4.exe /s

ECHO.

ECHO Installeren van Office XP Professional

ECHO Even geduld aub...

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

ECHO.

ECHO Installeren van partition magic 8.0

ECHO Even geduld aub...

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\pm8\setup\setup.exe /s /v/qn

ECHO.

ECHO Installing MSN Messenger

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Messenger\MsnMsgs.msi /QB

ECHO.

ECHO Installing ISOBuster 1.4

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\IsoBuster.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-

ECHO.

ECHO Killing ISOBuster.exe process

taskkill.exe /F /IM isobuster.exe

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N DisallowSystemRestore

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Pinnacle PCTV Rave

pause

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\PinnaclePCTVUpdate550.exe /silent

pause

pause

ECHO.

ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute...

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!"

ECHO.

ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files...

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install

EXIT

I'm sorry if this post is too long...

that is the problem your installing from your hard drive.

it needs to be installed via cdrom or dvd on the bootup

okidoki, thx man