_jd_ Posted May 28, 2005 Posted May 28, 2005 I've already built and customized an unattended install CD (XP SP1) but originally left the partitioning to be done manually. The need has recently surfaced to automate this task but i'm not sure to where to look for the solution. The partitioning scheme is somewhat complex so letting setup format the entire drive as NTFS, so I need to script the partitioning/formatting prior to setup launching. I'd also like the mechanism to reside on the same disc as the unattended install.Thoughts??? I've browsed the forums and have come up empty handed so far...
Dahi Posted May 28, 2005 Posted May 28, 2005 Search this forum for WinPE. Theres a couple of options, all with limitations.One possibility is to boot with a WinPE (or BartPE) CD with an Autoexec batch that runs a diskpart script to partition and format your disk, and starts up your unattended install with winnt32.exe
_jd_ Posted May 28, 2005 Author Posted May 28, 2005 Yeah, i'm going to looking into using PE this weekend. It appears to be the most straight forward method of preping the drive for an installation. Thanks.
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