MY unattended install works perfectly in VMWare, but I have having problems with the media I have available (mainly an old 4X CDRW ) I will be getting more CDRs next week, but I was wondering..

If I just copy all the files to a formatted HDD, and then boot with WinXPE what else will I need to do to make it a successful install?

I understand that I will have to change the winnt.sif to unattend.txt, is there anything else I need to do?

Trying renaming winnt.sif to unattend.txt then installing windows via

c:\I386\winnt32.exe /unattend:unattend.txt /noreboot

and seeing how that works out

Worst case scenario I will have to add my installs and regtweaks after wards I suppose (I do have to reboot however to initialize setup)

Edited August 25, 200521 yr by neuro42

You can name winnt.sif whatever you like, just enter the correct filename in the /unattend: option on winnt32.exe.

You will also need to move your $OEM$ folder into the i386 folder.