Hi! Guys

I have a question. PC in our company only have one harddisk with 2 partitions (C and D drive) we install OS on first partition, and second partition is for user to save their own data. My question is when I use RIS to re-deploy OS to the pc can we keep existing partition setup and just refresh the first partition(C drive) only? So user can keep their file at D: drive?

Thks

Yep you sure can, just set it up so that it formats C drive only

Hello undeadsoldier.

All RIS Images do have a .sif answering file where such parameters can be set.

Sample Ristndrd.sif Answer File

[Data]Floppyless = "1"MsDosInitiated = "1"OriSrc = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"OriTyp = "4"LocalSourceOnCD = 1

[setupData]

OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect"SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"[unattended]

OemPreinstall = No

FileSystem = LeaveAlone

ExtendOEMPartition = 0

TargetPath = \WINDOWS

OemSkipEula = Yes

InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"LegacyNIC = 1

[userData]

FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"ComputerName = %MACHINENAME%

[GuiUnattended]

OemSkipWelcome = 1

OemSkipRegional = 1

TimeZone = %TIMEZONE%

AdminPassword = "*"[Display]

BitsPerPel = 16

XResolution = 800

YResolution = 600

VRefresh = 60

[Networking]

[NetServices]

MS_Server = params.MS_PSched

[identification]

JoinDomain = %MACHINEDOMAIN%

DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes

[RemoteInstall]

Repartition = Yes

UseWholeDisk = Yes

[OSChooser]

Description = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional"Help = "Automatically installs Windows Professional without prompting the user for input."LaunchFile = "%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"ImageType = Flat

Version = "5.1"

try fiddling with the two parameters i have made in bold in the above example. Often you can simply delete the default parameter line, and the setup will then completely ignore any changes that such line normally would represent.

Hope this helps.

Kind Regards.

Martin Andersen

Edited October 26, 200520 yr by prey

Hi! Guys

I have a question. PC in our company only have one harddisk with 2 partitions (C and D drive) we install OS on first partition, and second partition is for user to save their own data. My question is when I use RIS to re-deploy OS to the pc can we keep existing partition setup and just refresh the first partition(C drive) only? So user can keep their file at D: drive?

Thks

Yes u can, however, by changing the corresponding entry:

Repartition = No

u get the option to choose which partition to install the OS to, but instead, it wont be fully automated anymore as if u were to use the "Yes" value instead.

Best Regards

Tha Sausage Eater