Need Help With Unattend install of win XP pro

[Virtual]

Hi i need some help with an unattended install of xp pro every time i go to run it of the disk actualy Installing it after going through what the web site told me http://unattended.msfn.org/ i still cant get the answer file to work i have renamed it to winnt.sif and it still wont do it for me. this is what my answer file is:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

FileSystem=*

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

Hope somone can help me i want to be able to select what partions do format and install on. if this question has altready been answer in another part of the forum soz i did seach but found nothing to help me. thanks for the help guys.

P.S. sorry about speeling

[Generic]

Actually I have two .Sif files. One that creates one whole partition, and the other one that lets me specify the partition sizes. If I'm not mistaken you want help with configuring your .Sif file so you can have a partition select. Here take a look at mine:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="1"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

floppyless="1"

OriSrc="\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

OriTyp="4"

LocalSourceOnCD=1

AutomaticUpdates = Yes

[setupData]

OsLoadOptions="/noguiboot /fastdetect"

SetupSourceDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

[unattended]

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

FileSystem=LeaveAlone

NtUpgrade=No

OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=Yes

OemPnpDriversPath="Drivers\000_Chipset\GX60\Intel 800 Series Integrated Chipset A06;Drivers\001_Network\GX60\Intel 10 100 LOM A04;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX60\Intel 845 GGL Integrated Video A08;Drivers\003_Audio\GX60\Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio A15;Drivers\000_Chipset\GX270\Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility A13;Drivers\001_Network\D410\Dell Wireless 1470 (abg) Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI card;Drivers\001_Network\GX270\Intel 8254x 1000 Integrated Network A01;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX270\nVidia 128 MB DDR Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 A05;Drivers\003_Audio\GX270\Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital;Drivers\000_Chipset\D600\Intel Mobile Chipset A06;Drivers\000_Chipset\D600\Dell Notebook System Software A10;Drivers\001_Network\D600\Intel ® ProWireless 2200 BG A03;Drivers\001_Network\D600\Dell TrueMobile 1400 Internal Dual-band WLAN Card A04\AR;Drivers\002_Graphics\D600\ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 A04;Drivers\003_Audio\D600\SIGMATEL STAC 9750 AC97 A06;Drivers\004_Misc\D600\O2Micro O2711EC1 PCMCIASmartCard Controller A01;Drivers\004_Misc\D600\SMC Fast IrDa A02;Drivers\005_Modem\D600\Conexant D480 MDC V.92 Modem A07;Drivers\002_Graphics\D800\nVidia GeForce FX Go5650 A03;Drivers\002_Graphics\D800\nVidia GeForce4 4200 Go A06;Drivers\004_Misc\D800\Texas Instruments PCI 75104510 Cardbus Controller with SmartCard A02;Drivers\005_Modem\C400\PCTel MDC A11;Drivers\001_Network\GX280\Broadcom 57xx Gigabit Integrated Controller A00;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX280\ATI 128MB PCI-Express x16 (Dual VGA or DVI) Radeon X300 A00;Drivers\003_Audio\GX280\Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit;Drivers\002_Graphics\X300\Intel Graphics Technology 830M, Extreme Graphics 855 GM, v.6.14.10.3775, A01;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX280SL\Intel 915G Graphics Controller A01;Drivers\003_Audio\GX280SL\Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio A17;Drivers\000_Chipset\D410\Intel Mobile Chipset A07;Drivers\002_Graphics\D410\Intel Graphics Video A01;Drivers\003_Audio\D410\SIGMATEL STAC 975X AC97 A02;Drivers\002_Graphics\D810\ATI Mobility Radeon X600 A02;Drivers\003_Audio\D810\SIGMATEL STAC 975X AC97 A01;Drivers\004_Misc\D810\Texas Instruments PCI 6515 Cardbus A00;Drivers\005_Modem\D810\Conexant D110 MDC 1.5 v.92 A02;Drivers\003_Audio\GX620\Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio A23;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX620\ATI 256MB Radeon X600 A01;Drivers\000_Chipset\GX620\Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility A11;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX520\Intel 945G Graphics Controller A00"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword= "P!fja#hst68"

OEMSkipRegional=1

OemSkipWelcome=1

TimeZone=35

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=1

[userData]

ProductKey=*******************

FullName="********"

OrgName="*******"

ComputerName=%MACHINENAME%

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=107

Dialing=Tone

AreaCode=416

[setupMgr]

DistFolder=C:\windist

DistShare=windist

[identification]

JoinDomain=%MACHINEDOMAIN%

DoOldStyleDomainJoin=Yes

[Components]

OEAccess = Off

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

ProcessPageSections=Yes

[RemoteInstall]

Repartition=No

UseWholeDisk=No

[WindowsFirewall]

Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]

Mode = 0

[OSChooser]

Description="Windows XP SP2 Corporate *Partition Select* *Production*"

Help="Created September 29th 2004 By Brian Brohm."

LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"

ImageType=Flat

I believe the Bolded parts are the only things you need to specify for the partition select but I gave you my whole .Sif file just in case you wanted to take a look and compare.

Hope that helps.

[Virtual]

Hi me again soz iam really new at this unatend. my .Sif fil all of it looks like this:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

FileSystem=*

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=58c9c19ba6c86fb2c912c0626f0bd1720789d9141f98f122698599b670ab7bce

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=3

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=255

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=%&*&&**%

FullName=%jnjn%

OrgName=""

ComputerName=%&*(*%

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000c09

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=%jho%

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[NetAdapters]

Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]

INFID=*

[NetClients]

MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]

MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]

MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]

DNS=No

UseDomainNameDevolution=No

EnableLMHosts=Yes

AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]

SpecificTo=Adapter1

DHCP=No

IPAddress=%lkjhojoi%

SubnetMask=255.255.255.0

WINS=No

NetBIOSOptions=0

The Problem is that after i decide what HDD i decide to format and install on i have to tell it to do all of the install It wont use the .Sif i prosum i used the answer file creation wiz that the web site told me to and thats all that happends can some one plz help me to get this to work. thanks heaps.

Sorry Guys And Girls found out what i was doing wrong i didnt copy over the SIF file i only copyed the winnt.sif.txt file, do i feel stupid thanks for the help but i apreiciated it.

Edited October 29, 2005 by Virtual