Possible setting in the winnt.sif file..

[Mike L]

Hi guys,

I'm new here, I actually just signed up about 3 minutes ago. I knew about this site for awhile, it was given to me through a friend but only decided to really check it out til yesterday. I've successfully completed my 'Basic Setup' of a Windows XP unattended CD. I have to say that it is truly remarkable to have an automated installation process; thanks to all you guys here at msfn. My question is, and sorry for the babbling lol.. is that there is a certain option in the very beginning when you begin the install of Windows XP that I still wanted there. After setup finishes loading all of the necessary files, I like to use the option 'r' for repair under the option screen to either do a automated recovery, repair and so on.. I use those to format my drive each and every time before I perform a clean install of Windows XP. After creating an unattended script I didn't see that anymore, it jumps right to the screen where it prompts you choose which partition you want to install Windows. If anyone could possibly point me in the right direction and explain to me how I could get this back then it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance..

[MHz]

Welcome to MSFN,

The repair option is removed when you use a Winnt.sif to make it unattended.

[Ghostrider]

The repair option is removed and cannot be used, however, in the DATA section of the WINNT.SIF file set this entry AutoPartition=0 you can then choose to repartition and re format the drive.

[Mike L]

Yeah I figured that the option was removed for good, I also set the 'AutoPartition' option to '0'. I also tried experimenting with the option of it not automatically agreeing to the EULA; because the option I'm looking for comes right after you hit F8 for the EULA... still nothing. The reason I use that option is because it does a proper format, cleans it out and leaves nothing behind. When you format through setup(through my experience)it doesn't format the drive properly. Still leaves some sort of reminance behind causing your computer to become slow and act very funny at times. But anyways I appreciate both of you guys for replying and trying to help me out. Thanks alot..