Clean, Unattended Install with Windows XP Upgrade version?

[LazyBoy]

How do I make an unattended install with Windows XP Upgrade version? Is it possible to skip that or put some Windows 98/ME files on the customized Windows XP CD so it won't ask me to insert my Win98/WinME CD?

[Sonic]

hum, in fact your Windows can't install on fresh hard disk (without any os) ?

[LazyBoy]

I haven't made an unattended install CD yet. I just wanna make sure before I do it and reinstall the computer.

[Sonic]

The unattended mode of Windows XP's setup is just for fresh install (no os must be present already in the partition), you can't make an unattended 'reinstallation' of Windows XP. If you have an upgrade CD, I don't know if unattended setup is possible ... perhaps if the setup is launched from windows with command line ...

But you must test your cd on a fresh hard disk (or partition) to view if setup can install windows xp ...

[jbm]

I played around with this awhile ago. you can make an unattended install

with an update xp cd, But it will ask for your qualifying CD during install

the same as a normal install. I never did get it to do a true unattended

install. The best I did was to create a tools (I think) dir on the unattended CD.

Then when setup asked for the qualifying CD press enter and it continues

after finding that dir.

But there is no need to have an OS already installed to use an upgrade

CD

[JASpurrier3]

I heard from this backwards monkey VIH.GERPUTES was the name of the song.

Then I heard ddputes was the last verse.

Then (tluafeD) was how it ended.

Then to all zeros he chorused

He didn't talk much.

But other than the talking monkey, I do not know how to change Windows upgrade into a full version of windows. It's beyond me.

-J. Spurrier

Edited November 21, 2005 by JASpurrier3

[Bezalel]

Just create a file named setup.exe in the win98 directory of your CD. You can also edit setupp.ini on the CD.