Danielb Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Can this be done? if so, will it overwrite everytime it installs? Currently im backimg it up to D:\ then copyimg it back. Id rather change the location.I have searched. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimzky Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) yes this can be done.. it will not overwrite ur files so dont worry..just add this line to your winnt.sif & change the dir..[GuiUnattended]ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings\"btw, nlite can do that trick Edited March 14, 2006 by slimzky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Cheers mate, i must have overlooked it ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy8 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 One down, one to go...If your predesignated users match those already in the Documents and Settings folder, Windows will automatically add an extension to the new ones. None of the data will be erased or overwritten, though the usernames will differ from your actual intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djé Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Windows will automatically add an extension to the new ones......the usernames will differ from your actual intent.Yes. And that sucks.Actually, I don't see any better solution than the one in the 1st post if you just want to have your new installation re-using SOME docs&settings from the previous one without messing the usernames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy8 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Heh...it's a tradeoff. Good news=no loss of data. Bad news=the chore of cleaning up user accounts. I usually back up the data & format the drive, or move the files to a temporary account & delete the original users. Either way is kind of clumsy, though no more so than the Files and Settings Wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Yep i noticed it when i did it last night Is there a way to get it to copy folders over from the one i backed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djé Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I haven't done it yet so I don't know if it will work entirely, but my first try will be brute force: xcopy from the backup to the profile. I may also try the poshier Robocopy. But I must gain education about usage first.I completely agree with Lazy8 about the tradeoff. It's just a sucking manichean tradeoff! And I must also agree about the Files and Settings Wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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