i'm an obvious newbie please help !

[davejwilly]

cant quite figure out this problem....

Please help.... using Nlite version 1.0.1 and everything goes great installed all hotfixes, named computer,fully installed......but one thing bugging me i cant get the winnt.sif to delete an existing partition create a new one and format with ntfs....everytime it shows me the partition which i manually have to select and then it asks format type .....fat,ntfs etc. it then goes on to do everything else fully Unattended.

i am using windows xp as os and i have modified the winnt.sif in i386 directly and by using the Nlite option. At the moment my sif reads

[Data]

AutomaticUpdates = "No"

Autopartition = 1

MsDosInitiated = 0

UnattendedInstall = "Yes"

[unattended]

Repartition=Yes

FileSystem =NTFS

UnattendMode = FullUnattended

UnattendSwitch = "Yes"

OemPreinstall = "Yes"

OemSkipEula = "Yes"

WaitForReboot = "No"

NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1

DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

[Display]

BitsPerPel = 16

[systemRestore]

[setupParams]

SkipMissingFiles = "No"

[GuiUnattended]

EncryptedAdminPassword = "No"

AdminPassword = *

TimeZone = 085

OEMSkipRegional = 1

OemSkipWelcome = 1

[Components]

[userData]

ProductKey = "xxxxx-xxxxx-Xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"

ComputerName = *

FullName = *

[RegionalSettings]

SystemLocale = "0809"

UserLocale = "0809"

UserLocale_DefaultUser = "0809"

InputLocale = "0809:00000809"

InputLocale_DefaultUser = "0809:00000809"

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents = "Yes"

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup = "MSHOME"

please help sort where i am going wrong ...help would be greatly Appreciated

BR

Dave

[Ponch]

Do a search on "repartition", you'll find some threads about it. But if I find one of your CDs, I'd rather bin it.

[davejwilly]

Thanks Ponch

that answer helped considerably.

But what have I done wrong on my setup that would upset you. As I am new to this software constructive criticism would be greatly received.

BR

Dave

[Camarade_Tux]

Backup your data first. (you've been warned)

Insert your CD.

See how your whole drive has been formatted and how all files have been removed.

The "Insert your CD." can be changed to "Forget you have the CD in your drive and reboot.".