yawnmoth Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I tried to use an unattended Windows XP CD to reformat a computers hard drive and to, ultimately, reinstall Windows XP from scratch, but wasn't able to. It ended up installing Windows XP to another partition.I then tried with an "attended" CD and was, after a while, presented a prompt, asking me if I wanted to, iirc, format or repair among other things (iirc, there was one other option, but I can't recall, off hand, what it was).Is it possible to make an unattended CD give you this same prompt?The reason I ask is because I don't mind hitting keys a minute or two after I've inserted the CD. Having to do a bunch of lengthy keystrokes 10-30 minutes after I've inserted the CD is what I don't want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Did you omit autopartition and repartition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMSFN Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 (edited) here's the [Data] portion and relevant portion of [unattended] of my "WINNT.SIF" file:[Data]AutoPartition=0MsDosInitiated="0"UnattendedInstall="Yes"AutomaticUpdates=yes[Unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattendedOemSkipEula=YesOemPreinstall=YesRepartition=NoUnattendSwitch="yes"WaitForReboot="No"I forget what does what, but the gist is... it boots... then presents the current partition structure giving oportunity to delete, create, format, etc.I like this cause AutoPartitioning seems to use "quickformat" and I like the choice of doing long format (heard it was a good thing to do to test an unknown harddrive) and I'm always paranoid I might clobber existing important data. I believe this fulfills your request. Edited September 7, 2006 by JoeMSFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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