storminnorman Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 I have looked everywhere and cannot find out how to make my xp unattended install automatically re-partition/format my drive.Everything is great if I install to a formatted machine - but if there is something on the disk or the disk is partitioned, then I am prompted. I want the winnt.sif i put on my cd to just format the disk completely. Also, I wouldnt mind maybe branding my disk to display something on the setup screens while the install is taking place. Is that possible?Does anyone have a good link for additional unattended commands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenXP Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hello; I don´t want to be rude - but I found many excellent things in this forum just by looking at the old posts - especially the pinned one´s at the top I also found a great link http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/ whick answered many of my questions.So - as they say - most things are "out there" it´s just about finding them./ SwedenXp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storminnorman Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 No you are not rude (unless you knew the answer ) - I looked through everything and did not see anything helpfull at first...I found my answer within a nice winnt.sif program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfixtion Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 I would like to do the same ie: auto format. I have looked on the link you mentioned.. at lengh as it was my main inspiration.It doesnt mention formating, only partioning. If they are fine and as required how can we kick in a quick format before anything else occurs ?many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfixtion Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 whats the name of the program :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcx9 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 This part of the winnt.sif will install XP to a single formatted hard disk and remove any previous partitioning.;SetupMgrTag[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes ExtendOEMPartition=0 OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="Yes" TargetPath=\WINDOWS Hibernation=No Repartition=Yes WaitForReboot="No" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\AC97 drivers;Drivers\Nvidia 45.23"[Data] MSDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutoPartition=1Change your winnt.sif as appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storminnorman Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 The key part was: Repartition=Yes .And all is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0r3d Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Also, I wouldnt mind maybe branding my disk to display something on the setup screens while the install is taking place. Is that possible?Check out the guide to customizing your setup screen i wrote, located here.As SwedenXP said, all you needed to do was look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storminnorman Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 Very nice guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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