SilverHaze420 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I have my unattended CD all set and it works great. I know to get the f6 drivers to work you need to set oempreinsall=no but even with that option set it wont let me do a repair install. Is there something I have to change in my winnt.sif file to get the option to do a windows repair install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triel Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 It may just be me, but I have never had good experiences with repairing XP. If I have an issue and can not fix it then I just do a complete install. I have even noticed every now and then that the machine gets faster after a new install compared to the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHaze420 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 I have and let me tell you in my years of experiance as a tech I have done repair installs many times to fix a corrupt system file or something which has saved me from doing a full reinstall + programs + data backup and restore... so any ideas how to get the repair option to show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I think the only way you could do what you want is to add the repair option to the boot menu.Navigate to your XPCD i386 folder and open cmd promt.Then type in winnt32.exe /? to show a list of how to add cmd promt only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHaze420 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 hmmm that doesnt sound right... what is the option that is disabling it? Is the mere fact of having a winnt.sif file or is it the UnattendMode=FullUnattended command that turns it off?? I turn to you MSFN experts for help!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSickman Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) I beleive yur answeris in this posthttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...st&p=460975i just keep me old win xp cd ( SP0 ) just for , if i have to use the "R" option to do some in recovery console , like a fixboot , fixmbr ur so** EDIT **just seen I dont have repair [R] option at install, why, and how can I get it back? In the Unattended - General page, the Unattended Mode, set to'Prompt repair'. Edited February 12, 2007 by TheSickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triel Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) Using the old XPCD is what I do as well. I keep a image of my system for back-up and keep it up-todate. Then I just pull from it after a fresh install. It must just be my setup or something that causes me issues with a R option. Heck, I do not even mess around with loading every program or trying to build a Unattended with the steps you guys have on here. I just use this app I found that does it all for you, Setup Studio. Edited February 13, 2007 by Triel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrician Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Do you mean an "In-place upgrade" ? You can do that by making a disk WITHOUT the Winnt.sif file.Choose install, then when it finds your current installation, choose repair option. If your CD has been slipstreamedwith all the current updates (HFSLIP) then you won't loose a single update. This also keeps the programs (and reg entrys)which has gotten many of my friends out of a jam.If the sif file is on the CD you will never get the chance to do a repair install (in-place upgrade). You could keep the dif file on a floppy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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