3 days of frustration

[gangsterhenk]

What am I doing wrong ??

Bootup with F12 - WINPE starts - PE asks for username and password - Choose IMAGE (Vista Enterprise)

So far so good......then it asks for "On which partition to install ??" I dont want that.....i want PE to

wipe it, format it and install vista without intervention....just like RIS does....i tried everything......can someone take a look

at my answer file ? (this is attached to the Vista EE image and to the X86 WDS client).

Note: domain join and timezone settings work, also the "enable local admin command"..

....but for example also the sidebar option (i just want the clock) doesnt work (after install it shows 3 gadgets)

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<UserData>

<ProductKey>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

<Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</Key>

</ProductKey>

<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>

<FullName>HOMEUSER</FullName>

<Organization>HOMEORG</Organization>

</UserData>

<DiskConfiguration>

<Disk wcm:action="add">

<CreatePartitions>

<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>1</Order>

<Type>Primary</Type>

<Size>20000</Size>

</CreatePartition>

</CreatePartitions>

<ModifyPartitions>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="modify">

<Active>true</Active>

<Extend>false</Extend>

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Label>VISTA</Label>

<Letter>C</Letter>

<Order>1</Order>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

</ModifyPartitions>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>

</Disk>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

</DiskConfiguration>

<ImageInstall>

<OSImage>

<InstallTo>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</InstallTo>

<InstallToAvailablePartition>true</InstallToAvailablePartition>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

</OSImage>

</ImageInstall>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<OOBE>

<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>

<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>

<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>

</OOBE>

<TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Gadget1>%PROGRAMFILES%\windows sidebar\gadgets\Clock.Gadget,true</Gadget1>

<Gadget2 />

<Gadget3 />

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="specialize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Identification>

<Credentials>

<Domain>domain</Domain>

<Password>password</Password>

<Username>administrator</Username>

</Credentials>

<JoinDomain>domain</JoinDomain>

</Identification>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<RunSynchronous>

<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">

<Order>1</Order>

<Credentials>

<Domain>domain</Domain>

<Password>password</Password>

<Username>administrator</Username>

</Credentials>

<Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

</RunSynchronous>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="auditSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<DriverPaths>

<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">

<Credentials>

<Domain>domain</Domain>

<Password>password</Password>

<Username>administrator</Username>

</Credentials>

<Path>\\server\reminst\alldrivers</Path>

</PathAndCredentials>

</DriverPaths>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:w:/winpe/enterprise.wim#Windows Vista ENTERPRISE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

[fizban2]

wrong forum, but your issue is you are not creaing an logical partition inside the primary partition, there is also a another key that isn't set but it escapes me what that one was atm.

[graymadder]

Here is my DiskConfig on my WDSClientUnattend.xml. It will partition the enitre disk and format it NTFS

- <DiskConfiguration>

- <Disk wcm:action="add">

- <ModifyPartitions>

- <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Active>true</Active>

<Extend>false</Extend>

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Label>Local Disk</Label>

<Letter>C</Letter>

<Order>1</Order>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

</ModifyPartitions>

- <CreatePartitions>

- <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Extend>true</Extend>

<Order>1</Order>

<Type>Primary</Type>

</CreatePartition>

</CreatePartitions>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>

</Disk>

</DiskConfiguration>