Define Install Drive

[cjrlauve]

I've always had the problem when doing a clean install of telling the Windows install process which HDD to reformat and claim for the install. If I remember correctly, it doesn't define them by their letters, but by their disk numbers. This is a problem because I have 5 hard drives on the system.

How can I tell an unattended install through nliteos to install on the right drive? Will it ask me? Four of the drives are connected through 3rd party SATA controllers, and I fear that if the SATA drivers don't install correctly, then it will default install on my PATA drive, which is not where I want it.

Thanks. Any help is appreciated.

-John

[nuhi]

It won't auto-choose the partition don't worry. I didn't put that option because it would do more hard then good.

About it not reading the drive label ask Microsoft, it is really weird.

Only way that they are identifiable is by their size, if it's different.

[SoftDux]

ok, so how do I tell nLite which HDD & partition to use for installation?

[Ponch]

The same way you do with a standard XP install disk. As Nuhi wrote, there is no nLite option that allows automatic partitioning/formatting.