Make unattended setup to format drive c:

[Viperboy]

Hi!

I've a promlem, which I couldn't manage to solve yet. I want to make an
Unattended Windows XP Install CD, which can - let's say - reinstall
Windows XP (make a clean install). To do this, I want to have at least
the drive formatted, on which XP is already on. Is it possible to do
this? Or should I make one, where I make the TXT mode setup to format
the drive (the unattended setup will stop there than) - I don't prefer
this solution, thus!

Thank you for your answares in advance!

Best regards,

Tom

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to Perform an Unattended Installation of Windows from a CD-ROM
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314459

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| Hi!
|
| I've a promlem, which I couldn't manage to solve yet. I want to make an
| Unattended Windows XP Install CD, which can - let's say - reinstall
| Windows XP (make a clean install). To do this, I want to have at least
| the drive formatted, on which XP is already on. Is it possible to do
| this? Or should I make one, where I make the TXT mode setup to format
| the drive (the unattended setup will stop there than) - I don't prefer
| this solution, thus!
|
| Thank you for your answares in advance!
|
| Best regards,
|
| Tom

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I've a promlem, which I couldn't manage to solve yet. I want to make
an Unattended Windows XP Install CD, which can - let's say - reinstall
Windows XP (make a clean install). To do this, I want to have at least
the drive formatted, on which XP is already on. Is it possible to do
this? Or should I make one, where I make the TXT mode setup to format
the drive (the unattended setup will stop there than) - I don't prefer
this solution, thus!

http://unattended.msfn.org/

 

[Viperboy]

I've knows the 2 above mentioned links, but from these HOWTOs, I still
cannot make an answare file, to get my solved. Can anyone show me an
answare file for this problem? (If I set AutoPartition=1 than I think
it'll install windows on drive D instead of formatting drive C (which
has a working WindowsXP on it already) and installing WindowsXP there.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I've a promlem, which I couldn't manage to solve yet. I want to make
an Unattended Windows XP Install CD, which can - let's say -
reinstall Windows XP (make a clean install). To do this, I want to
have at least the drive formatted, on which XP is already on. Is it
possible to do this? Or should I make one, where I make the TXT mode
setup to format the drive (the unattended setup will stop there
than) - I don't prefer this solution, thus!

How to Perform an Unattended Installation of Windows from a CD-ROM
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314459

http://unattended.msfn.org/

I've knows the 2 above mentioned links, but from these HOWTOs, I still
cannot make an answare file, to get my solved. Can anyone show me an
answare file for this problem? (If I set AutoPartition=1 than I think
it'll install windows on drive D instead of formatting drive C (which
has a working WindowsXP on it already) and installing WindowsXP there.

You just didn't look around the website I gave or these newsgroups.
I even answered this question in these newsgroups before - so the right
search should have brought it up here as well.
You may wish to reconsider doing this on your own.

**** Copy BELOW this line ****
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
AutomaticUpdates=Yes

[Unattended]
Repartition=Yes
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
UnattendSwitch=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
WaitForReboot=No

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="1234"
EncryptedAdminPassword=No
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=A1B2C-3D4E5-F6G7H-8I9J0-KLMNO
FullName="Your Full Name"
OrgName="Your Organization Name"
ComputerName=*
**** Copy ABOVE this line ****

**For you SPECIFICALLY**

Notice the "Repartition=Yes" part from the "[Unattended]" section. If you
had followed the HOWTOs, this page in particular:
http://unattended.msfn.org/global/reference.htm
You would have seen that this line: