Formatting C: without touching any other partetions

[Mohamed]

Dear All:
This is my 1st post and I wish to find help,
I'm searching for a thing but did not find any reply yet at all,
I'm a member in many forums like msfn.org and many other and did tried
to search and ask there but nothing found yet,
sorry for the introduction
well, here is the simple question:
I've finished my unattended cd with all my applications, drivers,
updates, tweaks, ..etc and every thing I may need, and did used the
winnt.sif to manage every thing,
but in the text setup mode in the clean install for xp I'm still have
to choose which partetion to install XP to and wether to format it or
not and will it be FAT32 or NTFS,
Also the entries AutoPartition=1 & Repartition = Yes | No in the
winnt.sif did not helped,
So all I want to do is to let setup do formatting partetion C: with
NTFS automatically without touching any other partetions in the Drive.
then to go on with the unattended setup.
is it possible
Thanks

 

[Mohamed]

Any reply yet PLEASE

 

[Guest]

Install xp cd,boot to xp cd,recovery,select 1 For C: Press enter key for
password,typeiskPart In DiskPart,delete the unwanted partition(s) or all
of them,then create one,press ESC key,then either type:FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs
or type:EXIT Reboot to xp cd,select install xp.

 

[Ayush]

Unattended Installation :
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

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: Dear All:
: This is my 1st post and I wish to find help,
: I'm searching for a thing but did not find any reply yet at all,
: I'm a member in many forums like msfn.org and many other and did tried
: to search and ask there but nothing found yet,
: sorry for the introduction
: well, here is the simple question:
: I've finished my unattended cd with all my applications, drivers,
: updates, tweaks, ..etc and every thing I may need, and did used the
: winnt.sif to manage every thing,
: but in the text setup mode in the clean install for xp I'm still have
: to choose which partetion to install XP to and wether to format it or
: not and will it be FAT32 or NTFS,
: Also the entries AutoPartition=1 & Repartition = Yes | No in the
: winnt.sif did not helped,
: So all I want to do is to let setup do formatting partetion C: with
: NTFS automatically without touching any other partetions in the Drive.
: then to go on with the unattended setup.
: is it possible
: Thanks
:

 

[Michael Stevens]

Dear All:
This is my 1st post and I wish to find help,
I'm searching for a thing but did not find any reply yet at all,
I'm a member in many forums like msfn.org and many other and did tried
to search and ask there but nothing found yet,
sorry for the introduction
well, here is the simple question:
I've finished my unattended cd with all my applications, drivers,
updates, tweaks, ..etc and every thing I may need, and did used the
winnt.sif to manage every thing,
but in the text setup mode in the clean install for xp I'm still have
to choose which partetion to install XP to and wether to format it or
not and will it be FAT32 or NTFS,
Also the entries AutoPartition=1 & Repartition = Yes | No in the
winnt.sif did not helped,
So all I want to do is to let setup do formatting partetion C: with
NTFS automatically without touching any other partetions in the Drive.
then to go on with the unattended setup.
is it possible
Thanks

Format XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm

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[John John]

I think you may need to use a PE disk to accomplish this. Maybe these
can help:

How to Customize a WinPE Startup Process for Windows XP Deployments with
the Diskpart Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303906

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...dde5-4eac-a1f1-38eff6e3e5091033.mspx?mfr=true

Windows Preinstallation Environment Technical Overview (.DOC file)
http://g.msn.com/9SE/1?http://downl...fc46734130963ec&POS=7&CM=WPU&CE=7&CS=AWP&SR=7

You might get some ideas here:

Chapter 10 - Windows NT 4.0 Automated Installation Framework
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/maintain/manntnet/ntautoin.mspx?mfr=true
(Old NT 4 stuff but informative nonetheless. Diskpart mostly replaces
fdisk, but the information is otherwise quite useful)

Unattended Setup from CD-ROM Prompts for Installation Partition
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220853/en-us

John