SHK wrote:

I just use Nlite, its much easier. What the heck is VMWare, where can I get it and what does it do?

I have yet to make a successful nLite disk...

actually.. me too. It always freezes.

To place your Documents and Settings (and/or your program files folder) in a different partition

Edit the Winnt.sif file

in the [unattended] section add the following lines

ProgramFilesDir="E:\Program Files"
CommonProgramFilesDir="E:\Program Files\Common Files"


with E = whatever partition letter you are assigning it


Bear in mind... you CAN change it!! If you want it to be called... "Dese_my_appz" You can call it that if you like. This can OCCASIONALLY cause problems with installing software but any software designer worth his salt uses the %programs% variable rather then C:\Program Files\

This code will cause windows to put anything that is supposed to go into %programs% or the program files directory into the place that you denoted for it.


For Documents and Settings moving it goes in the [GuiUnattended]

ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings\"

With d=whatever partition you specify. Again the variable %documns~% will be changed to point to the new location.

Personally I did not rename mine, on the OFF chance that a program might NOT have specified the variable over the name.. .but it SHOULDNT hurt anything.


The partitions must be setup first! and formatted! I like Acronis Disk director. Its got a free trial for 30. . install it and make a boot disk then you have program that runs like Partition Manager

The first Partition on the first drive will be C and the first partition on the second drive will be D after that its alphabetical

So if you create 3 partitions on each drive hdd0= C E F hdd1= D G and H

Unless of course you rename them

I recommend partitining only what you are going to use for the install and then partition and format the rest afterwards, to avoid any drive lettering issues

I am going to see if I can find the code to move temp.temp IE and Pagefile to its on partition also

Okay for expedencies sake.. I would move the pagefile and the temp folders manually after installing windows...


The pagefile moving is a simple registry tweak but the temp folder involves a few keys being removed and others deleted.. I would just move it afterwards for now... if you want to add the temp file reg tweak method, I suggest using regshot. Take asnapshot of your system save it take a second shot save it and then click hte compare button

It might not hurt to select "export as txt" so you can just copy paste into your totally reg file that you create for your install disk

To manually move the tmep file Right Click My computer --> Properties --> Advanced then click on environmental variables.. .in the lower window scroll down to C:\Windows\TEMP There are 2 listed I would click on both and just assign a new location like E:\TEMP



I do not know of the performance boost done by this, maybe next year I will try benching it

Excellent tip there! I've been manually manipulating the Temp file directory, but would like to try the "Deze_my_Appz" option sometime................ lol

I am new to slip streaming windows and want to do a unattended install of windows with programs added. but not sure how I would do it if they need keys to install the programs. I tried to go though this post but there is so much info I am getting lost. can anyone point me in the right direction.

thunderchero

You will find info here on how to create an unattended install of Office and to include your product key.
http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=350321#350321

At the top of the thread http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=283983#283983 in the section titled:
5. INSTALLING APPLICATIONS you will find information on including applications in your Windows XP unattended installation disc. I don’t know what the application switches are you would need to use for Office, but maybe you will get that info from the Office Resources Kit that you need to download (see the first link above).

The particular switch you need to use to include a specific application is important because it is usually a unique one for each application.

There are a few methods for figuring out silent install switches also.

First is to figure out what type of installer it uses to begin with, then you can use switches from other aplications.

Second is to havea clean installed OS on your harddrive, then open a cmd prompt and try installing silently (IE C:\Documnets and settings\User\My Documents\Silent Apps\setup.exe /q /b\n etc...)

If you get an interaction. Cancel the install and try again

If you find one that works write it down and move to the next application.

Also if you have winRAR installed... try right clicking the setup files... if you can extract them do so. This helps identify installers also

Good Luck.

I want to add my SATA RAID drivers to my XP install. Would I need to make an unattended install or is there an easier way to include the drivers on the disk?

e to the x wrote:

I want to add my SATA RAID drivers to my XP install. Would I need to make an unattended install or is there an easier way to include the drivers on the disk?

The best info I have for this is these two articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;288344 (applies to Windows 2000 but can be adapted for Windows XP)

and the most helpful http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/

I've never tried this though.

Neuromancer is the application switch king and asking him for help with specific switches for a appliciation that you want to get included is a good idea.