Unattended Installation Without Floppy Drive

[~*McoreD*~]

First of all, for those who are interested in making an answer file for an unattended install. Here is how:

• Insert the Windows 2000/XP CD in the CD-ROM drive.
• Open the \Support\Tools\
• Use WinRAR/WinZIP extract the Deploy.cab file to a desired folder in your Hard Disk.
• Double-click on Setupmgr.exe. The Welcome to the Windows Setup Manager Wizard opens.
• Follow teh prompts.

Now here is my question.

To install from a CD it is required to save the answer file as Winnt.sif. We are required to copy that file to a floppy disk and run the setup from the CD.

"Hello! this is 2004. I neither have single floppy disk nor a floppy drive."

Is it is possible to intergrate this Winnt.sif to the Windows 2000/XP CD? Has anybody done that before?

I tried copying the file to \I386 also to the root of the CD, but to no avail.

Thank you in advance,
McoreD

[greypigeon]

Works for me
Winnt.sif in i386 folder and burn CD !

[Bads]

Thanks for these informations

I will save them for the futur

[~*McoreD*~]

greypigeon,

Burning to an actual CD is the only step I haven't done so far. I made the ISO, emulated it from DAEMON Tools and tried to run the setup within Windows. That's why I said it didn't work.

Thanks for the confirmation mate. I will actually burn it to a CD and try it. Yes it should work.

Cheers,
McoreD

[TRYJAY]

DAM...I gotta do this!!
Looks easy!!
Will try!!
Thanx guys!

[war59312]

yea and be sure to check out:

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/index.htm

[TRYJAY]

OK, Made file, made iso, inserted file, burned iso.
Haven't tried, but it should werk....I hope!

[Dudelive]

Can you open the iso that is on the harddrive and add the "Winnt.sif" file to the correct location and then choose save as using UltraIso to another location burn the cd and you would be all set.

I have not tried this but have heard lots of talk about it and would like to get this working. I just had to reinstall here and I forgot I would have too answer questions at the 32 minutes to go mark and was real ill at me for having to wait longer.

Thanks "~*McoreD*~" for starting this and all the help that followed.
I am glad someone started this, now maybe it will be easier for all.

Thanks
Dudelive

[~*McoreD*~]

• Insert the Windows 2000/XP CD in the CD-ROM drive.
• Open the \Support\Tools\
• Use WinRAR/WinZIP extract the Deploy.cab file to a desired folder in your Hard Disk.
• Double-click on Setupmgr.exe. The Welcome to the Windows Setup Manager Wizard opens.
• Follow the prompts.
• Save the file as Winnt.sif
• Create a Windows 2000/XP ISO from UltraISO
• Open the ISO and add the Winnt.sif file to \I386 folder
• Save the ISO
• Burn the ISO to CD

It should work.

I just asked this in advance, because I am actually thinking of doing this once XP SP2 is officially released. (slipstream XP SP2 and do this).

Cheers,
McoreD

[war59312]

Yea me. With a ton of appz slipstreamed as well.

Hey guys the easy way.

http://b0r3d.msfnhosting.com/