Hello everyone! After having a hard time getting BartPE to work as intended, I decided to write a short tutorial for those coming after me. So, let's get started. Download BartPE and install it. I trust, this does not require further explanation. Create your unattended CD/DVD. Take your i386 folder from your original distro dir and put it into a newly to create xp directory.
So your dir should be: distrodir xp i386. This is, because BartPE uses the i386 directory for Windows components. Create a new i386 directory in your distro dir. Installscript Setup Launcher.
After you've installed nLite, load your installation CD into your disc drive and make sure you've got your 25-character product key handy. Launch nLite, click to the next screen, 'Locating the Windows installation.' Before you go further, create a new folder somewhere on your computer, at the hard drive root (as in 'C: ') if possible. Using MagicISO to create unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003 Installations. Insert Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD into CD-Driver. Run MagicISO; Click menu 'File. This tutorial explains how to create an answer file and use it perform Windows XP unattended installation step by step. Let the nero burn image on CD.
Inside, create a System32 dir. Inside that, we will put our config files for partitioning and stuff. Put your $oem$ folder INSIDE distro xp i386 6.
Create your config files. Mine look like this: autorun1.cmd. I tried your method of deployment as described in your original post, but I'm experiencing a strange error. I get File copy errors with a specific message of incorrect function. Dazzle Digital Video Creator 80 Windows 7 Driver here. I know what you are thinking, 'That's easy it's a bad CD burn'. That is what I thought at first also.
I've recreated the CD about 4 times, recopied my XPSP1 CD to my source location. The files that produce the errors have not been consistent. Ie., mstsc.exe, mstsc.hlp, shell32.dll, shfolder.dll Does anyone have sugestions to look for to try to troubleshoot the problem. I am using the makelocalsource switch. I created a BartPE CD in order for me to partition the drive that way I need, just like explained at the beginning of this thread. Once BartPE starts I am able to partition and format the drives as needed.
I start the Windows XP install using the command line syntax as the main post but I am experiencing file copy errors when copying the CD Source to the local hard drive. I first thought it was a bad burn so I re-created the CD multiple times but the problem keeps occurring but it doesn't happen on the same file it they are different. The XP source I'm using is not nLit'ed it's directly from the CD. However, I did remove all of the folders except for ASMS, COMPDATA, DRW and SYSTEM32. Otherwise all of the file are present. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in Advance! [Edit] The problem was the CD.
I used a different CD and it installed with no problems [/Edit] Edited March 23, 2006 by jklucker. I just built this win pe disc with your instructions and its pretty cool.
But none of my oem stuff shows up when i build the disc. All the stuff in my oem folder is compressed and i think thats why. The cd ends up being 156megs not to bad. What do I do with the pe stuff to get it into my unattended. Hand Forged Bbq Tools.