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Winnt.sif Not Being Read

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by sharphillips

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I am upgrading 30 computers to Windows XP. I created the Winnt.sif file and put it on a floppy. Then, following the directions in the XP Resource Kit, I booted from the XP CD and inserted the floppy as soon as the computer started to boot. Unfortunately, the winnt.sif file is being ignored. I really don't want to have to do an attended installation on 30 computers. I can't use the option of running a bat file from the floppy, because I want to reformat the drives and according to the documentation on the XP CD you can only do this if you boot from the CD.

Any suggestions?

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by cg it

hummm which are you trying to do sysprep or RIPrep imaging for an unattended installtion across your network? and what's on the floppy? an answer file or is it a remote boot disk?

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