Installing windows XP Unattended
Sunday, August 10, 2008
You can install XP unattended so you won't have to sit through the installation process if you are upgrading from another operating system. Simply follow these steps:
1. Insert your Windows XP CD-Rom
2. Double-click on the My computer icon
3. Double-click on the CD-Rom Drive icon
4. Go to the 'Support\Tools' sub-folder
5. Double-click on the 'DEPLOY.CAB' file
6. Highlight 'DEPLOY.CHM', 'REF.CHM',
'SETUPMGR.EXE', and 'README.TXT'
7. Select your target path
8. Click OK to extract the files
9. Go to the folder where you extacted the files
10. Double-click on the CHM files one at a time
to read the detailed guidelines on how to
install XP in automated unattended mode
11. Run 'SETUP.MGR', which will guide you through
the process of creating an 'UNATTEND.TXT' file
Posted bySumedh at 11:57 PM
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