Hi,

 

i have for months a good working autounattend.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">    <settings pass="specialize">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <AllowedSites></AllowedSites>            <BlockPopups>yes</BlockPopups>            <PlaySound>false</PlaySound>            <FavoritesDelete>true</FavoritesDelete>            <ShowInformationBar>true</ShowInformationBar>            <DisableFirstRunWizard>true</DisableFirstRunWizard>            <DisableOOBAccelerators>true</DisableOOBAccelerators>            <DisableWelcomePage>true</DisableWelcomePage>            <LockToolbars>true</LockToolbars>            <Home_Page>http://www.google.de</Home_Page>            <LocalIntranetSites></LocalIntranetSites>            <SearchScopes>                <Scope wcm:action="add">                    <ScopeDefault>true</ScopeDefault>                    <ScopeDisplayName>Google</ScopeDisplayName>                    <ScopeKey>SearchProvider1</ScopeKey>                    <ScopeUrl>http://www.google.de/search?q={searchTerms}</ScopeUrl>                    <FaviconURL>http://www.google.de/favicon.ico</FaviconURL>                </Scope>            </SearchScopes>            <FavoritesList>                <FavoriteItem wcm:action="add">                    <FavID>1</FavID>                    <FavTitle>bla</FavTitle>                    <FavURL>http://www.bla.de</FavURL>                </FavoriteItem>            </FavoritesList>        </component>        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <SystemLocale>de-DE</SystemLocale>            <UILanguage>de-DE</UILanguage>            <UserLocale>de-DE</UserLocale>            <InputLocale>0407:00000407</InputLocale>        </component>	        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <Identification>                <JoinWorkgroup>ARBEITSGRUPPE</JoinWorkgroup>                <Credentials>                    <Domain>domain.local</Domain>                    <Password>password</Password>                    <Username>Administrator</Username>                </Credentials>                <JoinDomain>haan.local</JoinDomain>            </Identification>        </component>        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <ComputerName>*</ComputerName> 			<TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>        </component>	    </settings>    <settings pass="windowsPE">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <UserLocale>de-DE</UserLocale>            <UILanguage>de-DE</UILanguage>            <SystemLocale>de-DE</SystemLocale>            <InputLocale>0407:00000407</InputLocale>        </component>        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <ImageInstall>                <OSImage>                    <InstallFrom>                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>                            <Value>3</Value>                        </MetaData>                    </InstallFrom>                </OSImage>            </ImageInstall>            <Display>                <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>                <HorizontalResolution>1280</HorizontalResolution>                <VerticalResolution>800</VerticalResolution>                <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>            </Display>            <UserData>                <ProductKey>                    <Key>HYF8J-CVRMY-XXXXX-RPHKF-XXXXX</Key>                </ProductKey>                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>                <Organization>bla</Organization>                <FullName>bla</FullName>            </UserData>        </component>    </settings>    <settings pass="oobeSystem">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <FirstLogonCommands>                <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">                    <Order>1</Order>                    <CommandLine>%Systemdrive%\Install\WPI.cmd</CommandLine>                </SynchronousCommand>            </FirstLogonCommands>            <OOBE>                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>            </OOBE>            <UserAccounts>                <AdministratorPassword>                    <Value>password</Value>                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>                </AdministratorPassword>                <LocalAccounts>                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">                        <Password>                            <Value>password</Value>                            <PlainText>true</PlainText>                        </Password>                        <Name>retsch</Name>                        <Group>Administrators</Group>                    </LocalAccount>                </LocalAccounts>            </UserAccounts>            <AutoLogon>                <Password>                    <Value>password</Value>                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>                </Password>                <Enabled>true</Enabled>                <LogonCount>3</LogonCount>                <Username>Administrator</Username>            </AutoLogon>            <ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive>        </component>		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">		<Gadget1>%PROGRAMFILES%\windows sidebar\shared gadgets\Leo.gadget,true</Gadget1>		<Gadget2>%PROGRAMFILES%\windows sidebar\gadgets\Clock.Gadget,true</Gadget2>		</component>    </settings></unattend>

I am trying to add the following parts:

            <DiskConfiguration>                <Disk wcm:action="add">                    <CreatePartitions>                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">                            <Type>Primary</Type>                            <Size>100</Size>   <------------------------- 100 MB                            <Order>1</Order>                        </CreatePartition>                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">                            <Type>Primary</Type>                            <Order>2</Order>                            <Extend>true</Extend>  <---------------------- rest of HDD                        </CreatePartition>                    </CreatePartitions>                    <ModifyPartitions>                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">                            <Label>Windows 7</Label>                            <Letter>C</Letter>                            <Active>true</Active>                            <Extend>false</Extend>                            <Format>NTFS</Format>                            <Order>1</Order>                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>                        </ModifyPartition>                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">                            <Order>2</Order>                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>                            <Letter>D</Letter>                            <Label>Data</Label>                            <Format>NTFS</Format>                            <Active>false</Active>                            <Extend>false</Extend>                        </ModifyPartition>                    </ModifyPartitions>                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>                </Disk>                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>            </DiskConfiguration>            <ImageInstall>                <OSImage>                    <InstallTo>                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>                    </InstallTo>                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>                </OSImage>            </ImageInstall>

This is my result and it is not working, i get error messages when windows setup is trying to pass the file, i cannot find the error. Is someone here with an eagle eye or more knowledge about autounattend.xml?

 

The complete XML with added Disk Configuration is like that:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">    <settings pass="specialize">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <AllowedSites></AllowedSites>            <BlockPopups>yes</BlockPopups>            <PlaySound>false</PlaySound>            <FavoritesDelete>true</FavoritesDelete>            <ShowInformationBar>true</ShowInformationBar>            <DisableFirstRunWizard>true</DisableFirstRunWizard>            <DisableOOBAccelerators>true</DisableOOBAccelerators>            <DisableWelcomePage>true</DisableWelcomePage>            <LockToolbars>true</LockToolbars>            <Home_Page>http://www.google.de</Home_Page>            <LocalIntranetSites></LocalIntranetSites>            <SearchScopes>                <Scope wcm:action="add">                    <ScopeDefault>true</ScopeDefault>                    <ScopeDisplayName>Google</ScopeDisplayName>                    <ScopeKey>SearchProvider1</ScopeKey>                    <ScopeUrl>http://www.google.de/search?q={searchTerms}</ScopeUrl>                    <FaviconURL>http://www.google.de/favicon.ico</FaviconURL>                </Scope>            </SearchScopes>            <FavoritesList>                <FavoriteItem wcm:action="add">                    <FavID>1</FavID>                    <FavTitle>bla</FavTitle>                    <FavURL>http://www.bla.de</FavURL>                </FavoriteItem>            </FavoritesList>        </component>        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <SystemLocale>de-DE</SystemLocale>            <UILanguage>de-DE</UILanguage>            <UserLocale>de-DE</UserLocale>            <InputLocale>0407:00000407</InputLocale>        </component>	        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <Identification>                <JoinWorkgroup>ARBEITSGRUPPE</JoinWorkgroup>                <Credentials>                    <Domain>domain.local</Domain>                    <Password>password</Password>                    <Username>Administrator</Username>                </Credentials>                <JoinDomain>haan.local</JoinDomain>            </Identification>        </component>        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <ComputerName>*</ComputerName> 			<TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>        </component>	    </settings>    <settings pass="windowsPE">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <UserLocale>de-DE</UserLocale>            <UILanguage>de-DE</UILanguage>            <SystemLocale>de-DE</SystemLocale>            <InputLocale>0407:00000407</InputLocale>        </component>        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <DiskConfiguration>                <Disk wcm:action="add">                    <CreatePartitions>                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">                            <Type>Primary</Type>                            <Size>100</Size>   <------------------------- 100 MB                            <Order>1</Order>                        </CreatePartition>                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">                            <Type>Primary</Type>                            <Order>2</Order>                            <Extend>true</Extend>  <---------------------- rest of HDD                        </CreatePartition>                    </CreatePartitions>                    <ModifyPartitions>                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">                            <Label>Windows 7</Label>                            <Letter>C</Letter>                            <Active>true</Active>                            <Extend>false</Extend>                            <Format>NTFS</Format>                            <Order>1</Order>                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>                        </ModifyPartition>                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">                            <Order>2</Order>                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>                            <Letter>D</Letter>                            <Label>Data</Label>                            <Format>NTFS</Format>                            <Active>false</Active>                            <Extend>false</Extend>                        </ModifyPartition>                    </ModifyPartitions>                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>                </Disk>                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>            </DiskConfiguration>            <ImageInstall>                <OSImage>				    <InstallFrom>                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>                            <Value>3</Value>                        </MetaData>                    </InstallFrom>                    <InstallTo>                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>                    </InstallTo>                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>                </OSImage>            </ImageInstall>            <Display>                <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>                <HorizontalResolution>1280</HorizontalResolution>                <VerticalResolution>800</VerticalResolution>                <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>            </Display>            <UserData>                <ProductKey>                    <Key>HYF8J-CVRMY-XXXXX-RPHKF-XXXXX</Key>                </ProductKey>                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>                <Organization>bla</Organization>                <FullName>bla</FullName>            </UserData>        </component>    </settings>    <settings pass="oobeSystem">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <FirstLogonCommands>                <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">                    <Order>1</Order>                    <CommandLine>%Systemdrive%\Install\WPI.cmd</CommandLine>                </SynchronousCommand>            </FirstLogonCommands>            <OOBE>                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>            </OOBE>            <UserAccounts>                <AdministratorPassword>                    <Value>password</Value>                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>                </AdministratorPassword>                <LocalAccounts>                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">                        <Password>                            <Value>password</Value>                            <PlainText>true</PlainText>                        </Password>                        <Name>retsch</Name>                        <Group>Administrators</Group>                    </LocalAccount>                </LocalAccounts>            </UserAccounts>            <AutoLogon>                <Password>                    <Value>password</Value>                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>                </Password>                <Enabled>true</Enabled>                <LogonCount>3</LogonCount>                <Username>Administrator</Username>            </AutoLogon>            <ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive>        </component>		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">		<Gadget1>%PROGRAMFILES%\windows sidebar\shared gadgets\Leo.gadget,true</Gadget1>		<Gadget2>%PROGRAMFILES%\windows sidebar\gadgets\Clock.Gadget,true</Gadget2>		</component>    </settings></unattend>

Regards X23

Maybe its failing because 100MB is not big enough to install windows on

Maybe its failing because 100MB is not big enough to install windows on

 

:doh:

 

this should work...

            <DiskConfiguration>                <Disk wcm:action="add">                    <CreatePartitions>                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">                            <Type>Primary</Type>                            <Size>100</Size>                            <Order>1</Order>                        </CreatePartition>                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">                            <Type>Primary</Type>                            <Order>2</Order>                            <Extend>true</Extend>                        </CreatePartition>                    </CreatePartitions>                    <ModifyPartitions>                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">                            <Label>Windows 7</Label>---------------------Change to "System"                            <Letter>C</Letter>---------------------------Remove this                            <Active>true</Active>                            <Extend>false</Extend>                            <Format>NTFS</Format>                            <Order>1</Order>                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>                        </ModifyPartition>                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">                            <Order>2</Order>                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>                            <Letter>D</Letter>--------------------------------Change to "C"                            <Label>Data</Label>-------------------------------Change to "Windows 7"                            <Format>NTFS</Format>                            <Active>false</Active>-----------------------------Remove this                            <Extend>false</Extend>-----------------------------Remove this, you already defined as Extend=true under </CreatePartition>                        </ModifyPartition>                    </ModifyPartitions>                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>                </Disk>                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>            </DiskConfiguration>            <ImageInstall>                <OSImage>                    <InstallTo>                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>-------------------------Change to "2"                    </InstallTo>                     <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>                </OSImage>            </ImageInstall>