ON THE FILE MENU, CLICK EXIT.HOW TO START AN UNATTENDED INSTALLATI...

32. On the File menu, click Exit.

How to Start an Unattended Installation

To perform an installation, you can use the unattend.bat file created by the Windows

Setup Manager. This batch file simply uses the winnt32.exe command to start the instal-

lation, supplying parameters based on the location you saved the files to when you ran

Windows Setup Manager. You can modify this batch file to suit your needs or simply

start Setup from the command line yourself (the most common way to start an unat-

tended installation). To start Setup from the command line (or modify the batch file),

you must use a specific parameter and indicate the location of the answer file.

To use the winnt.exe command from a Microsoft MS-DOS or Windows 3.x command

prompt to perform a clean installation of Windows XP, you must use the following syntax:

winnt [/s:SourcePath] [/u:answer file] [/udf:ID [,UDB_file]]

To use the winnt32.exe command from a Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, or

Windows 2000 command prompt to perform a clean installation of Windows XP, you

must use the following syntax:

winnt32 [/unattend[num]:[answer_file] [/udf:ID [,UDB_file]]

See Also For more information on answer file structure, syntax, and configurable options,

see the Deployment User Tools Guide on the Windows XP Professional CD. You can find it in

the following location: \Support\Tools\Deploy.cab\Deploy.chm.

On the CD At this point, you should view the multimedia presentation, “How Setup Uses

Answer Files and UDFs,” included in the Multimedia folder on the CD accompanying this book.

This presentation will help deepen your understanding of unattended installations.