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31. Accept the default name and location, or type an alternate name and location.
Click OK to continue.
The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Setup Manager Complete page,
indicating that new files were created:
❑ unattend.txt is the answer file.
❑ unattend.udb is the uniqueness database file created if you supply multiple
computer names.
❑ unattend.bat is a batch script that will launch the Windows installation using
the answer file and uniqueness database file.
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 installation,
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 unattended
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.