Unattended to install Windows2000 Raiders

Today's computer hardware is falling, and individuals can have a computer with high performance and high configuration in the past. It is no longer a dream to play Windows 2000 on a personal computer. So, we no longer love Windows 9X, nor are we satisfied with Windows ME. Our goal is the Windows 2000 family. Maybe you have benefited from the convenience of Microsoft Batch 98 to automatically install Windows 98. Nowadays, the more powerful Windows 2000 unattended installation will be your right hand----you must know that Windows 2000 installation time is generally better than Windows 9x. More than half an hour. Let's take Windows 2000 Advance Server as an example to explain how to set up its unattended installation (also applicable to its family series Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server).

An unattended installation simplifies the process of installing Windows 2000 on multiple computers. To do this, you need to create and use an answer file, a custom script that automatically answers installation questions. Then run the installer from the command line with the appropriate unattended installation option. Of course, to make the installer run automatically, if you set the power-on password in CMOS, you should first cancel the setting. The commands used to start an unattended installation are the same as those for an interactive installation.

To start an unattended installation on a computer running MS-DOS or Windows 3.x, use:

winnt /u: /s: /t:

To start an unattended installation on a computer running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, or Windows 98, use:

winnt32 /unattend: /s: [/syspart:] [/tempdrive:]

winnt.exe and winnt32.exe in the i386 directory of the Windows 2000 installation CD. The answer file is the name of the answer file, which is generally unattend.txt, the install source is the source path of the installation file, and the target drive is the target disk. The syspart parameter copies all boot files to the target disk and activates them; the tempdrive parameter copies all the installation files to a temporary folder on the target disk. If there is no disk space left in the installation, the user is allowed to select another folder. Continue to install. If you want to install the system on the default C drive, you can omit the syspart and tempdrive parameters. To install Windows 2000 on a multi-partition hard disk, to ensure that the system is installed on the specified target disk, it is best to specify the target partition with the parameter /t or /tempdrive. To complete an unattended installation, you need at least the following options and key name values:

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = FullUnattended
TargetPath = WINNT
[UserData]
ComputerName = "COMPUTER_NAME "
FullName = "Your User Name"
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword = *
TimeZone = "210"
[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode = "PerServer"
AutoUsers = "5"
[Networking]
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup = Workgroup

Unattended option:

Key name: UnattendMode
Key value: GuiAttended