Microsoft KB Archive/153768

= INFO: Changing the Default Installation Drive Using Unattended Setup =

Article ID: 153768

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q153768





SUMMARY
By default, unattended setup installs Windows NT to drive C (the first partition on the first drive in the system). In some cases, you may want to separate the Windows NT boot partition (the partition where the operating system files are located) from the system partition (the partition where Boot.ini, Ntdetect.com, and NTLDR reside).



MORE INFORMATION
You can use a Winnt.exe feature to separate the boot partition from system partition. This feature is unrelated to unattended setup. The /T: option is used to specify the location where the $Win_nt$.~ls directory will be placed during setup when Winnt.exe is used. The /T: option defaults to drive C.

Example:

On a single drive divided into two partitions, both partitions are formatted FAT to create a drive C and a drive D. The source for I386 is on a server and has a mapped driver letter of X:

x:\winnt /b /t:d: /s:x:\ /u:x:\unattend.txt

After the first reboot, if you stop the installation and go to MS-DOS, you will see that the $Win_nt$.~bt directory is on drive C and the $Win_nt$.~ls is on drive D. During the GUI portion of setup, you will notice that files are copied to their appropriate directories on drive D not drive C.

Additional query words: 4.00 Unattended Setup

Keywords: kbfaq kbinfo kbsbk kbsetup KB153768

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