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Latest revision as of 10:26, 21 July 2020
Article ID: 929848
Article Last Modified on 1/4/2007
APPLIES TO
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Enterprise
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Starter
SYMPTOMS
In unattended installations of Windows Vista that have multiple partitions on the hard disk drive, the first partition is not assigned driver letter C as expected. Also, Windows Vista is installed on a different partition.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the Unattend.xml file does not assign a drive letter to the installation partition. Then, the installation partition uses drive letter C. If another partition has been assigned drive letter C in the DiskConfiguration setting, that partition is assigned another drive letter.
For example, the following "DiskConfiguration" section of the Unattend.xml file creates partitions on a disk, and then assigns drive letter C to the first partition:
<DiskConfiguration> <Disk> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <CreatePartitions> <!—Create Partition 1--> <CreatePartition> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Size>100</Size> </CreatePartition> <!—Create Partition 2--> <CreatePartition> <Order>2</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Extend>true</Extend> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <!—Assign Drive Letter C to Partition 1--> <ModifyPartition> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Letter>C</Letter> </ModifyPartition> <ModifyPartitions> </Disk> </DiskConfiguration>
Then, in the following "ImageInstall" section of the Unattended.xml file, you specify that Windows Vista is installed on Partition 2:
<ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall>
You expect the following results:
- Partition 1 is assigned drive letter C.
- Partition 2 is either assigned drive letter D or the next available drive letter.
The actual results are as follows:
- Partition 1 is either assigned drive letter D or the next available drive letter.
- Partition 2 is assigned drive letter C.
RESOLUTION
To avoid this behavior, add the following fragment to the DiskConfiguration setting in the Unattend.xml file. This fragment assigns a drive letter to the installation partition.
<ModifyPartition> <Order>2</Order> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> <Letter>D</Letter> </ModifyPartition>
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