Building an Answer File for an Unattended Windows 7 Installation Running from a Recovery Partition
Hey all.
So I've created a bootable usb stick which automatically installs a customised Windows 7 image using an answer file. It creates a few partitions, one of which is to be a recovery partition (R drive).
In the R drive, we hope to have a copy of the Windows setup files, along with a different answer file, which performs a similar install. This one, however, obviously, needs to not wipe itself (i.e. the R partition needs to stay in tact).
Now, in the original answer file (the one on the usb stick), I formatted the disk using the component amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Se
Here's where I'm confused. This second instance of setup is obviously not going to look at anything in the windowsPE pass because it's running from the shell. But I can't pass that Windows setup component to any of the other config passes using WSIM. Is there another component that I should use for this? Also, how can I leave my partitions in tact (i.e. not delete them), but clear the data on C and E (the remaining 2 partitions on that disk)?
Are there any other important differences between answer files written for shell and winPE setups?
So I've created a bootable usb stick which automatically installs a customised Windows 7 image using an answer file. It creates a few partitions, one of which is to be a recovery partition (R drive).
In the R drive, we hope to have a copy of the Windows setup files, along with a different answer file, which performs a similar install. This one, however, obviously, needs to not wipe itself (i.e. the R partition needs to stay in tact).
Now, in the original answer file (the one on the usb stick), I formatted the disk using the component amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Se
Here's where I'm confused. This second instance of setup is obviously not going to look at anything in the windowsPE pass because it's running from the shell. But I can't pass that Windows setup component to any of the other config passes using WSIM. Is there another component that I should use for this? Also, how can I leave my partitions in tact (i.e. not delete them), but clear the data on C and E (the remaining 2 partitions on that disk)?
Are there any other important differences between answer files written for shell and winPE setups?
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