An Unattended XP Install
Over the past few months I have received a fair number of e-mails asking me to cover the instructions on implementing an unattended XP install. I, for one, can understand why this is such a hot topic. Nothing is cooler than being able to install an OS without having to stand there answering all of those stupid questions.
Getting started:
- First you will need to extract Setupmgr from SupportToolsDeploy.Cab on your XP CD.
- Once it has been extracted, run Setupmgr.exe (Now keep in mind that this program is going to set files based on the answers to the questions that you answer)
- OK, now you need to create a new folder/directory for your new XP install. (Something like C:AUTO-XP is fine)
- All righty, you will need to copy the files created by Setupmgr to C:AUTO-XP
- Don’t forget to make necessary changes to the autorun.inf in order to get this to run the modified setup and not the old default. (Pointing to the right directory, etc.)
- Then just burn it as a bootable CD and you are golden!





