Convert fat32 to NTFS

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Mike

Hey guys!

Does anyone know what the switch is to convert the hard drive to NTFS in the
ristndrd.sif file? In the [Unattended] section I set FileSystem =
ConvertNTFS, but no go, it left the filesystem fat32. This is for a windows
2000 pro sp4 install. Is this correct switch? Thanks!

Mike
 
Mike said:
Hey guys!

Does anyone know what the switch is to convert the hard drive to NTFS in the
ristndrd.sif file? In the [Unattended] section I set FileSystem =
ConvertNTFS, but no go, it left the filesystem fat32. This is for a windows
2000 pro sp4 install. Is this correct switch? Thanks!

Mike
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Hmmm... well, this works for me

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=DefaultHide
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
Repartition=Yes
TargetPath=\WINNT
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
 
Thanks for the input Barry! This what I have right now:

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 0
FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
ExtendOEMPartition = 0
ConfirmHardware = no
NtUpgrade = no
Win31Upgrade = no
TargetPath = \WINNT
OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade = no
OemSkipEula = yes
InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"


It looks pretty close to what you have. I'm still stumped!!

Any other ideas???

Thanks!!

Mike



Barry said:
Mike said:
Hey guys!

Does anyone know what the switch is to convert the hard drive to NTFS in the
ristndrd.sif file? In the [Unattended] section I set FileSystem =
ConvertNTFS, but no go, it left the filesystem fat32. This is for a windows
2000 pro sp4 install. Is this correct switch? Thanks!

Mike
Click to expand...

Hmmm... well, this works for me

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=DefaultHide
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
Repartition=Yes
TargetPath=\WINNT
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
Click to expand...
 
Hi Mike

don't know if they've fixed this bug in w2k, but in NT4, you used to have to
watch out for extra spaces.

If they haven't, pull the file into word, and then make sure there are no
trailing spaces on any of your lines,
and also make sure that [Unattended] is the first line in the file (not the
second after a blank line).

-JJ

p.s. Another way to do it... a little further along... is to put convert.exe
in the $OEM$ directory
and in the cmdlines.txt file put a line like this one:

".\convert d: /fs:ntfs"

not the best perhaps, but it'd get it working & you could figure out the
problem later when you don't
have the rest of your life to lead. unattended installs can be SO
unforgiving sometimes.


Mike said:
Thanks for the input Barry! This what I have right now:

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 0
FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
ExtendOEMPartition = 0
ConfirmHardware = no
NtUpgrade = no
Win31Upgrade = no
TargetPath = \WINNT
OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade = no
OemSkipEula = yes
InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"


It looks pretty close to what you have. I'm still stumped!!

Any other ideas???

Thanks!!

Mike



Barry said:
Mike said:
Hey guys!

Does anyone know what the switch is to convert the hard drive to NTFS
Click to expand...
in
the
ristndrd.sif file? In the [Unattended] section I set FileSystem =
ConvertNTFS, but no go, it left the filesystem fat32. This is for a windows
2000 pro sp4 install. Is this correct switch? Thanks!

Mike
Click to expand...

Hmmm... well, this works for me

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=DefaultHide
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
Repartition=Yes
TargetPath=\WINNT
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
Click to expand...
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