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  1. bloatME

    Single Click Install

    Sometimes it's nice to be an unattended maniac ;-)
  2. bloatME

    Single Click Install

    ...DriveImage to create a "square-one" image; then add apps and refinements and create a "working" system image. Once you have *the* images that "fit your purposes" *then* you're definitely beyond any need to "install" windoze. What *really* fired my...
  3. bloatME

    Single Click Install

    ...obviously far more experienced than I am regarding the construction and use of "Answer Files" - have you ever run across a better (perhaps, more up-to-date) listing of the *possible* Sections & Keys, other than the "unattend.doc" on the w2k install CD ? Thanx, in advance.
  4. bloatME

    Single Click Install

    TO: "pbxman" - I reiterate: I've never tried a "full-blown" *single-click* custom install. However, using the "unattend.doc" I mentioned above, along with hours-and-hours of sifting thru the MS knowledge base, multiple *test installs* on different hardware, I've...
  5. bloatME

    How do I create an Unattended win2k CD?

    You may wish to review these other w2k-pro threads: w2k "unattend.txt" (aka:"Answer File") OPTIONS LIST thread616-451837 Single Click Install thread616-458391 Good Luck !
  6. bloatME

    Single Click Install

    TO: "MBLR" - Yup, it is *possible* to produce what "wolluf" calls a "superdisk!" You'll have to learn how to use what is called an "Answer File" (aka: "unattend.txt") in order to provide "setup" with all the info it normally stops and...
  7. bloatME

    w2k "unattend.txt" (aka:"Answer File") OPTIONS LIST

    TO: "gamelin56" - Been there, done that; that's why I started *this* thread. Yup, it's the "whole shebang" alright; I've read thru it 'til my eyes fell out (including the "Errata") - - - But, especially the *appendices* containing the "sample" answer...
  8. bloatME

    w2k "unattend.txt" (aka:"Answer File") OPTIONS LIST

    ...technique you were trying to pry out of your memory, for "a way to create an answer file after the fact" is, indeed, by installing w2k *first* (no matter how you do it; with or without an "unattend.txt" file), and *then* proceeding to install an app off of the w2k CD...
  9. bloatME

    Clean Install

    TO "Razorback" - Thanks to a link kindly provided by "gamelin56" in his above post (i.e.: www.blackviper.com), I ran across a well-written page there that gives you the "step-by-step" process you originally requested: "Windows 2000 Professional Install...
  10. bloatME

    w2k "unattend.txt" (aka:"Answer File") OPTIONS LIST

    Howdy, "gamelin56" - There's always gonna be MORE questions. . . But, I've got to do some more *testing* first; and then, some more research. I'll take another squint at MS' online "Resource Kit" offering; last I looked, you'd need to purchase it for the kind of info I'm...
  11. bloatME

    Clean Install

    ...- Thanks for taking the time to "es-plain it" to me. Sounds like a cool setup that you're real comfortable with; I like the *idea* of being able to "look at everything" from within ANY particular *booted* OS. . .but, haven't really needed such flexibility, since, on...
  12. bloatME

    w2k "unattend.txt" (aka:"Answer File") OPTIONS LIST

    ...from even getting "installed" in the first place, but must go thru an involved process, AFTER "setup" completes, in order that *some* of the ("excess-baggage") components may be un-installed later, using the technique you described. According to the...
  13. bloatME

    Clean Install

    ...(and DOS itself) live on a floppy. "gamelin56" has just given you some GOOD advice. You've got to try (very carefully) to find out *what* exactly is "remaining" on your HD. Best case scenario is all you need to do is "make active" the winME partition that...
  14. bloatME

    Clean Install

    ...and know that you can recover it. . . Please, forgive me, but WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES to this ? I don't mean to sound harsh in any way, 'cuz I *DO* find this a very "interesting" approach. . . How would you "move" (i.e.: "image", "clone&quot...
  15. bloatME

    Clean Install

    To "gamelin56" - Very interesting. I've not heard of "different O/S's just leave their droppings" before. If I wanted to "try" this on a fresh HD, what would be the procedure? (and may I include an NTFS partition for w2k?) Thanx, in advance.
  16. bloatME

    w2k "unattend.txt" (aka:"Answer File") OPTIONS LIST

    I'm "testing" various 2kpro (clean install) setup configurations, and have been employing the "answer file" approach (using "unattend.txt"), to try and CONTROL exactly WHICH COMPONENTS actually DO get installed by "setup." I've successfully been able to...
  17. bloatME

    Clean Install

    To "gamelin56" - You wrote: "If I was setting up a machine from scratch, I would put no O/S on C: Each O/S gets its own partition. All that's on C: are the boot files." Kindly explain this in more detail; could you please "list" the files you do have on your...
  18. bloatME

    Clean Install

    ...the Win CD. All data has been backed up and the PC meets all HCL. Thanks in Advance!!" _____________________________ . . . O.K. . . EXACTLY *HOW* did you "back up" all data ? *WHERE* did you put it ? (And, for God sakes: *WHAT* do you mean by "data" - the OS, or a...
  19. bloatME

    Clean Install

    TO ALL: IMHO > NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE EVER TRIES TO TELL YOU: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, (and I mean "NEVER") BUY A PC WITHOUT A "FLOPPY" DRIVE ! ! ! [unless you plan to install one yourself; it's easy to do; and they're cheap - $9.99; Mitsumi, on sale] Ya just gotta have one...
  20. bloatME

    Clean Install

    ...it was originally installed - - - FOR INSTANCE: (SUPREME NIGHTMARE) Say, you install an app and choose to put its files on another partition; if *ANYTHING* on the HD changes (i.e.: you later create/add, re-size, merge, delete, or *do* just about anything to any partition on that HD), the...

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