Unattended Installation of XP:

This is the method of installing Windows XP professional by providing every user input required before installing.
Till now we all knew only 1 way of installing XP, i.e. inserting CD in CD drive and following instructions and then in the middle we would CD Key and other details. For this we had sit in front of computer all day. But there is also way to install XP where we can enter all the details before installing XP. But for this u need some work to do before formatting your PC. You need XP or other windows OS installed already.

So lets begin:
1. Insert XP CD in the Drive.
2. Then go to CD drive (D or E whatever be the CD drive in your PC. )
3. Then go to Help & Support -> then to Tools -> then open Deploy.cab
4. Copy all and paste in another folder in the desktop(or rather anywhere in your computer).
Or just replace the drive D from your CD drive and paste in the run “D:SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB” without quotes and repeat step 4.
5.1. Then in those files run the”setupmgr.exe” and follow the instructions:
5.2. Select the option to create new answer file.
5.3. Then select Unattended installation.
5.4. Then select the OS.
5.5. Then select fully automated.

5.6.Then select the second option saying install from CD.
5.7. Accept the agreement.
Then enter details.
6. Save the unattent.txt file anywhere in the another drive.
7. Then open Command Prompt(type cmd in run to open).
8. open CD drive
c:>d: (here replace D with your CD drive)
d:>CD i386
d:i386>winnt32/unattend:c:….the path of attend.txt saved in 6Th step.
Make sure there is no spaces or it wont work.
It will reinstall the XP in your System in the same drive.