There is an unattended installation option for Windows. It involves setting
up what's called an answer file, from which windows obtains the information
"answers" to questions generally asked during the installation process. 

It's a bit of a lengthy explanation to post here. But a great resource for
these kinds of questions is:
www.technet.microsoft.com

Just type in a phrase to search for, and you will receive good information
to guide you.

Angela Griffith MCP
Technical Consultant

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Subject: [VICUG-L] Installing Windows7 From Scratch.

Hi friends!

I am in the process of purchasing any o e m flavour of windows7 and 
still have windows xp here.

My first question is can I upgrade directly from xp to 7 or must I have 
vista installed in order to upgrade? When I say upgrade I mean listen 
to the installation instructions with any running screen reader until 
the next boot process in 7.

My second question is about the unattended method of installation for 
windows7, where can I find the full instructions for accomplishing such 
a task? In xp I dumped the winnt.sif file that included my instructions 
in the i386 folder, I heard once somebody talking about something 
called waik but I don't recall anything more.

Finally, if I make an ordinary installation, can I press start+u and 
launch narrator during installation supposing a usb  
headset/loudspeakers are available? Or when can I do that start+u then 
alt+n command?

Maybe these questions were posed before but I wasn't documenting 
properly. I want my unattended/interactive installation to wipe out the 
hard drive, repartition it to one drive and format in n t f s. Any help 
is appreciated, thanks.

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