How To Change The Size Of The Windows 2003 Partition During A Windows Scripted Install
Article: 101
Applies to: Release 3.00 or greater
By default, the provided Windows 2003 scripted install job creates a Windows partition that uses the entire drive.
The job creates a default partition of 8192MB for the installation files.
The unattend text file causes the partition to be expanded to the full size of the disk.
To change this behavior,
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To change the default partition size, in the job:
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Select the Distribute Disk Image - .\lib\images\NTFS.IMG task.
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| b. |
Click Modify.
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Click Advanced.
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| d. |
For Resize Partition to, select Fixed Size and enter
the desired disk size in MB.
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Click OK.
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Click Finish.
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| 2. |
In the corresponding unattend text file, modify the
ExtendOemPartition value as follows:
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| Value |
Description |
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| 0 |
Do not extend. Not recommended. |
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| 1 |
Extend to the end of the disk. The default value. |
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| X |
Where X is a size in megabytes that is added to the partition size set in Deploy Image task. |
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