What are the directories I can have under $OEM$ for an unattended installation in Windows 2000?

John Savill

February 19, 2000

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A. Its possible to configure extra files for an installation thatmight be specific to your organization or to the hardware in the machine. Theseare placed under the $OEM$ directory of the I386 structure and under $OEM$ youcan have the following:

$OEM$textmode

Hardware dependant files for use during the initial Windows 2000 install and text mode setup such as OEM HAL's, SCSI drivers etc.

$OEM$$$

Used to replace any core system files and must match the structure of the Winnt structure. For example to replace files in the winntsystem32 directory you would create $OEM$$$system32

$OEM$$1

Files that you want to be copied to the drive where Windows 2000 is installed (%systemroot%)

$OEM$

Same as $1 but allows you to set a specific drive letter, e.g. $OEM$C would copy everything under it (including subdirectories) to C

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