Windows 10: How to create Windows.old when doing unattended install?

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  1. MQInstall Win User

    How to create Windows.old when doing unattended install?


    I have an unattended USB setup perfectly, but as per the guides on win10guru it sets WillWipeDisk to true.

    I know in manual installs, if the partition has the correct format, it will tell me that a previous windows was detected and is being moved to windows.old.

    I would like to do an unattended install that keeps the previous data in windows.old folder.

    I am typically doing these installs on customers laptops that need fixing, so it's very likely that their will be multiple partitions for vendor specific drivers or recovery. Will this be a problem?

    Thanks.

    :)
     
    MQInstall, Sep 8, 2020
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    exodusprime1337, Sep 8, 2020
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  3. Kari Win User
    Create media for automated unattended install of Windows 10  


    At the very end of the tutorial is short Step Eight. If you have followed the tutorial steps One through Seven, this last step contains two links:

    How to create Windows.old when doing unattended install? [​IMG]


    The one highlighted yellow contains link to a tutorial to show how to create a USB install media: PowerShell Scripting - Create USB Install Media for Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

    The link highlighted blue contains a link to a tutorial which instructs how to use OSCDIMG.EXE (which replaced now deprecated ImageX) to create a bootable ISO image: Create Windows 10 ISO image from Existing Installation | Windows 10 Tutorials
     
    Kari, Sep 8, 2020
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  4. Kari Win User

    How to create Windows.old when doing unattended install?

    Create media for automated unattended install of Windows 10

    The ImageInstall > OSImage > InstallTo belongs to component Microsoft-Windows-Setup_neutral, and tells Windows Setup on which disk and partition WIndows should be installed:


    How to create Windows.old when doing unattended install? [​IMG]


    To fix this validation error, the solution is exactly as what you did: set disk ID and partition number in Configuration pass 1 WindowsPE, in setting ImageInstall > OSImage > InstallTo.


    A strange comment! The tutorial step 3.18 quite clearly tells and shows this. Screenshot of that step:


    How to create Windows.old when doing unattended install? [​IMG]
     
    Kari, Sep 8, 2020
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