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HaydenMiller
Sep 23, 2025Iron Contributor
Windows NT 4.0 Unattended from CD?
With Windows 2000/XP, if I want to run an unattended installation directly from CD/ISO, all I need is to add the WINNT.SIF to the i386 folder. If I do this with Windows NT 4.0, it just crashes with B...
VaughnRamsey
Oct 29, 2025Iron Contributor
NT 4.0's setup process is less flexible and more sensitive to disk configuration and unattended answer files. When you try to run WINNT.EXE with an answer file (WINNT.SIF) directly from the CD, it sometimes crashes due to incompatibilities or limitations in the setup environment, especially if the partitioning isn't prepared exactly as setup expects.