Vista - Problem with unattended installation

When I try to do an unattended installation on a specialized computer that we
have built, the Vista installation gets to the Copy files section, and then
gives the following error:

Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of
installation

I know that the setup has partitioned and formatted my harddrive because I
start with a blank hard drive, and when I get to that error message and
reboot, I see that the drive is now formatted.

However, if I do the installation manually on the exact same computer, I
don't get this error, and the installation will finish successfully. I am
using the new OEM Vista SP1 installation disk. Below are the contents of my
autounattend.xml file (with the product key modified). Any suggestions would
be appreciated.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
- <settings pass="windowsPE">
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86"
publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <DiskConfiguration>
- <Disk wcm:action="add">
- <CreatePartitions>
- <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
<Extend>true</Extend>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
- <ModifyPartitions>
- <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Extend>false</Extend>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>ELOVISTA</Label>
<Letter>C</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
- <UserData>
- <ProductKey>
<Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-4f48j-cfbbc</Key>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
</UserData>
- <ImageInstall>
- <OSImage>
- <InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<InstallToAvailablePartition>true</InstallToAvailablePartition>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
- <Display>
<HorizontalResolution>800</HorizontalResolution>
<VerticalResolution>600</VerticalResolution>
<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
</Display>
</component>
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE"
processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"
language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
</settings>
- <settings pass="oobeSystem">
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86"
publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <Reseal>
<Mode>Audit</Mode>
<ForceShutdownNow>false</ForceShutdownNow>
</Reseal>
</component>
</settings>
- <settings pass="specialize">
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"
processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"
language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <OEMInformation>
<Manufacturer>Elo TouchSystems</Manufacturer>
<Model>ESY17A2</Model>
<SupportHours>9AM - 5PM PST</SupportHours>
<SupportPhone>1-800-ELOTOUCH</SupportPhone>
<SupportURL>www.elotouch.com</SupportURL>
</OEMInformation>
- <Display>
<HorizontalResolution>800</HorizontalResolution>
<VerticalResolution>600</VerticalResolution>
<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
</Display>
</component>
</settings>
<cpifflineImage cpi:source="catalog:z:/sbc6/vista image
files/install_windows vista ultimate.clg"
xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Hello,
Take a look at this article it seems to apply to your scenario:
942975 Error message when you specify the value of the
InstallToAvailablePartition XML element as "true" in the Unattend.xml file
to install Windows Vista: "Windows could not prepare the computer to boot
into the next phase of installation"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;942975


Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
--------------------
| >Thread-Topic: Problem with unattended installation
| >thread-index: Aciu5ozGAWqpltrRRv+h+pBeP2aH8w==
| >X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 198.175.154.213
| >From: =?Utf-8?B?VnVvbmcgTmd1eWVu?=
<VuongNguyen@xxxxxx>
| >Subject: Problem with unattended installation
| >Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:31:00 -0700
| >Lines: 121
| >Message-ID: <BC1F26A1-1A46-4E69-BE80-BC6A7957D0D2@xxxxxx>
| >MIME-Version: 1.0
| >Content-Type: text/plain;
| > charset="Utf-8"
| >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| >X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
| >Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
| >Importance: normal
| >Priority: normal
| >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.2992
| >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
| >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
| >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:39420
| >NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149
| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
| >
| >When I try to do an unattended installation on a specialized computer
that we
| >have built, the Vista installation gets to the Copy files section, and
then
| >gives the following error:
| >
| >Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of
| >installation
| >
| >I know that the setup has partitioned and formatted my harddrive because
I
| >start with a blank hard drive, and when I get to that error message and
| >reboot, I see that the drive is now formatted.
| >
| >However, if I do the installation manually on the exact same computer, I
| >don't get this error, and the installation will finish successfully. I
am
| >using the new OEM Vista SP1 installation disk. Below are the contents of
my
| >autounattend.xml file (with the product key modified). Any suggestions
would
| >be appreciated.
| >
| > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
| >- <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
| >- <settings pass="windowsPE">
| >- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86"
| >publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral"
versionScope="nonSxS"
| >xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
| >xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
| >- <DiskConfiguration>
| >- <Disk wcm:action="add">
| >- <CreatePartitions>
| >- <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
| > <Order>1</Order>
| > <Type>Primary</Type>
| > <Extend>true</Extend>
| > </CreatePartition>
| > </CreatePartitions>
| >- <ModifyPartitions>
| >- <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
| > <Active>true</Active>
| > <Extend>false</Extend>
| > <Format>NTFS</Format>
| > <Label>ELOVISTA</Label>
| > <Letter>C</Letter>
| > <Order>1</Order>
| > <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
| > </ModifyPartition>
| > </ModifyPartitions>
| > <DiskID>0</DiskID>
| > <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
| > </Disk>
| > <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
| > </DiskConfiguration>
| >- <UserData>
| >- <ProductKey>
| > <Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-4f48j-cfbbc</Key>
| > <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
| > </ProductKey>
| > <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
| > </UserData>
| >- <ImageInstall>
| >- <OSImage>
| >- <InstallTo>
| > <DiskID>0</DiskID>
| > <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
| > </InstallTo>
| > <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
| > <InstallToAvailablePartition>true</InstallToAvailablePartition>
| > </OSImage>
| > </ImageInstall>
| >- <Display>
| > <HorizontalResolution>800</HorizontalResolution>
| > <VerticalResolution>600</VerticalResolution>
| > <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
| > </Display>
| > </component>
| >- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE"
| >processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"
| >language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
| >xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
| >xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
| >- <SetupUILanguage>
| > <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
| > </SetupUILanguage>
| > <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
| > <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
| > <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
| > <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
| > </component>
| > </settings>
| >- <settings pass="oobeSystem">
| >- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment"
processorArchitecture="x86"
| >publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral"
versionScope="nonSxS"
| >xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
| >xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
| >- <Reseal>
| > <Mode>Audit</Mode>
| > <ForceShutdownNow>false</ForceShutdownNow>
| > </Reseal>
| > </component>
| > </settings>
| >- <settings pass="specialize">
| >- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"
| >processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"
| >language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
| >xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
| >xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
| >- <OEMInformation>
| > <Manufacturer>Elo TouchSystems</Manufacturer>
| > <Model>ESY17A2</Model>
| > <SupportHours>9AM - 5PM PST</SupportHours>
| > <SupportPhone>1-800-ELOTOUCH</SupportPhone>
| > <SupportURL>www.elotouch.com</SupportURL>
| > </OEMInformation>
| >- <Display>
| > <HorizontalResolution>800</HorizontalResolution>
| > <VerticalResolution>600</VerticalResolution>
| > <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
| > </Display>
| > </component>
| > </settings>
| > <cpifflineImage cpi:source="catalog:z:/sbc6/vista image
| >files/install_windows vista ultimate.clg"
| >xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
| > </unattend>
| >