drive out during the first reboot, other wise it will start all over again :crying (found that out while I was on the phone) Edited: it is still called unattended.xml wainuitech 13-08-2011, 12:33 PM FYI -- heres the documentation (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr\\... / method I use with WAIK. (Step by step) undiejuice 13-08-2011, 01:54 PM @Wainuitech. Yes that's the tool I used to create the xml file. I downloaded the ISO from the Microsoft website a few months back while I was having an experiment using Windows 7 and the waik tool for the first time. I managed to use videos from YouTube, which helped me guide using the waik application, but many of them have failed to explain what you have to do once the xml is complete. Are you supposed to put in the root of the cd or in the sources folder or rename it? Cheers. wainuitech 13-08-2011, 03:05 PM Neither -- What I do is put the unattended file on a USB drive, plug that into the back of the PC, (not the front USB's as sometimes they wont work) or laptop, with the DVD in the drive, and the BIOS set to boot from the USB drive first, power it up and away it goes. It reads your .xml file and carries out the instructions / Options provided. On reboot, remove the USB drive, other wise it starts again :( In the second post, the linked instructions under "Validate and Save Settings" , step 5 Copy the