InstallTo

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InstallTo specifies the disk and partition where you install the Windows image. For unattended installations, you must specify either InstallTo or InstallToAvailablePartition.

You must specify valid values for DiskID and PartitionID. If you are installing to a blank disk, you must create and format partitions with the CreatePartitions and ModifyPartitions settings.

Note

If you specify a location in InstallTo, do not set InstallToAvailablePartition. If InstallTo is specified, and if InstallToAvailablePartition is set to true, and if WillShowUI is set to Never, then an error is logged, and installation is terminated.

Child Elements

DiskID

Specifies the disk identifier of the hard disk on which to install Windows.

PartitionID

Specifies the partition identifier of the partition on which to install Windows.

Valid Passes

windowsPE

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Setup | ImageInstall | OSImage | InstallTo

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set the ImageInstall setting to install both an operating system image and a data image.

<ImageInstall>
    <OSImage>
        <InstallFrom>
            <Credentials>
                <Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain>
                <Password>MyPassword</Password>
                <Username>MyUsername</Username>
            </Credentials>
            <Path>\\networkshare\share\install.wim</Path>
            <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                <Value>FabrikamCustomOSImage</Value>
            </MetaData>
        </InstallFrom>
        <InstallTo>
            <DiskID>0</DiskID>
            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
        </InstallTo>
        <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
    </OSImage>
    <DataImage wcm:action="add">
        <InstallTo>
            <DiskID>0</DiskID>
            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
        </InstallTo>
        <InstallFrom>
            <Credentials>
                <Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain>
                <Password>MyPassword</Password>
                <Username>MyUsername</Username>
            </Credentials>
            <Path>\\networkshare\share\data.wim</Path>
            <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                <Value>FabrikamData</Value>
            </MetaData>
        </InstallFrom>
        <Order>1</Order>
    </DataImage>
</ImageInstall>

See Also

Concepts

OSImage