Writing an Answer File: Required Elements

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Writing an Answer File: Required Elements

You can create your own .XML answer file, customizing it to meet your particular requirements.

Every answer file must have an XML header and be enclosed within <Unattend> and </Unattend> tags. The XML must be well formed XML and all standard XML conventions are needed to produce a valid file.

The following elements are required in every answer file. Click any of them to see details about and examples of the information you need to provide in each element:

<UserData> Element

<DiskConfig> Element

<SystemData> Element

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