i want to run a batch file from an autorun file on a cd that will restart my computer. Any thoughts? Thanks

Yeah, I did this as well. You have to create a winnt.sif file and "answer" file. you should place this on a floppy disk during rebuild. Once you have it correct you can place it in the I386 folder on the winxp CD. This way you won't have to burn the windows CD again and again. I learned the hard way. Took me eight burns to tweak the file, and eight seperate windows burns. This is straight from my memory,, and might be a little wrong,, but there should be a setup manager,, I think it is called setupmng in the deploy cab file on the windows Cd that should create a base winnt.sif file. This file can be edited with a text editor. The ony problem I had was getting the install to choose the C drive. I had to change the AutoPartition back to 0, I could never figure that out. Here is the one that I used,, the XX will have to be your own information,,, Mine is also set up with a run once command.. You will probably have to take that out, as well as the optional computer names, and favorites ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FullName=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OrgName="" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=xxxxxxxxxx [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409 [SetupMgr] ComputerName0=xxxxxxxxxx ComputerName1=xxxxxxxxxxxx ComputerName2=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ComputerName3=xxxxxxxxxxxxx ComputerName4=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ComputerName5=xxxxxxxx [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Search_Page=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0 [FavoritesEx] Title1="xxxxxx.url" URL1="http://xxxxxxxxxxx.com/" Title2="xxxxxxxxxx.url" URL2="http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/" [GuiRunOnce] Command0="F:\WIN_ADD\WINSP1\UPDATE\UPDATE.exe" Command1="F:\WIN_ADD\POWER\POWERTOYSETUP.exe"