ModifyPartitions
specifies one or more partitions
to modify on a hard disk.
CreatePartitions
settings are applied before ModifyPartitions
settings.
Child Elements
Specifies the order, size, and type of a single partition to modify.
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Valid Configuration Passes
windowsPE
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Setup | DiskConfiguration | Disk | ModifyPartitions
Applies To
For a list of the supported Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Setup.
XML Example
The following XML output for the
DiskConfiguration
setting shows two partition
modifications for a BIOS-based system. The System partition is
labeled, formatted for NTFS, and marked as active. The Windows
partition is labeled, formatted for NTFS, and extended to fill the
remainder of the disk.
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<DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> <CreatePartitions> <!-- System partition --> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Size>350</Size> </CreatePartition> <!-- Windows partition --> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Extend>true</Extend> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <!-- System partition --> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Label>System</Label> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Active>true</Active> </ModifyPartition> <!-- Windows partition --> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> <Label>Windows</Label> <Format>NTFS</Format> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> |
For full XML examples and recommended partition configurations, see How to Configure UEFI/GPT-Based Hard Disk Partitions or How to Configure BIOS/MBR-Based Hard Disk Partitions.