WillWipeDisk
specifies whether to erase all
partitions and data on the hard disk before adding additional
configurations to the disk.
WillWipeDisk
is blocked in the
Windows® Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) if any of
the following conditions are true:
- Windows Setup binaries are running from the
disk in question.
- The currently running operating system is
booted from the disk in question. If the currently running
operating system is booted from a RAM drive,
WillWipeDisk
is not affected.
- There is an active page file on the disk in
question.
Values
true |
Specifies that the disk is erased. |
false |
Specifies that the disk is not erased. |
Valid Configuration Passes
windowsPE
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Setup | DiskConfiguration | Disk | WillWipeDisk
Applies To
For a list of supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Setup.
XML Example
The following XML output for the
DiskConfiguration
setting shows how to erase all
partitions and data on a hard disk, and then create two new
partitions.
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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>300</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> <Letter>C</Letter> <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.