How to get drivers for an unattended install of Windows XP on ESX Server

When performing an Unattended install of Windows XP on ESX server, you need to obtain disk and network drivers to integrate into the unattended install.

One way to do this is to extract the files from the VMWare Tools file.

More Details:

Attach windows.iso to a working virtual machine (or mount using an iso mount tool)

Disk

Disk drivers are located below:

\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\scsi\win2k
disk.tag
txtsetup.oem
vmscsi.cat
vmscsi.inf
vmscsi.sys

Network

Network drivers are located below:

\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\win2k\32bit
vmware-nic.cat
vmware-nic.inf
vmxnet.cat
vmxnet.inf
vmxnet.sys

For more details about the default hardware options set when the Guest Operating is set to "Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit)", refer to my earlier post "Windows XP on ESX Server - Hardware and Drivers"