Setup Stops Responding Upon Restart After You Install Windows XP to a Partition on an IA64 Computer (283332)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

This article was previously published under Q283332

SYMPTOMS

When you install Windows XP to a partition on an IA64 computer that uses the GUID partition table (GPT) partitioning scheme, and you then restart the computer, the Windows XP Setup program may stop responding.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the computer has more than 23 partitions.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

GUID is the abbreviation for globally unique identifier.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/18/2001
Keywords:kbbug kbsetup KB283332