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Q121792: Stop 0x0000006b During Setup on NEC Image P60

Article: Q121792
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

3.50

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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After the first reboot during the installation process of Windows NT version 3.5
on an NEC Image P60 computer with a Western Digital Caviar 2540 IDE hard disk,
the following STOP message may appear:

  STOP: 0x0000006b
  Process1_initialization_failed

CAUSE
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The NEC Image P60 computer has a setting in its CMOS setup to define its hard
disk geometry. The Western Digital 2540 IDE hard disk has 1048 cylinders.


RESOLUTION
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In the CMOS setup of the NEC Image P60 computer, change the hard disk geometry
setting for the number of cylinders to 1024.

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of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.

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