Microsoft KB Archive/238364

= Windows 2000 Setup Is Slow In Examining Hard Disks =

Article ID: 238364

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q238364



SYMPTOMS
If you are installing Windows 2000 on a computer that has several non-partitioned hard disks, you may have to wait a long time when the "Examining Hard Drives" message is displayed during the text-mode portion of Setup. It may seem that Setup has stopped responding.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the computer has multiple non-partitioned drives. During the "Examining Hard Drives" portion of Setup, a function is called to process data about each hard disk. Non-partitioned hard disks do not pass a subroutine that is called by this function multiple times. This delays the process.



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

Keywords: kbprb kbsetup KB238364

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