STOP 7b Error Occurs When You Press F6 to Load Drivers During Unattended Windows XP Setup

During an unattended setup of Windows XP where you have set the Repartition option to Yes, when you press F6 to load drivers, the process may generate a STOP 7b error after the text mode portion of setup.

To work around the issue, do not set the Repartition option to Yes if you need to install a third-party storage controller driver.

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