Re: External hard drive - XP won't boot with it plugged in
From: R. McCarty (PcEngWork-NoSpam__at_mindspring.com)
Date: 02/04/05
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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:32:13 GMT
If your Motherboard supports Legacy USB, then at boot time the PC
is trying to initialize the external USB drive. It also can be a issue if
the
motherboard supports USB devices in the boot sequence.
"Crazybilly" <Crazybilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have an external hard drive that I just use for various applications (I
>do
> not boot from it). If the hard drive's power cord and USB are plugged in,
> my
> computer will not boot to XP. It gets past the Windows logo screen but
> then
> the screen goes black, and it goes no further. If I unplug the power cord
> from the drive, my computer boots up every time. The drive works
> perfectly
> once I am in Windows. I had the same issue with this drive on my last PC
> as
> well (I recently replaced the board and processor). It is more annoying
> than
> anything but I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts.
>
> Thanks.
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