Re: Maxtor 1T external USB drive causing boot to hang

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On Aug 12, 8:02 pm, "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwry...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
smlunatick wrote:
On Aug 12, 12:40 pm, mcomer <mco...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I rebuilt my XP machine from a HD crash and restored from a OneCare backup on
the MAxtor. Went beautifully. However, now if the Maxtor is connected to the
PC and it's powered up when the PC boots (which is how it's designed to work)
the boot hangs in "Detecting USB-Mass storage device."
Thanks, Mike

Could your PC's BIOS be set up to attempt to boot from a USB drive?
XP does not like to boot from a USB / Firewire driver and Microsft has
"normally" block this booting

I don't think this is the problem as I have the same issue with a
Seagate drive.  When I first ran into this problem I contacted Seagate
and they sent a replacement drive which worked fine for awhile.  One
reason I don't think the problem is related to XP is that the freezing
occurs during the POST before you can enter the BIOS, much less start
booting XP.
I wonder if the problem is with the interface electronics in the drives
as my replacement drive worked correctly for awhile but now hangs the
boot if attached.

Then, it is "sad to say" but Maxtor is owned / operated by Seagate. I
have experienced massive drive failures with both Seagate and Maxtor
drives.
.

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