CDR not regonized

[Will]

I'm using a laptop with a build-in CD drive and an external firewire disk
connected via a PCMCIA card.

Upon booting, WinXP will not regonize this CD drive when the firewire disk
is connected at power-up.
When the firewire disk is connected after XP is up-and-running, everything
works ok.

I'm running WinXP with the latest service pack (i.e. 1a) and hot-fixes.

Anyone an idea where to look for answers aor a solution?

 

[George Cruppi]

It sounds like you found the solution....don't plug in the external drive
until after you've booted.