XP will not boot with external USB drive connected

[Bob]

I have a Dell 2350 with XP Home/SP1 and the latest
drivers and BIOS from Dell with the latest OS patches
from MS. I have an IBM Travel Star 12GB HDD in an
external USB case from Acortech. Ok, hope that is a clear
description. I can connect this drive to other computers
and boot without problem.

If I boot the pc (Dell 2350) with the USB drive connected
I get STOP code 0x0000007E it also says there is an error
with BPUSBDRV.sys and I have to shut it down. If I boot
without the drive connected it boots fine and I can
connect the drive after boot up and it is recognized by
WINXP and I can use it without any problems.

Any advise on how to get the PC to boot with the drive
attached?

 

[Skip]

Question. Why do you need it connected at bootup? If it
is recognized after boot then I don't see a problem.

 

[Bob]

Well I guess not having it connected is a work around,
but if there is a fix I would like to have it connected
instead of disconnecting each time I shutdown or restart
my pc. I don't see why it shouldn't work so I wanted to
see if someone knew of a fix.