Boot problems

[prozac11]

I have A 1 TB drive in my computer , split up in differnt partitions. XP on
one part and Vista on the other half. And a 500 GB E-Book , USB conected , is
were I backup all my stuff. All works great , the problem is when I reboot.
The boot program runs through its dionostic and if I leave the 500 GB E-Book
pluged in that is where it stops. But if I unpluge the 500 GB E-Book it boots
fine. It used to boot fine. I know it something I did but can't find it.
Thank you Al Cassell

 

[DL]

Not an answer, but personally I wouldn't leave any USB hd plugged in, during
shutdown or reboot - a recipe for hd corruption IMO

 

[VanguardLH]

I have A 1 TB drive in my computer , split up in differnt partitions. XP on
one part and Vista on the other half. And a 500 GB E-Book , USB conected , is
were I backup all my stuff. All works great , the problem is when I reboot.
The boot program runs through its dionostic and if I leave the 500 GB E-Book
pluged in that is where it stops. But if I unpluge the 500 GB E-Book it boots
fine. It used to boot fine. I know it something I did but can't find it.
Thank you Al Cassell

Have you tried removing the USB Device selection from the list of device
types included in the boot drive order setting in the BIOS?

 

[prozac11]

Thanks for the tip DL

Not an answer, but personally I wouldn't leave any USB hd plugged in, during
shutdown or reboot - a recipe for hd corruption IMO