External HDD is connected Windows xp will not start

[Eifion]

Hello
Any Help appreciated.

I have a freecom 80gb USB External HDD
which must be disconnected for windows to start
When the External HDD is connected Windows xp will not start up
any Idea's on how to fix this,

many thanks

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

It may be that you have an older M/B which does not know how to handle the
external USB drive and chokes upon detecting it. I have an older Win 98
computer (kept active for gaming) that has this problem. Windows, on the
other hand, has the drivers necessary to use the drive. See if there is a
M/B bios upgrade available that corrects for the problem or learn to turn
off the drive before booting.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[Z]

Hello
Any Help appreciated.

I have a freecom 80gb USB External HDD
which must be disconnected for windows to start
When the External HDD is connected Windows xp will not start up
any Idea's on how to fix this,

Can you be more specific than "Windows xp will not start up?"

Do you get the XP splash screen?

Does Windows start to boot then stop?

In the BIOS, with the external disk connected, what is the boot order?

 

[Manny Borges]

Upgrade your BIOS , update the drives firmware, update the enclosures
firmware. Basically update everything.

If that doesn't work,

Then don't boot it that way.

Seriously, not trying to be a smart ass. If the system doesn't do it, then
don't do it. Sometime hardware just doesn't work nicely together. You either
accept the little quirks, or you decide you want to invest a lot of time and
energy in yelling at a vendor. Usually with no positive result.

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
-- Marty Feldman

 

[Sparda]

Hello
Any Help appreciated.

I have a freecom 80gb USB External HDD
which must be disconnected for windows to start
When the External HDD is connected Windows xp will not start
up
any Idea's on how to fix this,

many thank

Perhaps the boot deive order is set wrong in the BIOS, and hence
it’s trying to boot off the eternal hard drive. Just a posability.