Slow Bootup, USB Drive usage

[cdkorzen]

Hello: My windows XP computer boots up much slower when my external
USB hd is plugged in, which is all the time. I can tell when it's
nearly done, because it sits there with the drive's activity light
constantly on.

What is it doing to my drive?

 

[Gerry]

What's on the external hard drive?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Patrick Keenan]

Hello: My windows XP computer boots up much slower when my external
USB hd is plugged in, which is all the time. I can tell when it's
nearly done, because it sits there with the drive's activity light
constantly on.

What is it doing to my drive?

consider that perhaps the drive or case circuitry is failing. Try a
different case.

HTH
-pk

 

[Lil' Dave]

Hello: My windows XP computer boots up much slower when my external
USB hd is plugged in, which is all the time. I can tell when it's
nearly done, because it sits there with the drive's activity light
constantly on.

What is it doing to my drive?

Depends on how you have your XP settings set. Generally, XP will scan the
root of all partitions and CD/DVD media as part of the boot routine. System
restore, will check and do its thing on that. Any 3rd party stuff like
virus scanners and defragmenters may also do a peek at the USB drive as
well, depending how you may have those setup.

My personal feeling on removable drives such as USB or Firewire, always off
during the XP boot routine. If powered up after XP is done booting, turned
off before shutting down the PC.
Dave

 

[cdkorzen]

What's on the external hard drive?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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Just a lot of data.

consider that perhaps the drive or case circuitry is failing. Try a
different case.

HTH
-pk

I've had no other problems accessing the drive. It's only the bootup

 

[Gerry]

Dave

System Restore should not be monitoring an external removable drive!


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Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Lil' Dave]

Based on what?
Dave

Dave

System Restore should not be monitoring an external removable drive!


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Regards.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Gerry]

If you try to use a System Restore point and there is a different set up
in terms of drives than there was the restore will fail. If the drive is
not monitored the problem will not arise. In any event what do you have
on a removable drive that requires monitoting?

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Chris]

Depends on how you have your XP settings set. Generally, XP will scan the
root of all partitions and CD/DVD media as part of the boot routine. System
restore, will check and do its thing on that. Any 3rd party stuff like
virus scanners and defragmenters may also do a peek at the USB drive as
well, depending how you may have those setup.

My personal feeling on removable drives such as USB or Firewire, always off
during the XP boot routine. If powered up after XP is done booting, turned
off before shutting down the PC.
Dave

Trouble is, when I actually plug it in, windows will stop for a bit
while it reads the drive. It won't entirely freeze (the mouse will
still move), but explorer freezes up and I can't start any
applications, etc.