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**TheShadowFl** · 07-10-2008, 05:54 PM

I have the exact same problem if I leave my camera card, an SD Flash Card in the card reader while booting up. The computer will hang forever.

That seems to be a very common thing. I know of NO way around it, except to use your USB drive and then unplug it.
Does it have a power switch on it, that you could just switch OFF?
My external USB drive does!

I do suspect that it has something to do with the USB drives being in the boot order somewhere. I know my own boot order includes "USB Devices".

I leave it set that way because I use my 64meg Flash Drive to boot my system and run Ghost 8.3, to back up my system. I do that every few days.

Good Luck,
The Shadow

07-10-2008, 05:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheShadowFl TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 290 OS: XP-SP3, Vista Ult. 64, Win-7/64	Re: Have to unplug Ext HD or XP won't boot I have the exact same problem if I leave my camera card, an SD Flash Card in the card reader while booting up. The computer will hang forever. That seems to be a very common thing. I know of NO way around it, except to use your USB drive and then unplug it. Does it have a power switch on it, that you could just switch OFF? My external USB drive does! I do suspect that it has something to do with the USB drives being in the boot order somewhere. I know my own boot order includes "USB Devices". I leave it set that way because I use my 64meg Flash Drive to boot my system and run Ghost 8.3, to back up my system. I do that every few days. Good Luck, The Shadow __________________ A person with experience is never at the mercy of a person with an argument.