HARDWARE ISSUE: windows wont boot when external harddrive
 

windows wont boot when external harddrive is attached via usb , i see black screen with underscore. When i take HD off it boots fine.


Ideas?




___ ___ ___
/ /\ /__/\ ___ / /\ ___
/ /:/ \ \:\ / /\ / /:/ /__/|
/__/::\ \ \:\ / /:/ / /:/ | |:|
\__\/\:\ ___ \ \:\ /__/::\ / /:/ ___ | |:|
\ \:\ /__/\ \__\:\ \__\/\:\__ /__/:/ / /\ __|__|:|
\__\:\ \ \:\ / /:/ \ \:\/\ \ \:\ / /:/ /__/::::\
/ /:/ \ \:\ /:/ \__\::/ \ \:\ /:/ ~\~~\:\
/__/:/ \ \:\/:/ /__/:/ \ \:\/:/ \ \:\
\__\/ \ \::/ \__\/ \ \::/ \__\/
\__\/ \__\/

So it starts booting windows then stops responding?

nah , i reboot and get the black screen with underscore windows hasnt started to load.

I went into BIOS and disabled USB from the boot Oorder already.

Yeah I was going to say boot order

Try setting the internal HD to first boot maybe.. shrug

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Perhaps a jumper setting on one or all the drives should be checked. This ancient technology still has a way of screwing things up!

interesting ill check that now :pimp

You might try pluging into a different USB port

I'm guessing a jump setting as well.... if it's set to Master, it might be conflicting with the HD in your computer.