My desktop computer will not boot when I have my
Maxtor OneTouch 4 plugged in the USB. If I connect the
hardrive after the computer have started up, it works just fine.
if I connect the harddrive to my laptop it works perfect.
I have found out the I might have something to do with
my BIOS/USB settings, but can't seem to fix this problem.
I thought about getting another USB-hardrive, but do you
think that I will get the same problem with another
USB-hardrive ?
SpookiePower wrote:
> My desktop computer will not boot when I have my
> Maxtor OneTouch 4 plugged in the USB. If I connect the
> hardrive after the computer have started up, it works just fine.
> if I connect the harddrive to my laptop it works perfect.
>
> I have found out the I might have something to do with
> my BIOS/USB settings, but can't seem to fix this problem.
> I thought about getting another USB-hardrive, but do you
> think that I will get the same problem with another
> USB-hardrive ?
My bet is the drive is not the issue. Just my 2cents
"SpookiePower" <boxjunk2600@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My desktop computer will not boot when I have my
> Maxtor OneTouch 4 plugged in the USB. If I connect the
> hardrive after the computer have started up, it works just fine.
> if I connect the harddrive to my laptop it works perfect.
>
> I have found out the I might have something to do with
> my BIOS/USB settings, but can't seem to fix this problem.
> I thought about getting another USB-hardrive, but do you
> think that I will get the same problem with another
> USB-hardrive ?
Yes its related to your BIOS. Your PC is trying to boot from your USB drive.
So changing your USB drive is unlikely to make a difference.
In theory there should be an option in your BIOS to control what you boot
from and you should be able to disable it there. However, I have a PC with
the same problem and whatever I change in the BIOS it makes no difference.
So I've stuck a label on the PC to remind me that if it doesn't boot then I
need to pull out the USB drive. Sucks as a solution but it works if you
can't disable it in the BIOS.
--
Brian Cryer www.cryer.co.uk/brian
"SpookiePower" <boxjunk2600@gmail.com> wrote...
> My desktop computer will not boot when I have my
> Maxtor OneTouch 4 plugged in the USB. If I connect the
> hardrive after the computer have started up, it works just fine.
> if I connect the harddrive to my laptop it works perfect.
>
> I have found out the I might have something to do with
> my BIOS/USB settings, but can't seem to fix this problem.
> I thought about getting another USB-hardrive, but do you
> think that I will get the same problem with another
> USB-hardrive ?
Try plugging an externally powered USB hub between your computer and the USB
drive and see if the computer will boot properly with everything plugged in.
I have seen a situation where an externally powered USB drive would cause
this problem since the USB interface side on that drive was still expecting
to use the 5 volts from the computer and not drive's own power supply, what
a bad design.
If things boot properly with a externally powered USB hub between the drive
and the computer then I suspect your power supply's 5 volt side is not
handling the full load properly during a boot.
As for possible BIOS problems, if you post your motherboard model others
might be able to indicate a more specific fix or work around.
On 2 Jul., 18:08, "Brian Cryer" <not.here@localhost> wrote:
> Yes its related to your BIOS. Your PC is trying to boot from your USB drive.
> So changing your USB drive is unlikely to make a difference.
>
> In theory there should be an option in your BIOS to control what you boot
> from and you should be able to disable it there. However, I have a PC with
> the same problem and whatever I change in the BIOS it makes no difference.
> So I've stuck a label on the PC to remind me that if it doesn't boot then I
> need to pull out the USB drive. Sucks as a solution but it works if you
> can't disable it in the BIOS.
Thanks. I think that it is the only solution. I will make a label
too
>My desktop computer will not boot when I have my
>Maxtor OneTouch 4 plugged in the USB. If I connect the
>hardrive after the computer have started up, it works just fine.
>if I connect the harddrive to my laptop it works perfect.
>
>I have found out the I might have something to do with
>my BIOS/USB settings, but can't seem to fix this problem.
>I thought about getting another USB-hardrive, but do you
>think that I will get the same problem with another
>USB-hardrive ?
When exactly does it stop booting with the USB drive
attached? Does it stop:
A) Right after the POST enumeration screen, before any sign
that windows is starting to load, or
B) Windows has started to load but stops before finished.
If A), check your bios for boot device settings, you may be
able to specify a different boot device. If the bios
*intelligently* switches to different boot devices depending
on whether another (USB drive) is connected, you might need
to leave it connected all the time after making the bios
change. You might instead be able to disable a bios setting
for legacy/USB virtualization which effectively hides the
drive until the OS is loaded.
If B), windows doesn't like what it sees as a removable
device, a flaw in windows causes it to hang up. It's
doubtful MS will fix that since they hadn't bothered to yet
after several years, so your remaining hope for B) is if the
motherboard manufacturer releases a bios that presents the
removable device differently to windows during boot, or
perhaps there are still bios settings related to USB drives
that you can fiddle with to make it finish booting.
Yes, it is quite possible you will have the same problem
with another USB drive, but whether it is certain to be a
problem with no other changes made, I don't know.
"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:50:12 -0700 (PDT), SpookiePower
> <boxjunk2600@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>My desktop computer will not boot when I have my
>>Maxtor OneTouch 4 plugged in the USB. If I connect the
>>hardrive after the computer have started up, it works just fine.
>>if I connect the harddrive to my laptop it works perfect.
>>
>>I have found out the I might have something to do with
>>my BIOS/USB settings, but can't seem to fix this problem.
>>I thought about getting another USB-hardrive, but do you
>>think that I will get the same problem with another
>>USB-hardrive ?
>
> When exactly does it stop booting with the USB drive
> attached? Does it stop:
>
> A) Right after the POST enumeration screen, before any sign
> that windows is starting to load, or
<snip>
> If A), check your bios for boot device settings, you may be
> able to specify a different boot device. If the bios
> *intelligently* switches to different boot devices depending
> on whether another (USB drive) is connected, you might need
> to leave it connected all the time after making the bios
> change. You might instead be able to disable a bios setting
> for legacy/USB virtualization which effectively hides the
> drive until the OS is loaded.
I don't know about the OP's case, but for me this happens after the POST and
before Windows starts to load. So when I've seen it I'm sure its a BIOS
issue.
Sadly whilst my BIOS has options that look hopeful (such as boot device and
order - and I'll look for "legacy/USB virtualization" next time I reboot) it
doesn't make any difference to the problem - so I'm assuming its an issue
with the BIOS (hence my workaround of sticking a label to remind me why it
might not be booting and to unplug the USB disk). I suppose if it is a BIOS
problem (as I'm sure it is for me) then that implies that a BIOS update
might fix it. Whilst I've never had it go wrong on me I'm reluctant to do a
BIOS upgrade in case it does go wrong, so I'd rather live with the issue
than try an upgrade. (If it weren't the office server that this affects then
I might give it a go, but the consequences of it going pear shaped are just
too horrible to think about.)
--
Brian Cryer www.cryer.co.uk/brian
<snip>
> I don't know about the OP's case, but for me this happens after the POST and
> before Windows starts to load. So when I've seen it I'm sure its a BIOS
> issue.
>
> Sadly whilst my BIOS has options that look hopeful (such as boot device and
> order - and I'll look for "legacy/USB virtualization" next time I reboot) it
> doesn't make any difference to the problem - so I'm assuming its an issue
> with the BIOS (hence my workaround of sticking a label to remind me why it
> might not be booting and to unplug the USB disk). I suppose if it is a BIOS
> problem (as I'm sure it is for me) then that implies that a BIOS update
> might fix it. Whilst I've never had it go wrong on me I'm reluctant to do a
> BIOS upgrade in case it does go wrong, so I'd rather live with the issue
> than try an upgrade. (If it weren't the office server that this affects then
> I might give it a go, but the consequences of it going pear shaped are just
> too horrible to think about.)
Me? I am not OS experted, don't know much about BIOS (especially newer
generation), and never tried to boot from USB device to know much or any
about it.
*BUT* I have read some USB device mention it has a special feature is
letting to boot from it. And since I don't see all USB devices mention they
are bootable, so I guess not all has bootable capable. But I may be wrong.
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