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wfoulds
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      12-18-2007
Hi,

I have a WD USB drive that impacts Vista booting. If the drive is USB
connected, Vista will not boot. If the drive is not attached or is attached
via firewire, Vista boots fine.

Any ideas?


Thanks,

Will
 
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ArameFarpado
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      12-18-2007
Em Terça, 18 de Dezembro de 2007 22:58, wfoulds escreveu:

> Hi,
>
> I have a WD USB drive that impacts Vista booting. If the drive is USB
> connected, Vista will not boot. If the drive is not attached or is
> attached via firewire, Vista boots fine.
>
> Any ideas?
>

yes, your BIOS maybe setted to boot from a usb block device before the main
hd


 
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      12-18-2007


"ArameFarpado" wrote:

> Em Terça, 18 de Dezembro de 2007 22:58, wfoulds escreveu:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a WD USB drive that impacts Vista booting. If the drive is USB
> > connected, Vista will not boot. If the drive is not attached or is
> > attached via firewire, Vista boots fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >

> yes, your BIOS maybe setted to boot from a usb block device before the main
> hd
>
>

*** I've changed the BIOS settings and removed the "Boot from USB"
selection. The problem still occurred after the BIOS change.

- Will
 
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ArameFarpado
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      12-18-2007
Em Terça, 18 de Dezembro de 2007 23:13, wfoulds escreveu:

>>

> *** I've changed the BIOS settings and removed the "Boot from USB"
> selection. The problem still occurred after the BIOS change.
>
> - Will


what messages do you get when you have the usb disk connected and power-on
the machine?
 
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wfoulds
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      12-18-2007


No Messages. The screen with option to enter appears, then goes away. The
screen remains black after that.

 
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Drew
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      12-18-2007

"wfoulds" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> No Messages. The screen with option to enter appears, then goes away.
> The
> screen remains black after that.
>

I have the same problem and is driving me nuts. When I get a fix I'll post
back.

 
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      12-18-2007
Em Quarta, 19 de Dezembro de 2007 00:19, wfoulds escreveu:

>
>
> No Messages. The screen with option to enter appears, then goes away.
> The screen remains black after that.


great, another usb supernatural wierdness...
 
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wfoulds
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      12-19-2007

> >

> I have the same problem and is driving me nuts. When I get a fix I'll post
> back.



*** I've opened a case with Western Digital. The automated response was
that Microsoft has suggested connecting the USB drive after the boot process.
My response back to WD was that is a short term fix and I was interested in
other solutions and also a roadmap for resolution.
 
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      12-19-2007

"wfoulds" <> wrote in message
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>> >

>> I have the same problem and is driving me nuts. When I get a fix I'll
>> post
>> back.

>
>
> *** I've opened a case with Western Digital. The automated response was
> that Microsoft has suggested connecting the USB drive after the boot
> process.
> My response back to WD was that is a short term fix and I was interested
> in
> other solutions and also a roadmap for resolution.

Thats what I do now. I wonder if this does it in Windows XP

 
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