HI,

Just a thought.  Check your BIOS and see if it has a setting to boot
from USB and make sure it is disabled.

Thanks and have a Great Day!

Joe Lore

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I have an HP Pavilion 7965 running WinXP Home Edition. I've attached a
Maxtor external USB2 hard drive and the system won't boot while it is
connected. It stops at the HP Logo screen. If I disconnect the drive it
continues to boot properly and when I reconnect the drive it recognizes
it and gives a warning that it is a USB2 High Speed device and that the
HP has no USB2 card installed. The drive then functions properly. I
previously had a USB1 Buslink external drive and the system booted with
that properly. I know the solution is probably to install a USB2 card
but in the meantime is it possible to get it to boot without
disconnecting the drive?

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