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How to stop system attempting to boot from external hard drive?
I've just bought a Maxtor OneTouch II (yes, I know, but it did receive a
good review in PC Format, and that's good enough for me!) Anyway, if I leave it on during boot, the system (for reasons I hope someone will make clear) sees it as the first boot device and attempts to boot from it which, of course, results in "operating system not found" or "NTLDR not found". I have been through the BIOS (AMI - and I'm using the latest revision) with a fine toothed comb, and there is no setting - the boot order is *STILL* set to TX ARRAY/CD/FLOPPY as it always has been and there doesn't appear to be any settings for booting from a USB device (the unit is connected via a USB2 hub). I have RTFMs (both for the drive and the motherboard - SK8V) and there's nothing to address this. How do I move the drive to the bottom of the pile? I will *NOT* remember to turn it off before rebooting! Thanks -- Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling on salads. |
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:58:58 -0000, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"
wrote: I've just bought a Maxtor OneTouch II (yes, I know, but it did receive a good review in PC Format, and that's good enough for me!) Anyway, if I leave it on during boot, the system (for reasons I hope someone will make clear) sees it as the first boot device and attempts to boot from it which, of course, results in "operating system not found" or "NTLDR not found". I have been through the BIOS (AMI - and I'm using the latest revision) with a fine toothed comb, and there is no setting - the boot order is *STILL* set to TX ARRAY/CD/FLOPPY as it always has been and there doesn't appear to be any settings for booting from a USB device (the unit is connected via a USB2 hub). I have RTFMs (both for the drive and the motherboard - SK8V) and there's nothing to address this. How do I move the drive to the bottom of the pile? I will *NOT* remember to turn it off before rebooting! Thanks Report it to Asus and wait for a bios update? |
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its probably "hidden" in the BIOS...im running a phoenix BIOS here
thats 4 years old and it supports "boot from USB" devices... now maybe your AMI dosent show it..but the instruction set is in there or this wouldnt be happening..that said so what to do... im guessing but ill wager if you format the external as fat32 it will stop trying but this is less then satisfactory. bitch at asus but that seems it might take a while??? im rather suspicious of the new maxtor myself....does it have any firmware you can access? try removing the hub link in the USB chain..re plug the maxtor into USB port directly? same crap? call maxtor for sure...i doubt its your BIOS if it is id like to know..holler! and gimmie the ver.rev.# too if it is. |
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