reboot & external HD

[Thoy]

Recently found a slightly odd effect. If I close down my PC and do not
switch off the power supply plugs for my peripherals, including my Freeagent
external drive, I cannot reboot my system ! If I switch off and then switch
on again it appears to load up OK. This effect only appears if my Freeagent
is connected to a USB port. Without the external HD connected it seems to
make no difference whether I unplug the periphals, as long as I switch them
all on before booting up.

This is not a seriously problem, more perplexing, but I post in case someone
is getting this boot up problem......and of course in case SKS can explain
why this occurs :-))

[Bob I]

Try removing USB from the BIOS boot sequence.

Thoy wrote:

> Recently found a slightly odd effect. If I close down my PC and do not
> switch off the power supply plugs for my peripherals, including my Freeagent
> external drive, I cannot reboot my system ! If I switch off and then switch
> on again it appears to load up OK. This effect only appears if my Freeagent
> is connected to a USB port. Without the external HD connected it seems to
> make no difference whether I unplug the periphals, as long as I switch them
> all on before booting up.
>
> This is not a seriously problem, more perplexing, but I post in case someone
> is getting this boot up problem......and of course in case SKS can explain
> why this occurs :-))
>
>
>

[3c273]

Is your BIOS set to boot from USB devices. I have occasionally had to
completely disable booting from USB even though the USB device was not first
on the list of boot devices.

Louis

"Thoy" > wrote in message
...
> Recently found a slightly odd effect. If I close down my PC and do not
> switch off the power supply plugs for my peripherals, including my
Freeagent
> external drive, I cannot reboot my system ! If I switch off and then
switch
> on again it appears to load up OK. This effect only appears if my
Freeagent
> is connected to a USB port. Without the external HD connected it seems to
> make no difference whether I unplug the periphals, as long as I switch
them
> all on before booting up.
>
> This is not a seriously problem, more perplexing, but I post in case
someone
> is getting this boot up problem......and of course in case SKS can
explain
> why this occurs :-))
>
>
>

[Thoy]

Don't think this is a bott sequence problem otherwise it would happen
whenever I boot up. It only appears if I do not switch off the external HD
at the plug when closing down. As I said it's not a real problem..more of a
curiosity :-))




"Bob I" > wrote in message
...
>
> Try removing USB from the BIOS boot sequence.
>
> Thoy wrote:
>
>> Recently found a slightly odd effect. If I close down my PC and do not
>> switch off the power supply plugs for my peripherals, including my
>> Freeagent external drive, I cannot reboot my system ! If I switch off and
>> then switch on again it appears to load up OK. This effect only appears
>> if my Freeagent is connected to a USB port. Without the external HD
>> connected it seems to make no difference whether I unplug the periphals,
>> as long as I switch them all on before booting up.
>>
>> This is not a seriously problem, more perplexing, but I post in case
>> someone is getting this boot up problem......and of course in case SKS
>> can explain why this occurs :-))
>>
>>
>>
>