On 4 Jan 2020 17:41:39 GMT, KenK wrote:

I have a Seagate Expansion Portable Drive external drive amd have a problem
with it. If it is plugged in when the system (Emachine T2984)is booted XP
goes to the drive and won't boot. I have to unplug the drive before
booting. I'm sure that there is a setting somewhere so that I can leave it
plugged in. Daily plugging and unplugging is hard on the connectors.

TIA


It sounds as if you need to change the boot order in the computer's BIOS.