XP won't reboot with USB Drive

I bought a WD 80 gig USB 2.0 drive for my XP computer.
Install went fine with the quick install guide. Drive was
recognized by XP.
I can read & write to it. However, when I try to reboot
or cold start, BIOS hangs at the first screen. The only
way I can reboot is to disconnect the drive & reset the
computer. I am using a ABIT SR7-8X motherboard & have
other USB 2.0 devices installed without difficulty. I
have tried about everything I can think of to correct the
problem. Any ideas here?

Is booting from a USB device even possible?
"Brice" wrote in message
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I bought a WD 80 gig USB 2.0 drive for my XP computer.
Install went fine with the quick install guide. Drive was
recognized by XP.
I can read & write to it. However, when I try to reboot
or cold start, BIOS hangs at the first screen. The only
way I can reboot is to disconnect the drive & reset the
computer. I am using a ABIT SR7-8X motherboard & have
other USB 2.0 devices installed without difficulty. I
have tried about everything I can think of to correct the
problem. Any ideas here?