Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

MichaJanuszczyk

Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

Windows Vista14
Hi,

I have a WD USB drive that impacts Vista booting. If the drive is USB

connected, Vista will not boot. If the drive is not attached or is attached

via firewire, Vista boots fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Will

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ArameFarpado

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 15:03:06 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

Em TerÃ§a, 18 de Dezembro de 2007 22:58, wfoulds escreveu:

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Hi,

I have a WD USB drive that impacts Vista booting. If the drive is USB

connected, Vista will not boot. If the drive is not attached or is

attached via firewire, Vista boots fine.

Any ideas?

yes, your BIOS maybe setted to boot from a usb block device before the main

hd

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wfoulds

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 15:13:01 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

"ArameFarpado" wrote:

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Em TerÃ§a, 18 de Dezembro de 2007 22:58, wfoulds escreveu:

>Hi,

>

>I have a WD USB drive that impacts Vista booting. If the drive is USB

>connected, Vista will not boot. If the drive is not attached or is

>attached via firewire, Vista boots fine.

>

>Any ideas?

>

yes, your BIOS maybe setted to boot from a usb block device before the main

hd

*** I've changed the BIOS settings and removed the "Boot from USB"

selection. The problem still occurred after the BIOS change.

- Will

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ArameFarpado

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 16:11:41 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

Em TerÃ§a, 18 de Dezembro de 2007 23:13, wfoulds escreveu:

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>

*** I've changed the BIOS settings and removed the "Boot from USB"

selection. The problem still occurred after the BIOS change.

- Will

what messages do you get when you have the usb disk connected and power-on

the machine?

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wfoulds

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 16:19:01 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

No Messages. The screen with option to enter appears, then goes away. The

screen remains black after that.

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Drew

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 16:42:33 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

"wfoulds" <wfoulds@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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No Messages. The screen with option to enter appears, then goes away.

The

screen remains black after that.

I have the same problem and is driving me nuts. When I get a fix I'll post

back.

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ArameFarpado

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 16:58:25 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

Em Quarta, 19 de Dezembro de 2007 00:19, wfoulds escreveu:

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No Messages. The screen with option to enter appears, then goes away.

The screen remains black after that.

great, another usb supernatural wierdness...

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wfoulds

Registered User

Tue Dec 18 17:00:00 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

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>

I have the same problem and is driving me nuts. When I get a fix I'll post

back.

*** I've opened a case with Western Digital. The automated response was

that Microsoft has suggested connecting the USB drive after the boot process.

My response back to WD was that is a short term fix and I was interested in

other solutions and also a roadmap for resolution.

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Drew

Registered User

Wed Dec 19 10:13:47 PST 2007

Re:Western Digital USB Drive - Vista Boot Problem

"wfoulds" <wfoulds@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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>>

>I have the same problem and is driving me nuts. When I get a fix I'll

>post

>back.

*** I've opened a case with Western Digital. The automated response was

that Microsoft has suggested connecting the USB drive after the boot

process.

My response back to WD was that is a short term fix and I was interested

in

other solutions and also a roadmap for resolution.

Thats what I do now. I wonder if this does it in Windows XP