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mme

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#16921 4-Nov-2007 18:29

Hi

Whenever I have my external hardrive (X:\) plugged in to my laptop (Running Windows Vista Home Premium) I wont recognize my Operating System. If it is unplugged it just boots up like normal. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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#93709 4-Nov-2007 19:03

DO you have external power for this drive? Perhaps it's drawing too much power from the USB port?

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#93715 4-Nov-2007 19:31

Yes its powered by an external power supply

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#93726 4-Nov-2007 20:21

mme: Hi

Whenever I have my external hardrive (X:\) plugged in to my laptop (Running Windows Vista Home Premium) I wont recognize my Operating System. If it is unplugged it just boots up like normal. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

You mean when you try to boot your laptop with the external drive plugged in, that it tries to boot from the external drive - in which case it grinds to a halt. Change the boot sequence in the BIOS so that it boots off the hard drive first.

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#93731 4-Nov-2007 21:20

mme: Hi

Whenever I have my external hardrive (X:\) plugged in to my laptop (Running Windows Vista Home Premium) I wont recognize my Operating System. If it is unplugged it just boots up like normal. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Check your boot order sequence in BIOS, may be its trying to boot USB first and since your USB has nothing, for some reason, it gets stuck there and doesnt go to the that local hard drive. It would be worth checking the boot order.

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