external hdd stops win 7 from booting


  1. swanmark
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    external hdd stops win 7 from booting


    Hi Guys this is my first post so please excuse me if I am in the wrong section, my problem is this, I recently installed win 7, and then installed my 2 external hard drives via usb, they work fine but if my comp reboots for any reason it just hangs on the flashing cursor, if I unplug the external hdd then it boots, or sometimes it go`s into repair mode and says the error was caused by unplugging my external hdd and windows 7 was searching for it, any ideas, thanks
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  3. Darryl Licht
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    Welcome to the forums swanmark!

    Check your BIOS and turn off boot from USB if it is on!
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