Windows 7 wont boot without external hard drive turned on?

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Shockwave

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I just restarted my PC and i kept getting erros regarding hardware, at first it would just hold at updating dmi pool , after i reset the bios to fail safe defaults it would then give me the I/O error. I noticed my external drive was turned off and I turned it on and windows booted fine. Is there a connection here i can disable?

Windows is installed on my SSD drive not my external.

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My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
My Own Build
OS
Windows 7 Proffesional
CPU
Q6600 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P45-UD3P
Memory
8GB Kingston HyperX T1
Graphics Card(s)
MSI 8800GTS 512
Sound Card
Realtek ALC889A
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2207
Screen Resolution
1650 x 1050
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 60GB SSD
WD 6400AAKS
WD 1TB My Book
PSU
Corsair 650 watt
Case
Antec 900
Cooling
Thermaltake
Keyboard
Logitech Illuminated
Mouse
MX Revolution
Internet Speed
20/8
Try starting your PC with external HD unpluged.
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
If you can't boot up with external unplugged, then plug it in and post back a screenshot of your full Disk Mgmt drive map and listings, using SNipping tool in Start Menu.
 
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