From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   I purchased a Seagate External Free Agent Desktop drive yesterday and   
   installed it this morning.  Evey thing went well.  I backed up a   
   directory, and then repeated the backup several other times to add some   
   forgotten subdirectories.  Every thing went well and worked.  I accessed   
   the drive with the Windows Explore again no problem, All of the files   
   were backed up on the drive.   
      
   Problem:  I turned the computer off and late the this afternoon my wife   
   turned the computer on, it hung at the first startup screen.  I   
   disconnected the drive and this time the computer started with no   
   problem.  Turned off the computer reconnected the drive and turned it   
   on, it hung. Each time I tried to start the computer with the drive   
   attached to the USB port the computer hung. Each time I started it with   
   the Drive removed the computer started as it has for the last year.   
      
   I am running Windows XP SP3 on an HP A1140N computer.  The drive is a   
   1tb Seagate FreeAgent Desk.   
      
   Can some one help to solve this problem, so I can leave the drive   
   attached and turn it on and off with out disconnecting the drive?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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