From: burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll   
      
   Steve Urbach wrote:   
   > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:34:12 -0500, knuttle    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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?   
   > Change you boot order in the Bios to make you CD/DVD #1, your HD #2, USB #3   
   or   
   > none   
   Or turn on legacy support in the bios....   
      
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