usb external drive drive
win xp sp3, bought hitachi 2T external usb hard drive, tih. If I leave the usb drive attached to computer, win xp won't boot. If I disconnect drive from usb port, win xp will boot. It appears the hitachi wants to boot, but can't because it doesn't contain any such files. One remedy i read was to disable usb in bios. If I were to disable usb during boot, system would never find my usb hitachi and therefore any hopes of a recovery ( if i ever needed it) would be permanently lost, right? So my only remedy is a workaround which means "turn on hitachi only when needed.... i.e to make regular weekly backups." Is my thinking correct or flawed something. (it's a nuicance to have to power on or connect the hitachi..... it's meant to turn on and off with the computer.) Any thoughts? please and thanks

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Hello Peter and DwnNDrty,
DwnNDrty, you're absolutely correct. Peter, most likely your PC's BIOS is configured to use a USB as a first bootable device. That is why the PC tries to boot off the USB drive instead of using the internal one.
Please have a look at this article to have some information on how to change the boot sequence.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
Thank you.
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