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I am running Windows XP Pro, SP2. I just bought an external 1 TB Seagate FreeAgent Desk and encountered almost the same problems as above. In my case, when I'd boot Windows XP the boot process would stop in identifying the USB port for the Seagate. In reading all the responses above - about not being able to stop USB Boot I went into my Setup program to see if I could disable my USB Boot. Same thing here in that I did not have a "USB Boot" reference. (AMI motherboard - P5P800 and an Intel 3.0 Gbs CPU)/
However, in looking at the USB configurations I noticed there was an entry (choice) for "Legacy USB Support". Since I'm not knowledgeable on what's going on I decided that I didn't need legacy support. Ha! I disabled the Legacy support, rebooted, and guess what? It caused the USB boot to be bypassed and Windows boot right up. Now, this action might not work for you, but I just wanted to say that while you may not have a USB Boot, disabling the Legacy USB Support option in Setup might do the job. It's worth a try.
However, in looking at the USB configurations I noticed there was an entry (choice) for "Legacy USB Support". Since I'm not knowledgeable on what's going on I decided that I didn't need legacy support. Ha! I disabled the Legacy support, rebooted, and guess what? It caused the USB boot to be bypassed and Windows boot right up. Now, this action might not work for you, but I just wanted to say that while you may not have a USB Boot, disabling the Legacy USB Support option in Setup might do the job. It's worth a try.
and how do you plan to enter bios now, if u have an usb keyboard? right! u can't.
@Ral
your solution worked for me. i'm running an asus MB and turning off support for legacy USB allowed my WHS to boot with the external WD Hdd attached.
your solution worked for me. i'm running an asus MB and turning off support for legacy USB allowed my WHS to boot with the external WD Hdd attached.
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open command promt and input
diskpart
list disk (select disk that is correct size (be very sure it is your external))
clean
assign
diskpart
list disk (select disk that is correct size (be very sure it is your external))
clean
assign
I just purchased one of these drives and had similar issues to many of you above. Most strange was that with the drive connected, my computer was able to boot normally (with USB boot disabled), but with the drive connected, I was actually unable to enter BIOS.
Disabling Legacy USB support solved the problem for me. Many thanks for that tip! I would have never guessed that was the problem since the drive is new and not 'legacy'.
Disabling Legacy USB support solved the problem for me. Many thanks for that tip! I would have never guessed that was the problem since the drive is new and not 'legacy'.
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Aug 10, 2010 at 08:24 PM
Aug 10, 2010 at 08:24 PM
I have also had a number of problems using 1 Tb Seagate and Western Digital external hard drives on windows XP Home and SP 3 machine.
I was trying to back up contents of 1 external drive to another new drive. Some files would start to copy and then hang.
Some USB ports on my machine would not recognise the HD or say it is malfunctioning.
However all would work well on my laptop with Win XP Pro, but I was using a powered hub there as the laptop seemed to not deliver enough power to the USB ports to do the copy without.
SO .. I tried the external powered USB 5 port hub on the main machine and voila!!! everything works fine. Drive recognised, HD to HD copy goes well.
This may explain the random nature of some other people's problems as well. In that they start writing to the HD and then hangs after a variable number of minutes. This could result if different functions operate in the machine requiring power that becomes unavailable to the copying process, so causing it to hang.
Hope that helps.
I was trying to back up contents of 1 external drive to another new drive. Some files would start to copy and then hang.
Some USB ports on my machine would not recognise the HD or say it is malfunctioning.
However all would work well on my laptop with Win XP Pro, but I was using a powered hub there as the laptop seemed to not deliver enough power to the USB ports to do the copy without.
SO .. I tried the external powered USB 5 port hub on the main machine and voila!!! everything works fine. Drive recognised, HD to HD copy goes well.
This may explain the random nature of some other people's problems as well. In that they start writing to the HD and then hangs after a variable number of minutes. This could result if different functions operate in the machine requiring power that becomes unavailable to the copying process, so causing it to hang.
Hope that helps.
just let computer sit for 5minutes with it plugged in big drives take a while to get recognized especially if not formatted right
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Jan 9, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Jan 9, 2009 at 12:36 AM
hi,
this may be due to a defective HDD,
i guess that you have just bought it.
so return it to where you purchased it.
this may be due to a defective HDD,
i guess that you have just bought it.
so return it to where you purchased it.
Dec 6, 2009 at 07:10 AM
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