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I have an external USB drive connected to my computer for storage. The problem is that when it is connected during booting, the computer will try to boot from the drive and will be stuck on a blank screen. I have set the BIOS so that it should not boot from USB devices. this did not fix it. Is there anything i can do to the drive itself to prevent the computer from trying to boot the drive?
Check your BIOS for the option which should say "check for other boot devices" or something along those lines, make sure that is set to disable. Other then that, if USB isn't in your boot sequence it shouldn't try to boot to it.
i didnt see anything about other boot devices, though if it is in fact doing this, that would explain why it still tries to boot from the HD even though i have disabled USB devices from the boot list. if i jumpered the HD as a slave would this help?
one possibly important detail i left out: the device is connect through a USB hub. if i have 2 potentially bootable devices, such as the HD & a floppy drive connected to the same hub, will this give the computer problems when booting?