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| Solid State Drives (SSD) & Hard Drives Discuss, Error message when my computer is connected to seagate external hard drive? at Computer Hardware forum; This question is published in the hardware section for the Seagate External Desktop Drive 1TB . Click here to view full specs. hi there, my computer has got windows xp with service pack 2 with p4 processor.i bought seagate external desktop drive 1TB.when i start my computer connected to the |
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hi there, my computer has got windows xp with service pack 2 with p4 processor.i bought seagate external desktop drive 1TB.when i start my computer connected to the external hard drive an error message is displayed "ATTEMPTING BOOT FROM USB DEVICE.....NTLDR MISSING....PRESS CTRL-ALT-DEL TO RESTART.When i press ctrl-alt-del then again it shows the same error message.I can start my computer with out connecting to external hard drive the error message comes only when i start my computer already connected to the extenal hard drive. and i can connect the hard drive after starting the computer, no problem. my computer is 2002 model compaq. Soultions for this question would be much appriciated. regards, dini. |
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| Disable booting to external usb devices in your BIOS. As an alternate, rearrange the boot device order so that the internal hard drive boots before external usb devices. |
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| hi there, could you guide me how to disable external device in the BIOS. WHERE IS BOIS HOW TO DISABLE OR WHERE TO FIND IT..? ADVICE WOULD BE MUCH APPRICAIATED DINI |
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| READ the post again! He said "disabling boot"!!
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