rhapsodyfan Posted May 4, 2005 CID Share Posted May 4, 2005 hi sorry for another post but it seems like i have another problem here. when i hook up my external hard drive by usb to the computer it seems to work fine. but its when i restart the computer i get an Error Finding OS. when i turn off the external hard drive and restart the computer it restarts just fine. this is a new computer HP one day old. any ideas or suggestions? i checked the usb ports and it does it with them all. its a Seagate 120 GIG External Hard Drive which by the way works fine on my other HP desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhapsodyfan Posted May 4, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 4, 2005 hey it says Error Loading OS and not Error finding os sorry about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 4, 2005 CID Share Posted May 4, 2005 Your computer's BIOS has to be able to boot from a USB device to be able to use a USB drive as the one with the OS on it. Do you know how to check BIOS settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhapsodyfan Posted May 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 5, 2005 i dont wish i knew driving me crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted May 5, 2005 CID Share Posted May 5, 2005 You should tell the bios to boot to the c: drive first, then to all the others...right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted May 5, 2005 CID Share Posted May 5, 2005 if you want, that would speed up boot time slightly, especially if there is a cd in the drive, or a floppy in the drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhapsodyfan Posted May 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 5, 2005 so how about do i go at doing this? any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlord Posted May 5, 2005 CID Share Posted May 5, 2005 its in the bios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 5, 2005 CID Share Posted May 5, 2005 To get to the BIOS you usually press esc or delete (it can vary) when your computer first starts up. Press it when you see the first boot-up screen. It will have a lot of text and maybe checking/counting the RAM (memory), or you may see a manufactures logo. Once you are in the BIOS set-up screen, look for a section that lets you configure which order the devices boot up. You may not be able to boot from a USB device. If not you will either need to have the OS on an internal hard driuve or you will need to create a start-up disk. I'd recommend having Windows on an internal drive anyway, since they're usually faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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