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    x220 wont restart with 2.5tb usb disk attached

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by freddell, Dec 2, 2011.

  1. freddell

    freddell Notebook Enthusiast

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    i7 x220 wont restart with 2.5tb usb disk attached
    Western Digital Elements 2.5TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
    anyone managed a workaround?
    w7 hp sp1, latest bios
    have to turn it off between boots, regardless of usb port usage
     
    freddell, Dec 2, 2011
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  2. erik

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    have you removed it from the boot list in the BIOS?   your system might be searching it for an OS and not finding one.
     
    erik, Dec 2, 2011
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  3. Hirohata

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    It probably has the external setup as #1 priority on the boot list. Either remove it or put it lower on the boot priority list.
     
    Hirohata, Dec 2, 2011
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  4. freddell

    freddell Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the hints!

    I put the internal HDD as priority one, but in fact the attached drive is not listed in the BIOS setup list at all. I read that Dell users faced some similar issues as well (on newegg?). I also have 1TB WD drives which are working and are detected.

    So I believe the X220 bios is not properly detecting this 4k 2.5TB sector drive! This might contribute to the hang.? (It might automatically try to boot from it but I cannot detect anything).

    I would be very happy to find users with >2TB 4k sector drives and booting the X220! No firmware updates are listed by WD for this particular model.
     
    freddell, Dec 2, 2011
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  5. ALLurGroceries

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    My X220 boots fine with a hitachi 7K3000 via eSATA expresscard. But it does not call the option rom for the RAID expresscard, so I am not sure about booting from it.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 2, 2011
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  6. Colonel O'Neill

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    I think I saw this issue on some other board in the Lenovo Forums.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Dec 2, 2011
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  7. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I have the same problem with my T420s - boot hangs if there is a USB storage device attached. It's clearly a common bug.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Dec 3, 2011
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