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    USB drive + Startup

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by happyhouse, Apr 18, 2007.

  1. happyhouse

    happyhouse Newbie

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    Wondering if anyone can help me out here.

    Somehow whenever I startup my lap AND have a USB memory stick (used for Readyboost) inserted into the USB port at the same time, my laptop always gets stuck on the boot up screen for a long time, like for 15 mins before it boots into Vista. When I remove the stick, it boots fine.

    Whats going on here? Anyone know? Thank you
     
    happyhouse, Apr 18, 2007
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    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    It is searching the USB stick for a bootable partition. Can't do much but try to go into the bios and set the Harddisk as the primary boot device. Might help.
     
    wave, Apr 18, 2007
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