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If this does no allow you to boot to the hard drive, the change the order for the first boot device as the hard drive group, save these settings and reboot the system. You might try going into the BIOS when the system boots and change the boot order to the first boot device being the CD\DVD Group and the second boot device being the hard drive group. It does appear the system is booting to the external USB drive and looking for the operating system, which is not there. Part 4: Check If Your USB Drive Is Actually. This will instruct the computer to prioritize the boot and select USB drive as the first option, and insert the bootable USB drive and restart your computer. Select the appropriate option from the Boot Menu. If you're not running XP, boot from an MS-DOS floppy and use FDISK to set the active partition on the primary master disk. Once you are in the Boot section of the BIOS, you can select the 'First Boot Device'. Try booting from the XP CD and opening the recovery console. I go to the boot section and the d:\ hard drive is set as the primary drive. Some mornings when I turn on her computer I get the flashing in the upper corner of the monitor. Hello rw_2012, It seems that the boot order in the BIOS is set to the USB drive. The most likely reason for the problem is that the new disk on the primary master channel does not have an active partition, so it can't boot. Its possible for a drive thats been moved from another system to begin booting even if the drive parameters and addressing mode have been detected incorrectly. My wife's computer has started once in awhile to try and boot from the d:\ drive. If memory serves you add c to the partition and then reboot. Use diskpart to change the allocated drive letter.
COMPUTER BOOTING FROM WRONG DRIVE WINDOWS
Basically the signature for the partition has changed so windows allocated it a new drive letter. The battery checked out ok, and the computer has always remained. I've seen this before as a result of hdd corruption or as a result of ghosting the hard drive. To save your settings, locate the Save & Exit screen. Can you tell me what I need to check and change to allow me to boot from the hard-disk even if the USB hard drive is connected. I have a comptuer with an SSD and hard drive and a motherboard with those dual BIOS. For example, if USB drive is above hard drive in your boot order, your computer will try the USB drive and, if it’s not connected or no operating system is present, it’ll then boot from the hard drive.
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I suspect this is because it's looking for the O/S on the USB drive instead of the internal hard-disk. It comes up with a can't find loader message and asks me to hit ctrl-alt-del to restart. I noticed that if I have my external USB drive connected the system doesn't boot. Rw_2012 wrote: Hi, I have just taken delivery of a refurbished Pavilion p6793.