gocat2005
Mon Dec 18 02:42:01 CST 2006
OK thanks - I will give it a go and let you know what happens. (May be a
while because I have to physically go to the server which is 10 miles away).
"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
> The problem is that your server is seeing the USB drive and it's screwing up
> the drive letter assignments. It's probably something that can be overridden
> in the BIOS, by changing the drive order in there. Or possibly by changing
> how and when USB drives are seen. Both of these can usually be set from
> within the BIOS, but if that doesn't work, you'll have to reboot with the
> USB drive not present.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
>
> "gocat2005" <gocat2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EDC0DEFE-15A2-4B24-AE02-DADD7B5199E6@microsoft.com...
> > Hello
> >
> > When I plug an external USB hard drive into my brand new Windows Storage
> > Server 2003 x64 - it hangs and I have to power off.
> >
> > Then I unplug the drive, power on and it's OK.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Regards
> > Graham
>