- Computer won't bootup without external usb drive attached
- Posted by David on February 14th, 2008
I used an external usb drive to install some programs including MS Office
2003 on a windows xp sp2 machine. If I remove the drive properly, then shut
down, when I bootup the computer will hang right before the login
screen....I will have to reboot in safe mode to get in - but if I attach the
usb drive before starting the machine, it will boot into windows fine. This
is on a network. I've tried reinstalling office from a network drive but it
changed nothing. any suggestions?
- Posted by Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] on February 14th, 2008
David <david_haskell@kyzen.com> wrote:
I presume you've checked your event logs & they contain nothing useful....
Long shot, but try downloading/running the Windows Installer Cleanup thing &
remove MSOffice & the other new apps from the list entirely.
- Posted by David on February 14th, 2008
The logs showed nothing.
I removed office and the problem remained so I did a repair on XP and it
fixed the problem - reinstalled office - trying to do updates but the
Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 won't install.....so issues continue.
Thanks.
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- Posted by Colin Barnhorst on February 14th, 2008
I was thinking the same thing. I'm betting it works.
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