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Disable Drive reading
Name: Anthony Chua Date: December 13, 2005 at 07:04:22 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: P4
Comment:
Recently, I bought a Netgear LAN Drive. However, whenever I boot up my computer, the system will detect the hard disk, and try to read it (even though I don't need to access it). Is it possible to disable the system to automatically try to read the hard disk? If so, how?
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: December 13, 2005 at 10:06:03 Pacific
Reply:
"the system will detect the hard disk, and try to read it"
What do you mean by this? I don't understand the "try to read it". What is it reading the data into? is this happinging int he POST or once Windows loads?
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: December 13, 2005 at 10:29:27 Pacific
Reply:
Google, people, GOOGLE!! You also don't say if this is connected by USB, or strictly ethernet. Search Google...
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Response Number 3
Name: jubalsams Date: December 14, 2005 at 00:30:49 Pacific
Reply:
Check BIOS boot order, remove Boot On LAN or Boot Other Device from the list.
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