when u power up the TR, does the bios take a longer time to boot?  mine does.  if i have external HD attach to the usb, it takes longer for the bios to reach the ‘BIOS enter the password’ point.  if no hd is plug in, it takes much shorter time to reach the ‘password’ point.

do you guys experience this as well?

you might want to:
1 defrag your boot drive
2 check your services - don’t run stuff you don’t need
3 check for spyware - adaware or spybot

my boot times is about the same with/without the hdd..

well, i set up my boot such that HD is first, followed by cd drive then diskette drive.  dunno if it’s matter.

i dont think there is any spyware, etc cause when i fresh install it, it still doing the same thing.  longer boot time with external hdd in usb and regular boot time without external hdd.

my os is xp sp2 if it matters.

btw, i hope u understand what i mean by ‘boot time’.  what i mean here is BIOS boot time, not windows boot time.  BIOS boot time is the time it takes when the power button is pressed to the ‘BIOS enter the password’.  after ‘BIOS enter the password’ then windows logo shows up then .... (that’s windows boot up, well, that’s what i call it, dunno what everyone else calls it).  therefore in this BIOS boot time, no spyware is involved since the pc hasn’t entered the system yet.  i defrag my HD already and don’t run too many stuff doesn’t apply here either cause it’s systems related, not BIOS related.

i just want to know if someone else experience this as well.  it’s kind of weird why it takes longer time to boot up with external HD attach to usb compare when it’s not.

[quote author=“gameson”]well, i set up my boot such that HD is first, followed by cd drive then diskette drive.  dunno if it’s matter.

i dont think there is any spyware, etc cause when i fresh install it, it still doing the same thing.  longer boot time with external hdd in usb and regular boot time without external hdd.

my os is xp sp2 if it matters.

btw, i hope u understand what i mean by ‘boot time’.  what i mean here is BIOS boot time, not windows boot time.  BIOS boot time is the time it takes when the power button is pressed to the ‘BIOS enter the password’.  after ‘BIOS enter the password’ then windows logo shows up then .... (that’s windows boot up, well, that’s what i call it, dunno what everyone else calls it).  therefore in this BIOS boot time, no spyware is involved since the pc hasn’t entered the system yet.  i defrag my HD already and don’t run too many stuff doesn’t apply here either cause it’s systems related, not BIOS related.

i just want to know if someone else experience this as well.  it’s kind of weird why it takes longer time to boot up with external HD attach to usb compare when it’s not.

gemeson, i am a tr3 user, have an external 160gb ion drive, sp2, and noticed NO change in boot time really, if anything, the tr seems to boot and shutdown a few milliseconds faster.  do u have access to another external hdd to test with? and how many seconds are we talking? 1 or 2 or 360+2? good luck,
jig

like at least 10+ sec longer than normal, not 1 or 2 sec.  because of this, each time i restart the pc, i unplug the external hdd from usb.  then when it enters system boot up, i plug the hdd into usb again…

oh, have u considered yoga or a short meditation period?

When you plug the drive in after booting, how long does it take to identify, configure and notify? One way or another it’s gotta do it, just a matter of when.

after system booting (in win xp), sometimes win xp recognises it immediately at one try, but sometimes it says that the USB device is malfunctioned and after i powercycle the external hdd for second try,  winxp recognises it again.  after that one time malfunctioned, i can plug in and out as many times as i wish, or powercycled the HD as many times as i want, and i won’t see that malfunctioned message anymore.

also for consideration, the HD is BRAND NEW.  it’s hitachi 200 GB 8 MB cache and i use the external box with ibm 30 gb before and never have this problem before.

sometimes i wonder if it’s the Hitachi HD, but it’s brand new HD.  i can’t refund the HD cause i took out the UPC for rebate, all i can do is exchange with the same hitachi HD.  if it’s the box, i use it with my 30 gb one and never experience the problem before.  the pc is out of question cause if it is, i will experience the same thing with other usb devices, i.e mouse, but i plug in my mouse and no problems.

btw, which is a better HD, seagate or hitachi?  if seagate, i can buy a new one at local frys, exchange the hitachi then sell it on ebay or something.  if hitachi, then i can exchange and see if the new one still produce the same problems.  personally i don’t have any problems with hitachi before.  i use ibm, which is basically the same as hitachi for 4 years (that 30 gb one) and never experienced a single problem ever.

if i opt to exchange, i will have problems to transfer my 60 gb data from hitachi to new drive since i only have one pc and the pc only have 18 gb left.  it takes time to swap it back and forth for about three times to transfer all the files into the new HD.  even with usb 2.0, it takes some time to transfer 18 gb and i have to do it 3 times which basically ruin one of my weekend day.

That could explain your delay during boot. It may have to retry a few times to get the drive to wake up.

USB drives are a bit more complex than mice  

I’d certainly try a new drive and see if that solves the problem. If you’ll be exchanging at a local dealer, I’d bet they’ll work with you. Take the new drive home and copy the files over, then clean off the old drive and return it. As for cleaning; at minimum a full format. Perhaps more, depending on what you’ve got on there.

If you decide to go with a different brand and sell your troubles on eBay, buy the new drive first and transfer your data.

[quote author=“dbs”]Take the new drive home and copy the files over, then clean off the old drive and return it.

In case that isn’t clear.. you have two USB ports, plug both drives in at the same time.

i understand what i mean, but remember, i only have ONE external HDD box and two HDD if i decide to exchange.  if i have two external HDD box, that’s different story…