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Is there a limit on the number of USB external drives?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20267993 views
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I've got three external HDDs, all My Books, 500 GB, 750 GB, and 1 TB. If I hook one or two of them up to a computer, everything seems fine. If I hook all three of them to a computer (I've tried this on two different computers, one running Windows XP, one running Windows Vista), the bootup time goes…

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Fix for: Is there a limit on the number of USB external drives?

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If your BIOS is set to scan for USB boot devices on startup, more USB hard drives become more USB boot devices to scan before booting from the hard drive. Try setting your BIOS to boot directly from the Hard Drive without scanning other resources fi…

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