Boot from the wrong Drive

[tabaheights]

Just bought a Western Digital USB 1TB portable hard disc drive for my VGC RA 304 CEK when I turn it on the computer tries to boot from the portable drive so I have to start the computer with the hard disc unplugged and when it has reached the ready state I can then plug in the portable drive with no problem, is there an answer to this problem?:smileyconfused:

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[Blencogo]

Have you tried changing the Boot Order in the BIOS?

Try Tapping F2 during boot - when you see the Vaio Logo - this should open the BIOS screens and allow you to change the Boot Order by moving USB to the bottom of the list, or below HDD at least.

[tabaheights]

Thanks for replying to my question but could you help me further, I don't really know what to change and I am afraid to chance something I really don't know about, how do I identify what needs to be changed?

[Blencogo · Accepted solution]

I am not sure which type of BIOS you have - I would guess Phoenix but I may be wrong.

See if you can find your BIOS here: -

http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1066408.htm

I would guess it is the last one at the very bottom of the list and you need to move the Removable Drive to below the HDD in the order.  Sorry I can't be more specific but there are many different BIOS types.

[isiri12]

You might try swapping leads for the plug that does boot your computer.

[tabaheights]

Thanks for your reply, I have found out that I have a AMI Version 2.53 and  my boot sequence reads 1st is DVD drive 2nd is Floppy DD and third is Raid which I assume is my C drive, I have managed to change them around so that the HDD is on the top of the list but it doesn't rectify the situation, I don't know if I am trying to change the correct thing as there is no USB listed in the sequence? I did try to send you some jpegs of my boot file but the sight would not allow me to.

Regards