Boot up Problem

[PCDummy]

I bought a WD "My Book" External Drive. It is working properly, however when I try to boot up I get "Disk Boot Failure, Insert Disk......." In the BIOS, 1st Boot is floppy, Second Boot is HDD, 3rd Boot is CDROM, and I have Boot Other Devices disabled. It still hangs up. I have done all that I know to do. Need Help!

AMD Athlon XP2800+ @ 2.08 GHz
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Rev 2
Corsair TwinX 1 GB DDR400 XMS3200
Radeon 9800np 128 DDR
HDD WD 120 GB SATA
PS 400 WATT ENERMAX.
OS Windows XP home

 

[corkyg]

Apparently it is trying to boot from the external. Why not just not plug it in until after the system is booted, i.e., needed?

 

[Harvey]

Check the boot order in your CMOS to see if the external drive is listed before the main drive. My perferred boot order:

1. Floppy drive

2. CD/DVD

3. HD0 (first hard drive)

 

[betasub]

I had the same problem, and the same BIOS settings for booting. I just have to make sure it's unplugged before booting up, and then plug it in anytime after the OS on HD0 is recognised.