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By jmoegling on Dec 20, 2008

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My computer will not boot with the a new 4gb Cruzer Micro flash drive installed. It works fine if I plug it in after the computer boots up. I have another Sandisk (512 kb) installed and have never had a problem.

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posted on Dec 20, 2008

Howardepgco

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This is a common problem with some thumb drives as they can confuse the bios.It is good practice to remove flash drives before you shut your box down unless they are for Ready Boost and reinsert them after your O.S finishes loading when you restart.There have been issues with data loss on some of these drives when left in during boot up.

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