Western Digital My Book Essential Edition (WDG1U5000N) 500 GB Hard Drive "turn legacy usb" Questions

...turn off legacy usb. But if you have a usb mouse or keyboard (wireless or wired) they won't work. But your pc should bootup with the harddrive plugged in. This was how I fixed the problem with my WD ...

...the MyBook powers on then it sounds like it is skipping (trying to boot up), then it stops and the notebook nor PC will recognize it. Please advise. Fixed by turning off USB legacy support in ...

...turn the box on, MyBook won't let Win XP SP2 boot up. I get as far as the "WinXP flag" boot window - but then it hangs. Only works if I plug in the MyBook *after* I get to the WinXP login screen. Not ...

...legacy suppor" for usb, this is an older support for usb 1.0 before 2.0. Once disabled was able to reattach two external hdd, and reboot normally Go into your bios (usually F1, F2, or delete key) and ...

...USB legacy 2.0 enabled. Then save settings and exit. then check . If still not work then connect it to another computer if you can access it on noather computer take backup of data on that computer ...

...legacy files on this drive; and God forbid I cannot get back to them....HELP!! Any and all thoughts, ideas, procedures to get this drive unit operational again - even for only ONE time, as I will ...

turn on. I connected it to my PC. I had important files on it and I need to access it, however, it won't power up. There is absolutely no sign that its turning on. I need expert advise. Thanks a lot!!

USB Legacy support and taking the drive out of the boot order. Doesn't seem like a motherboard issue, Motherboard is an MSI P6N Platinum with the latest bios. Any other suggestions out there? Any Help

...LEGACY USB SUPPORT" in the bios. This will render some other USB devices useless, such as wireless keyboards and mice until it boots to XP, but will solve the USB drive issue. This solution is ...