Firefox/4.0.2pre SeaMonkey/2.1   
   From: "James J. Weinkam"    
      
   Lars Erdmann wrote:   
   > Hallo,   
   >   
   > using the stock USBEHCD.SYS driver (10.162): if you have a mem stick (USB   
   2.0) attached during bootup, does your system   
   > also hang (once PMShell loads) ? In my case, it's a FAT formatted stick but   
   I don't yet know if that matters.   
   >   
   > I would be appreciate as much feedback as possible. In the meantime I will   
   try and hunt down the problem.   
   >   
   >   
   > Lars   
      
   I don't recall any of my systems hanging during boot with a usb mass storage   
   device attached, but I have had a number of    
   instances of strange system behavior after inadvertently booting with a usb   
   device attached. Sometimes the device was    
   seen as a permanent device rather than removable. Sometimes opening any drive   
   object took a long time. Sometimes    
   everything seems normal. I was never able to see any consistent pattern.   
   Because of this potential for problems, I have    
   adopted the practice of never booting with a usb msd attached. If I do so   
   accidentally, I shut down, remove the device,    
   and reboot.   
      
      
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