WinXP hangs on bot without ext. USB attached

[JeffB]

Recently cloned WinXP machine, loaded patches, etc. If I remove the
USB drive (ext) the system hangs about the point where the screen
'blanks' before the login screen appears.

If I power down and add the USB drive, it boots fine. WHen USB
attached, I do hear/see it being accessed at the above hang point.

any ideas?

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[DL]

Does it boot in safe mode?
or tried boot log mode, then checked what its hanging on?

 

[JeffB]

yes - boots in Safe Mode.

think I tried boot log, but did not see the actual log file gen'd. is
that stored on root of C: as bootlog.txt?

Does it boot in safe mode?
or tried boot log mode, then checked what its hanging on?

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[DL]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222
ntbtlog.txt in %systemroot%

 

[Andy]

Recently cloned WinXP machine, loaded patches, etc. If I remove the
USB drive (ext) the system hangs about the point where the screen
'blanks' before the login screen appears.

If I power down and add the USB drive, it boots fine. WHen USB
attached, I do hear/see it being accessed at the above hang point.

any ideas?

Run Disk Management, and check the status of the partition(s) on the
USB disk.