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‎03-27-2019 04:13 PM

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Product: HP Elitebook
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

My HP Elitebook will not boot when an NTFS-formatted USB drive is connected.  It just stops during the boot cycle. Disconnecting the drive (while the laptop is stopped) enables the boot cycle to continue and then launch Windows. 

 

Other notes:

1) the BIOS has USB boot disabled, and the BIOS is the latest version available from HP.

2) the same USB drive connected to a Dell laptop does not cause a problem when hat laptop boots

3) a  FAT-formatted USB drive does not cause a problem with the HP laptop.

 

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‎03-31-2019 11:29 AM

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@VKon 

Given the date of your post, I would have expected someone to respond to it before this -- but since that has not happened, I will take a shot at it ...
Sorry, but I don't think there is any way around that -- as with the newer laptops, they will attempt to boot from any USB device connected, and will invariably fail or stall trying.



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