Vista Windows Boot Manager Problem

[ksjr88]

Hello,

Please help me. I am totally lost.
Vista's Windows Boot Manager Keeps pooping up at restart.
It asks to choose a os, which the only choice is vista.
This problem happened on a old install of vista, which i then did fresh install.
Vista is the only os on the drive&computer, and the problem's still there.

The really strange problem is that, this ONLY happens when i have a external usb hdd connected to the computer. If the usb hdd is disconnected, all is well.

Moreover, it doesn't matter which usb hdd, i have two different ones. When one or both is connected, the boot manager shows up. I reformatted the two hdd twice, with both fat32 and NFTS, but the problem happens again, even when there's no data on the disks.


I took a look at all the solutions from this forum and google, but no solution. The boot manager keep coming up. I am really really lost, please help. Thank you!

exp: http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/151517-disable-boot-manager-popping-up.html

 

[Brink]

Hello Ksjr88, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You might see that while you have the USB HDD connected, if you can do Method One (step 5) and/or Method Two (step 7) if there is a extra OS listed than your current Vista in the tutorial below. This would remove the Select OS boot option screen.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/82664-boot-partition-default.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Dwarf]

Hi ksjr88,

When you installed Vista, did you have a USB HDD attached to your system, and if so was it powered up?