Boot Windows 7 "Missing Operating System" message by adding external hard 1gig on usb

Hi - I just bought a 1 GB Toshiba external hard drive.

When my PC running Windows 7 - the external hard drive is connected and works fine - but when I close and come to restart I get message "Missing Operating System". One point to mention is that I renamed E to G external drive letter. If I unplug the USB hard disk, start works fine and I can plug back into the external hard drive without any problem. Someone at - it ideas on how to fix this please? Thank you.

PS I also have a 500 meg external drive which worked well. Note the 1 gig disc problem also arises even when the 500 meg disk is removed.

Hello

Go into your BIOS and change the boot order.

It tries to Boot from your external hard drive when you receive this message.

Do the internal hard drive first in the boot order or disable USB compatible with the start (or similar words for USB devices).

See you soon.

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