Also, does this happen at the beginning of the boot sequence, that is, before
windows xp starts? If so, this is not a XP problem and reinstalling or
changing anything in XP won't solve the problem.
"Og" wrote:

> Be sure that your System BIOS is _not_ set to boot from a USB device.
> Steve
>
> "mclaren1975" <mclaren1975@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5F2F9593-E658-4300-982D-61C48482C146@microsoft.com...
> > JUST did a clean install of XP Pro and I am having the exact same problem
> > that caused me to do the install. If I have ANY USB devices installed, XP
> > won't boot. I have four on board USB boards, 2 more PCI cards with 4 each
> > for
> > a total of 12. I can't seem to locate any updated drivers. Uninstalling
> > and
> > re-sinstalling the USB drivers doesn't work.
> >
> > I've tried it with all kind sof combinations of devices and there doesn't
> > seem to be a common thread. MoBo, power supply, memory, HD are all fine.
> > All
> > bought within a year.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
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