Is the boot device formatted for a legacy boot, or UEFI boot? Is the
desktop configured to boot that method?

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 10:08 PM Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com> wrote:

>         Shalom
>
> I'm having trouble booting from an external drive that
> has a usb interface.  I can boot from the drive with
> either of my laptops, but not from my desktop.  The
> desktop has a fairly new gigabyte motherboard.  I've
> tried different boot sequences, but it either boots from
> the desktop's internal drive or it says:  Reboot and
> select proper boot device or insert boot media in
> selected boot device and press a key.
> --------------------------
> I've tried using different usb ports on the desktop.
> The only idea I have is doing a bios update.  I don't
> have any idea if that would help, but don't know what
> else to try.  Any other ideas?  Thanks.
>
>
> Brian
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