Win 10 PC will not boot with 10TB MyBook attached

WD External and Portable SSD External SSD for Windows
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My Windows 10 PC will not boot if my 10 TB WD MyBook is attached (Model Number WDBBGB0100HBK-NESN, Part Number WDBBGB0100HBK-NA). If I disconnect the drive from the USB 3.0 port, the PC will boot. I can then reconnect the drive and access it through Windows Explorer. Is there a setting that needs to be changed on the drive or in Windows to allow the PC to bot with the drive attached? As I have been working remotely it is not convenient to drive to the office to manually reboot the PC.

Thank you!

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Have you tried disabling the option in the bios to boot from usb device? It might be searching the drive first looking for boot instructions. Boot from USB might have a higher priority than booting from your internal drive.

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While checking the USB port was lower on the list of boot options in BIOS, removing the USB option did solve the problem.

Thank you for your reply and advise!

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Set first boot device to the hard drive in the bios.