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<blockquote data-quote="Fred Kingston_RIP" data-source="post: 787123" data-attributes="member: 10742">Cindy...That's a function of your Windows system... not the USB hub... My Mac sees the internal drive as the bootable device and doesn't query or carry about the drives connected to the USB chain... If it ever sees a &quot;bootable device&quot; at bootup, it asks one time &quot;which one do you want to boot from&quot; and then remembers that default going forward... I never turn OFF my USB chains... I have 2 USB hubs... A cheap 10-port Amazon hub, and a 4-port USB-C hub. Both are &quot;powered&quot; hubs...The USB-C hub has an ON/OFF button for each port that allows me to selectively turn OFF a port if I need to...&nbsp; Without getting too far astray, technically...Macs also have Thunderbolt ports that you can plug powered Thunderbolt hubs into, and then chain 4 separate USB chains off of... Technically, it's now feasible to add as many different drives and devices off a Mac as you want, with almost no limits, and you only need the internal &quot;boot&quot; drive to be large enough to hold manage the operating system and programs... and all your data can be separated onto their own USB or Thunderbolt drives...I currently have 7 different drives not counting my Mini's internal drive and the network's TimeMachine drive.Here's one Hub that I have... <a href="https://www.amazon.com/atolla-Charging-Splitter-Individual-Switches/dp/B083XTKV8V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3GWHFVL7IKTLC&amp;keywords=usb+powered+3.0+hub&amp;qid=1656859448&amp;s=electronics&amp;sprefix=usb+powered+3.0+hub%2Celectronics%2C76&amp;sr=1-3" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/atolla-Charging-Splitter-Individual-Switches/dp/B083XTKV8V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3GWHFVL7IKTLC&amp;keywords=usb+powered+3.0+hub&amp;qid=1656859448&amp;s=electronics&amp;sprefix=usb+powered+3.0+hub,electronics,76&amp;sr=1-3</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fred Kingston_RIP, post: 787123, member: 10742"] Cindy...That's a function of your Windows system... not the USB hub... My Mac sees the internal drive as the bootable device and doesn't query or carry about the drives connected to the USB chain... If it ever sees a "bootable device" at bootup, it asks one time "which one do you want to boot from" and then remembers that default going forward... I never turn OFF my USB chains... I have 2 USB hubs... A cheap 10-port Amazon hub, and a 4-port USB-C hub. Both are "powered" hubs...The USB-C hub has an ON/OFF button for each port that allows me to selectively turn OFF a port if I need to... Without getting too far astray, technically...Macs also have Thunderbolt ports that you can plug powered Thunderbolt hubs into, and then chain 4 separate USB chains off of... Technically, it's now feasible to add as many different drives and devices off a Mac as you want, with almost no limits, and you only need the internal "boot" drive to be large enough to hold manage the operating system and programs... and all your data can be separated onto their own USB or Thunderbolt drives... I currently have 7 different drives not counting my Mini's internal drive and the network's TimeMachine drive. Here's one Hub that I have... [url]https://www.amazon.com/atolla-Charging-Splitter-Individual-Switches/dp/B083XTKV8V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3GWHFVL7IKTLC&keywords=usb+powered+3.0+hub&qid=1656859448&s=electronics&sprefix=usb+powered+3.0+hub%2Celectronics%2C76&sr=1-3[/url] [/QUOTE]

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