Final topic, like the prodigal son, HD at fault has returned, well for the time being.
Neil, I fully appreciate in what you say. However, I uninstalled six entries and the computer went into the freeze mode and exercise terminated.
Carried out procedure again, only a few USB entries deleted and reinstalled by Windows. USB stick 64Mb remains as not recognised.
I carried out your suggestions, well in part. Deleted down to Intel(R) Family USB Universal Host Controller 2936 when computer completely froze,...
My apology, USBC is indeed listed. The list has many entries, do you mean remove all entries shown in list? Windows 7 64bits Home Premium.
Checked Device Manager, unable to find reference USB Controller only Disk Drivers.
All drivers appear to be updated. USB 64Gb memory sticks are the only ones failing to be recognised or opening when inserted in USB socket. All...
Well I do not think my computer was ever junk, though I must agree it did have hiccups from time to time. Mentioned is Dell, well did hear over...
PeteC, in answer to your entry. Disk Management : HD C-D Healthy. F : Healthy. 32Mb unallocated. G : Healthy....
Through continual checking, I now find that 4 HD connected to the USB 3 4 port connected to mother board now appear to work satisfactorily....
Speccy - downloaded Registry Options, requires registering at £29. I erased software.
Your are absolutely correct, with what? Desktops are less of choice. New HD apparently is shown as unmarked in disk management but remains as...
I tried your suggestion and tried Speccy that checked registry. It Found 285 errors and solved 25 for free. I have two programs CCleaner and...
HD is WD Elements reference WDBAAU0020H8K-01. To be honest the computer itself is at fault by acting most erratic, Paragon backup is no longer...
Yes it does, it has its own power supply.
Powered hub. Also tried computers USB sockets located at rear and front, all fail to recognise new HD. Software is included on HD, however it is...
I replaced the HD with a new 2Tb HD and it too fails to be recognised. Several programs are now failing to function ie Paragon System 11 backup...
Disk Management does not show items you mention, only HD already installed. The HD was bought at Argos.
And yes, Microsoft is not willing to recognise this fault and nothing will be done by them to rectify this error.
As I was having difficulty with a hard drive for better or worse decided to buying a new WD Elements 2Tb capacity. Horrors of horrors my computer...
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