Windows 10: External SSD storage device freezes some applications

The following situation happens to me now.There isC - it has installed two Windows 11 OSes, the first is for personal use Windows 11 Home and the second is for professional use software developing Windows 11 Pro N. It has 6 ports 3.2 Gen1 Type A, 2 ports 3.2 Gen2 Type A+C. I'm using front panel USB 3.2 Gen1 port in my tests.Laptop1 with Windows 11 ProLaptop2 with Windows 11 ProUGreen External SSD storage for M.2 devices, based on Realtek RTL 9210B, Type-CBaseus External SSD storage for M.2 devices, based on same Realtek RTL 9210B, Type-CUSB 3.2 to Type-C cable.Situation:If I connect the

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EXTERNAL SSD STORAGE DEVICE

I have 2 StarTech 2.5 HDD / SSD external storage devices. - model # S251BU31315. When I install a 2.5 HDD into the StarTech external storage device I have no problem with Windows 10 Pro recognizing the external 2.5 hard drives. They show up on my computer
in my "file explorer" section and in "This PC" all so I can see a New Volume ( with an assigned letter. However if I do not use a HDD but instead use an SSD in the storage device I get nothing. Windows 10 Pro does not recognize anything in the "file
explorer" section, Yet the StarTech device has a little blue light that indicates power, if its working or not and those little blue diodes are lit up bright blue, and in my "All settings" section, under the "Bluetooth & other devices" they do show up with
"Device" and symbol of a device, but in file explorer nothing.

 

Update Assistant does not detect External Storage Device

I am currently facing an issue with the update assistant. The problem comes from the prompt as seen from this webpage

Free up space for Windows updates - Microsoft Support

The issue is in "Step 2: Connect an external storage device". It says to
"Connect your external storage device and wait until you see it in the drop-down list" but the external storage device already connected to my device (and shows up on My PC) is not shown on the drop down list. Can you help?

 

Storage devices not accessible (internal, external)

The accessibility of internal and external (usb) storage devices has become blocked in Windows 11 (complete with all latest updates). This concerns an internal Samsung SSD 859 EVO 500GB Drive (SSD) and an internal TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224DB drive (DVD) and any external usb storage device. Both drives, including external usb storage devices, have always worked properly until now.

In my computer I have five internal storage drives: C: (Samsung SSD 500G, system drive), D: (Harddisk, 2T), E: (Samsung SSD 500G) and F: DVD Drive.

E: and F: have problems. Access to any external usb device is also blocked.

The problems occured after installing the following updates, but I’m not certain that the problems are caused by these updates.

2022-09 .NET 6.0.9 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5017915)

2022-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11 for x64 (KB5017497)

It is not certain that the problems are caused by these updates.

I use an account with administrator rights.

With the internal SSD drive and any external usb storage device I get the message:

x:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.

And with de DVD drive I have one of the following messages:

x:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.

Or

You do not have sufficients rights to perform this operation

Changing security settings using (right click)-Properties-Security-Advanced-Change etc. has no effect whatsoever.

However, when I use Device Manager and disable the SSD drive an uninstall the DVD device, the uninstalled DVD drive works properly after restart (and automatic reinstall). This trick only works this way and not the other way around.

Striking detail is that if the DVD drive is not accessible, Eplorer shows the drive as “CD drive” and if it is accessible, as “DVD RW drive”.