Windows 10: Help with maintenance/updating my laptop

I have a Inspiron 17R It has a I7 processor etc and I love it it runs great, I bought it back in 2012 and through the years its gotten slower on me, im fine with that since now I use it to store photos and work on programs etc.

My main issue: is that right now it just started having trouble reading my SD card for my camera. I have 2 seperate USB devices I place my SD card into to transfer photos and earlier only 30 photos that were still on my card after a previous transfer showed up and not the 60 new ones that I took. After I deleted the 30 on there I unplugged the device and plugged it back in and it showed me 30 more new ones but not the last set. After repeating the process my PC now states that there is nothing on my SD card since I looked through all of the folders and there empty but it shows about 2 gb being used on the USB. The pictures/videos are on there but I cant access them either through file explorer and our all so wonderful photos app.

Background: I did some looking and it said somewhere that the usb Device descriptor failed (code43) I dont know of this is related since out of my 4 usb ports 1 doesnt work/fails a lot and one is the newer (at the time) 2.0. I dont know if the code its throwing is for the port that doesnt work but it specifically said USB device so I wanted to put that info here just in case. I tried two different devices in all 4 ports and nothing. Im not sure if theres a newer update/driver since I think I updated it not too long ago and it should have taken care of the usb drivers as well.

I have 8gb of ram but it says only about 1.6gb is being used if that helps as well.

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My laptop blocks ( running slow) after yesterday Windows update ... Please help

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Method 1: Windows has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with system. I would suggest you to run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your System
Maintenance.

Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key +X, select Control panel.

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  Change the view by option on the top right to Large icons.
  
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  Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel.
  

• Run the System Maintenance troubleshooter.

And also refer the link below to improve the performance of the PC

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...-8&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1



Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Please help, Stuck!

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

We are really sorry for the inconvenience.

I would suggest you to try these troubleshooting on Windows 10.

Method 1: You may run the System maintenance troubleshooter,

Try the followings steps to run System maintenance troubleshooter:

• 
  Click "Search" and type "Troubleshooting" without quotes and hit enter.
  
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  Click “System and security”
  
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  Select "System maintenance"
  
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  Click next to run the troubleshooter.
  
  
  
  Method 2: Install all the patches and available updates from Windows updates.
  Try the followings steps:
  
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  Click "Search" and type "Windows update settings" without quotes and hit enter.
  

• 
  Under Updates click on check for updates
  
  Hope this helps.
  

 

Windows 10 Disk Optimisation post update from Windows 7

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to perform the below troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

Method 1: Run System Maintenance Troubleshooter

Follow the steps given below:

• 
  Type Troubleshooting in the Search box from the desktop.
  
• 
  Select the Troubleshooting option.
  
• 
  Select View All option and select the
  System Maintenance.
  
• 
  Click on Next to perform the System Maintenance troubleshooter and follow the steps.
  

Method 2: I suggest you to update storage controller drivers.

• Install the latest storage controller driver.
• Go to Device Manager > Storage Controllers, right clicked on the listed drivers and select
  Update.

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with updated status of the issue to assist you further.