Windows 10: In Windows 11, any external storage device I plug in shows up as Unknown Device in Device...

Discus and support In Windows 11, any external storage device I plug in shows up as Unknown Device in Device... in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; This started happening recently. If I plug in any external storage device, be it a USB drive or an external hard drive, it will always show up as an... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by TrixieHobbitz, Sep 7, 2024.

  1. TRIXIEHOBBITZ
    TrixieHobbitz Win User

    In Windows 11, any external storage device I plug in shows up as Unknown Device in Device...


    This started happening recently. If I plug in any external storage device, be it a USB drive or an external hard drive, it will always show up as an Unknown Device. I can see the drives in Disk Management, but they have no drive letter. If I try and assign a drive letter, I just get an error saying that Disk Management is out of date and needs to be refreshed, but that does nothing, it just keeps coming up. These are known good devices that work on other computers. I have tried uninstalling the Unknown Devices and then try to have Windows re-install the driver, but it just goes back to Un

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    TrixieHobbitz, Sep 7, 2024
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  2. BLSNELLING
    blsnelling Win User

    X800 GTO2 = Unknown Device

    I flashed the BIOS on my X800 GTO2 last night and it is listed in the Device Manager as an Unknown Device. Is this normal?
     
    blsnelling, Sep 7, 2024
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  3. BASSMASTA
    bassmasta Win User
    Unknown Device

    the 2900 xt comes with a free unknown device. a guy from amd tech support told me so
     
    bassmasta, Sep 7, 2024
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    btarunr Win User

    In Windows 11, any external storage device I plug in shows up as Unknown Device in Device...

    Patriot Launches the Gearbox NAS Device

    Plug in USB mass storage devices (USB sticks, USB external HDDs or enclosures), plug in to a network, done. It's a NAS (using those USB MS devices as storage).
     
    btarunr, Sep 7, 2024
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