Windows 10: No external devices issue-why?

I suspect it's because of some update windows dl without me knowing, but just yesterday when I plugged my phone via USB or tablet or any external device for that matter, it did pop up in Windows Explorer as new usb device connected and I could transfer data to and from it. Today when I plug in any of those devices(phone, tablet, flash drive) they don't. I can't even see them in Disk Managment.
Now I haven't made any tweaks in my system, I didn't installed anything new, what's more - I haven't made any changes on my phone as well. And yet, yesterday it worked, today it doesn't.
What could be an issue here? Is it indeed some broken update?
And most of all how to fix this?

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external device issues

Were these Sharing settings on the right click context menu?

Is it possible this was software that comes with the external (normally for backup) that is often problematic to the point I suggest moving files off to wipe the drive with Diskpart Clean Command to clear it of code that can interfere.

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external device issues

I have no idea what just happened with my post above that just went haywire on their mobile app. My apologies.

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Hi, you might try post #3 here:
USB ports not working - Windows 10 Forums

It's always worth searching the forum (I searched for
usb ports not working
for you as I know this issue has occurred already)

There are more threads if that doesn't help. If not resolved, please post back with what you've tried.

 

Thank you for that, but unlike poster in that thread my USB devices worked and I had no problems with them until few days ago when they just stopped. Now whatever I plug in to my USB out in my computer doesn't work. No matter if it is my phone, memory stick, external HDD. It just stopped detecting any eternal devices.

 

Hi,

Have you checked device manager for "Unkown Devices" ?

This may help as well hopefully:

http://mspoweruser.com/solved-usb-de...ed-windows-10/

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge...rts-dont-work/

Cheers, *Wink

 

Thx for that. Although this didn't solved the problem, in device manager under USB root hub there was a problem(code 43) what I did was uninstalled this device and installed it again using driver from my motherboard manufacturer. So far this works.

 

Hi,


OK. Good to hear that.
You were probably experiencing some resource conflicts.

Best, *Wink

 

Although I thought the issue is solved, it's not. Next day after powering off my machine and turning it on, the issue has come back. But now I did checked device manager and there is no conflict or shut down device. Everything looks fine. I tried to install USB drivers from my motherboard as I did the last time but installer told me that there is no supported device found. What do you guys think I should do now?

 

Hi,

In case you have "Fast On" enabled can you please disable it and reinstall all the USB drivers followed by a reboot or reset ?

Cheers, *Wink

 

Thx for that but I did try it and there are no changes. System as before doesn't see any USB devices. I've tried plugging external HDD directly from my desktop via 3 different USB ports(I've got 2 on the front). Plugged cable to the usb ports on the front of my pc, and tried one at the back. I've tried using USB hub but still nothing.

 

Hi,

Assuming no errors for USB ports in device manager have you checked event viewer for any errors relating to the USB devices ?

Cheers, *Wink

 

Forgot about that previously but I've jus done that. Nothing
The only error I saw was regarding some nvidia
Code: Faulting application name: NvStreamNetworkService.exe, version: 7.1.2084.9592, time stamp: 0x57605ac0 Faulting module name: MessageBus.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5760534f Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0000000000010f73 Faulting process ID: 0xc10 Faulting application start time: 0x01d1d3c2e1e9cc34 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\NvStreamNetworkService.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\MessageBus.dll Report ID: e8af145e-33a6-40f0-a3f8-7c3e7b102592[/quote] The rest was just Information.
Just to be sure that I'm not crazy here. This is how Device manager looks like with ext HDD connected->


And this is what I'm seeing in Disk Manager also with HDD connected->


As you can see system don't even see the external device. *Sad

 

I keep 3 External USB HDDs connected [2 USB 2.0 and 1 USB 3.0] and have never seen them listed in the USB section of Device Manage. They do show in the Disk Drives section and in Disk Management.

 

Shut down your machine
Disconnect all USB devices (exceptions: mouse & keybd)
Restart

Download and un-zip: Drive Tools for Windows (current version v 1.2.0)

Launch DriveCleanup as Administrator

Device manager > Uninstall all devices under the controller section
Answer yes to remove Software if prompted

Restart your machine

Connect each USB device one-at-a-time
Manually run Windows Update
Let WU provide the drivers