Windows 10: USB 3.0 SATA/IDE universal adapter no longer works after windows update

I have a USB 3.0 SATA/IDE universal adapter that has worked for many years. Sadly Windows did a number of updates and I do not know which to remove to get my device working. It is important to note that I also have a number of external USB drives that work fine. However, the USB 3.0 SATA/IDE universal adapter no longer has the ability to connect any hard drive so I can access it. I even purchased a replacement adapter, same problem. I know it is NOT a cable, power supply, USB port, or other common issue because I have tried all those options already. I have even uninstalled the "Mass Storage Device" and visible USB adapters. Then restarted my PC, Windows obediently reinstalls everything and the same problem persists. I have also tried updated device drivers, no joy. The only thing I can assume is one of the following Windows Updates has caused a problem, they are what has been installed since my last successful use of the USB Adapter:

1. Security Update for Adobe Flash Player: October 13, 2020 KB4580325
2. October 13, 2020-KB4578968 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 , version 20H2
3. Update for the new Microsoft Edge for Windows 10, version 1809, 1903, 1909, and 2004: August 31, 2020 KB4576754
4. October 13, 2020—KB4579311 OS Build 19041.572

Note: I have also installed the following, even though I was having the above mentioned problem - I hoped they would resolve the issue:

• November 10, 2020—KB4586781 OS Builds 19041.630 and 19042.630
  
• Feature update to Windows 10 version 20H2

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IDE->USB/SATA->USB adapters no longer working after Creators Update

I use a RCW-608 Rosewill Sata or IDE to USB 2.0 adapter that's been working with either Sata or IDE drives under W10 1703. I also have several 2.5" Usb 2.0 enclosures that use the "Y" cable and have IDE drives inside of them that work flawlessly. Maybe you do have a problem with those cables.

Note that these units were plugged into USB 3.0 ports only.

 

IDE->USB/SATA->USB adapters no longer working after Creators Update

I went through device manager and cleaned out all the instances that were created in the usb/volumes/shadow volumes sections and rebooted. The 3rd drive no longer rapidly connects/disconnects. It still refused to do a low level format using the format option in Disk Management. Using diskpart I made sure the drive wasn't set to read only. I tried to use the clean command in disk part with the all flag set, it did not work. I have no idea why this drive is giving me so much grief.

Edit: The 3rd drive is garbage. Which is surprising because the computer it was in still ran fine, but whatever. The drive is muddled enough and I don't care, it's getting recycled as is.