Windows 10: USB 3 ports no longer support external hard drives after upgrading from Win 7 to Windows 10

I used the free upgrade tool yesterday.
I can use the drives in USB 2 ports, but nothing is recognized in USB 3. Theres nothing showing anywhere, 'MyPC' 'Device Manager' or even 'Disk Manager'.


My keyboard and mouse can run from the USB 3 ports but not the drives?

I've tried every tutorial i could find for 8 hours yesterday trying to rectify the situation.
Last night i read that if the devices are plugged in during the upgrade then they wont be recognised.
So i rolled back to Windows 7, where their still recognised, unplugged the usb external drives and upgraded again.

Still the same problem. So whats going on?? The drives work in the USB 2 drives, and the keyboard and mouse work in the USB 2 and 3 drives?

Anyone got any ideas on what to do, as the only option i see after today is a permanent rollback to win7 as i wouldn't want to risk a fresh clean install.

My specs are:
Asus P9X79 Pro motherboard

Intel i7 3860 @ 3600ghz

2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 EVGA

16gb DDR3 ram

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My Seagate external hard drive is not detected when plugged in to USB port of my laptop using windows 10?

Thanks for your response.

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