Windows 10: USB3.0 port is no longer able to read USB 2.0 flash drives. It still reads my USB3.0...

Hello I have a ASUS laptop. After re-installing and updating Windows 10, I noticed that the USB3.0 port is no longer able to read USB 2.0 flash drives. It still reads my USB3.0 portable hard drive. The USB 2.0 port still works. Is there a way to fix the USB3.0 port to make it compatible with USB2.0 flash drives again? Many thanks in advance!

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software RAID 0 - Disk XFER 160 MB/s to external HDD (USB3) on WSL

don't discount software RAID 0

Using Windows Ubuntu Linux subsystem with a few mods to get GUI stuff to work.

Transferring Audio to external XFS (Linux) formatted USB3 drive from Linux HDD RAW drive attached to WSL.
No SSD's involved

160 MB/s (note not 160 Mb/s) very happy with that performance - especially to external passport 3TB type self powered pocket sized USB drive for backup..

still getting very nice throughput and across a network too -- source is my NAS server, target is external USB drive connected to USB3 port and mounted on ubuntu subsystem on Windows.





Cheers

jimbo

 

2 laptop drives into powered usb3 hub

I'm trying to connect 2 2.5" laptop drives (both are mechanical) to a USB3 hub.

I've tried with 2 different USB3 hubs - both have power adapters. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to tell if they are powering or not... however these are 2 different hubs with 2 different respective adapters. So my guess is something else is going on.

When I plug the drives into my laptop directly into USB 3 ports, they can work simultaneously without problems.

But what I want to do is to plug them both into the hub which is plugged into one usb3 port on the laptop.

And with both powered hubs, I cannot access them simultaneously that way. Weird things happen. Sometimes one of the drives will lock up explorer when accessed, for example.

Is this not really advised? I figured if the hub is powered then it would be ok.

If I have 2 usb3 flash drives in the hub at the same time, they will work and not affect things. The problem is just when the 2 mechanical drives are both plugged in. Just to be clear. It doesn't matter which of the 2 usb 3.0 hubs (w/power adapter) that I use.

 

Windows 10: USB 3.0 port not reading USB 2.0 flash drive

Hello

I have a DELL laptop that just had a motherboard and hard drive replaced. After re-installing and updating Windows 10 (7th March), I noticed that the USB3.0 port is no longer able to read USB 2.0 flash drives. It still reads my USB3.0 portable hard drive.
The USB 2.0 port still works. Is there a way to fix the USB3.0 port to make it compatible with USB2.0 flash drives again?

Many thanks in advance!